Bachelor of Music

Western Sydney University

About

The Bachelor of Music develops innovative, articulate musicians who contribute to the music community and the culture it serves.

It offers high-level training in music, music performance, composition, sound technologies, music theory, musicology, arranging music and music analysis.

It does this in well-equipped studios, and in a lecture/workshop/tutorial environment.

Skills in music performance, composition and sound technologies are augmented by intellectual, theoretical and contextual studies.

An active staff of music-academics supports students to develop their individual goals.

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points including the units listed in the recommended sequence below.

Full-time

Code	Name
102546	Western Art Music History

Code	Name
102564	Music Theory Fundamentals

Code	Name
102553	Music Performance 1

Code	Name
102558	Music Production

Code	Name
102547	Popular Music Histories

Code	Name
102770	Music Theory and Songwriting

Code	Name
102554	Music Performance 2

Code	Name
102759	Sound Design and New Electronic Media

Code	Name
102762	World Music

Code	Name
102548	Composition and Creativity

One sub-major unit

And one elective

Code	Name
102551	Music, Culture and Discourse

Code	Name
102566	Arranging Music

One sub-major unit

And one elective

Code	Name
102429	Music Careers Research

Code	Name
101152	Music and Analysis

One sub-major unit

And one elective

Code	Name
102573	Music and Critical Thought

Code	Name
102767	Applied Professional Music Contexts

One sub-major unit

And one sub-major unit or elective

Sub-majors

All students must complete one of the following sub-majors.

One of the other sub-majors may also be completed using elective places.

Code	Name
SM1015	Composition

Code	Name
SM1017	Music Performance

Code	Name
SM1126	Music Production

Please note: SM1126 Music Production replaces SM1016 Sound Technologies from 2018. Students who choose to remain in SM1016 Sound Technologies will need to take their remaining units from the replaced equivalent units.

Code	Name
SM1047	Music Performance Studies

Code	Name
SM1065	Musicology

Code	Name
SM1133	Sound Production

Please note: SM1133 Sound Production replaces SM1127 Music Production Studies from 2020. Students who choose to remain in SM1127 Music Production Studies will need to take their remaining units from the replaced equivalent units.

Equivalent Core Units

The core units listed below count towards completion of this course for students who passed these units in 2017 or earlier.

101120 - Arranging Musics

101520 - Basic Composition, Craft and Theory

101522 - Composition, Craft and Theory

101523 - Cultural Paradigms and Music

101524 - Free and Notated Music Performance

101525 - Introduction to Music Performance

101526 - Introduction to Sound Technologies

101528 - Modes and Codes in Music Production

101742 - Music and Philosophy

101530 - Music Composition: concepts and Creativity

101538 - Sound Synthesis and the Sound Environment

102427 - Western Art Music 1

102428 - Western Art Music 2

The core units listed below count towards completion of this course for students who passed these units in 2019 or earlier.

102430 - Professional Music Project

102565 - Songwriting and Music Theory

102559 - Sound Design

102552 - The Politics of Australian Music

Sub-major Elective Spaces

Elective units may be used toward obtaining an additional approved sub-major (40 credit points).

Search for sub-majors

Western Sydney University offers sub-majors in a range of areas including Sustainability and Indigenous Studies.

Indigenous Australian Studies Sub-major

Business Sustainability Sub-major

Students can apply for an elective major or sub-major via MySR.

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