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Overview

This program, 3474 Music (Honours)/Arts, is for students who enrolled in program 3452 Bachelor of Music Bachelor of Arts from 2016 and are transferring into Honours through a UNSW Internal Program Transfer. The Dual award degree Bachelor of Music (Honours) Bachelor Arts is a five-year program (full-time). The Bachelor of … For more content click the Read More button below. In addition, you will complete 96 UOC from the Bachelor of Arts (BA) program, including an approved Major (60 UOC) and a Minor (24 UOC).

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 Arts (96 UOC)
1. A home major stream (60 UOC)
2. A minor stream (24 UOC)
3. Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Elective (6 UOC)*
4. General Education (6 UOC)

*See General Education Requirement below

  • 3474 - Music (Honours) / Arts
  • 3474 - Music (Honours) / Arts
  • 3440 - Music (Honours)
  • 3409 - Arts

Specialisation Requirements
3440 - Music (Honours)

Home Majors and Minors
3409 - Arts

You are required to complete one Home Major and one Minor.

Note: The BA Music Studies majors/minors (MUSCJ1, MUSCJ2, MUSCK1) are not available in programs 3452 Music/Arts and 3474 Music (Honours)/Arts.

The following Majors are NOT available in 4053 Arts/Education (Secondary): Development Studies, Criminology, Linguistics, Music Studies, Politics, Politics and International Relations, Asian Studies, Creative Writing, Environmental Humanities, European Studies, Film Studies, International Relations, Media, Culture and Technology, Philosophy.

The following 24 UOC Minors are NOT available in 4053 Arts/Education (Secondary): Arts and Social Sciences, Indigenous Studies, Chinese Studies, Advanced Chinese Studies, Development Studies, Criminology, English, French Studies, Advanced French Studies, German Studies, Modern Greek Studies, History, Indonesian Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese Studies, Advanced Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Advanced Korean Studies, Linguistics, Music Studies, Politics (pre-2018 only), Politics and International Relations, Sociology and Anthropology, Spanish and Latin American Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies.

Optional External Majors and Minors
3409 - Arts

You will need to take extra UOC over 96 UOC to meet the requirements of an external minor that is greater than 24 UOC.

External majors are not available in double degree programs. The only exception is the Geographical Studies major (GEOGK1) in 4053 Arts/Education (Secondary). If you are enrolled in this program and wish to complete Geography as your first teaching specialisation, you can declare a major in Geographical Studies (GEOGK1).

Note: The external minors are not available in 4053 Arts/Education (Secondary).

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).

Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives
3409 - Arts

You must complete 6 UOC of any course offered by UNSW Arts and Social Sciences. Indigenous Studies courses (ATSIxxxx) cannot be studied as Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives.

Note: If you are enrolled in 4053 Arts/Education (Secondary) and have taken an extended minor (36 UOC), you are deemed to have met this requirement.

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
3409 - Arts

You must complete 6 UOC of any course offered outside UNSW Arts and Social Sciences. This requirement is met if you complete an external minor.

Note: If you are enrolled in 4053 Arts/Education (Secondary) you do not need to complete General Education.

Indigenous Studies courses (ATSIxxxx) can be studied as General Education only if you are not following a major or minor in Indigenous Studies within the BA program.

General Education Requirement
3474 - Music (Honours) / Arts

In order to fufill the 12 UOC General Education requirement, a Prescribed Arts 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.

Academic Writing & Language Enhancement
3409 - Arts

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.

Double Majors
3409 - Arts

Double majors are not available in Dual mode.

Maturity Requirements
3409 - Arts

You must have completed 24 UOC before taking any Level 2 courses.You must have completed 48 UOC, including 6 UOC at Level 1 and 6 UOC at Level 2 in your major/minor before taking any Level 3 courses.

Specialisation Declaration
3409 - Arts

You must specify your major and minor at the time of enrolment in Level 2 courses.

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