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Overview

THIS PROGRAM IS FOR STUDENTS TRANSFERRING INTO HONOURS FROM PROGRAM 3464 BACHELOR OF MUSIC BACHELOR OF MEDIA (SCREEN AND SOUND PRODUCTION) THROUGH A UNSW INTERNAL PROGRAM TRANSFER. The Dual award degree Bachelor of Music (Honours) Bachelor Media (Screen & Sound Production) is a five-year program (full-time). The Bachelor of Music … For more content click the Read More button below. The Bachelor of Media (Screen and Sound Production) is designed to provide students with foundational and applied skills, knowledge and capabilities relevant to career pathways in a broad range of audio-visual, digital and screen production industries. The emphasis is on the acquisition of relevant creative and professional skills relevant to current media industry contexts, along with a sophisticated conceptual understanding of the increasingly convergent role of media and film in contemporary societies.

Stand Alone Programs

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Double Degree Structure
240 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 240 UOC.

Bachelor of Music (Honours) (144 UOC)
1. Musicology Core (30 UOC)*
2. Musicianship Core (24 UOC)
3. Performance Laboratory Core (36 UOC)
4. Stream Gateway Course (6 UOC)
5. Stream Courses (12 UOC)
6. Research thesis and/or Creative Practice Project (36 UOC)
7. General Education (6 UOC)

Bachelor of Media (Screen and Sound Production) (96 UOC)
1. Media Studies core and prescribed electives (24 UOC)
2. Film Studies core and prescribed electives (18 UOC)*
3. Screen and Sound Production core and prescribed electives (42 UOC)
4. General Education (6 UOC)

*See General Education Requirement below

  • 3468 - Music (Honours) / Media (Screen and Sound Production)
  • 3440 - Music (Honours)
  • 3438 - Media (Screen and Sound Production)

Specialisation Requirements
3440 - Music (Honours)

Level 1 Core Courses
3440 - Music (Honours)

Level 2 Core Courses
3440 - Music (Honours)

Level 3 Core Courses
3440 - Music (Honours)

You must take 12 UOC of the following courses.
*Note: MUSC3706 Performance Lab C (12 UOC) (Music Creative Practice and Music Pedagogy Streams only)
Performance Lab courses MUSC3705 & MUSC3706 (12 UOC) are multi-term courses taught at 4 UOC each term.

Level 4 Core Courses
3440 - Music (Honours)

Level 4 Research Project
3440 - Music (Honours)

You must complete either 24 UOC in creative practice-based project and 12 UOC in thesis chosen from a combination of the following OR 36 UOC in research thesis (see Level 4 Research Thesis)

Level 4 Research Thesis
3440 - Music (Honours)

You must complete either a total of 36 UOC in research thesis chosen from a combination of the following OR 12 UOC in research thesis and 24 UOC in creative practice-based project (see Level 4 Research Project).

Film Studies Core Courses
3438 - Media (Screen and Sound Production)

You must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

Media Studies Core Courses
3438 - Media (Screen and Sound Production)

You must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

Screen and Sound Production Core Courses
3438 - Media (Screen and Sound Production)

General Education
3440 - Music (Honours)

If you are enrolled in a Music (Hons)/Arts or Music (Hons)/Media double degree you must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

Note: If you are enrolled in Music (Hons)/Education you are not required to complete General Education.

General Education
3438 - Media (Screen and Sound Production)

You must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

Indigenous Studies courses (ATSIxxxx) can be studied as General Education only if you are not following a minor in Indigenous Studies.

General Education Requirement

In order to fufill the 12 UOC General Education requirement, a Prescribed Media Elective is replaced with an approved GE course to meet 6 UOC of the GE requirement. The other 6 UOC is to be taken by double counting the Music core course MUSC2116 Sound, Society & Self in … For more content click the Read More button below.

Academic Writing & Language Enhancement
3440 - Music (Honours)

ARTS2050 Academic Writing for the Humanities (6 UOC) and HUMS1005 Personalised English Language Enhancement (6 UOC) can be counted as UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives or Free Electives.

Performance Ensembles
3440 - Music (Honours)

Bachelor of Music (Honours) students must take part in a required number of the performance ensembles offered by the School.

Specialisation Declaration
3440 - Music (Honours)

You must specify your major at the time of enrolment into Level 2.

Maturity Requirements
3438 - Media (Screen and Sound Production)

You must complete at least 24 UOC before enrolling in any Level 2 courses.

You must complete at least 66 UOC before enrolling in any Level 3 courses.

Sample Programs

Additional Information

Bachelor Media (Screen & Sound Production) - Film Studies Minor

Completion of 24 uoc in Film Studies courses will automatically confer a minor in Film Studies at the time of graduation.

Further Information

Contact the UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Student Services

Program Fees

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