Overview

This program structure applies to students commencing in 2019. If you commenced prior to 2019 please consult the Handbook for the year in which you started. The Bachelor of Music (Honours) is specifically for high-achieving students already admitted to the Bachelor of Music program. It allows Bachelor of Music students … For more content click the Read More button below. An Advanced Entry Scheme is available to suitably qualified applicants. Students admitted into the advanced entry scheme may receive a block credit of up to 36 UOC in Level 1 music courses. The first three years of the Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music (Honours) are common to both degrees. Before transferring to the Bachelor of Music (Honours) students must successfully complete all core and stream requirements for levels 1-3 of the Bachelor of Music and attain a minimum WAM of 70 in Music courses. Students undertaking the Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Dual mode must complete all core and stream requirements for levels 1-3 (96 UOC) of the Bachelor of Music before proceeding to level 4. The Bachelor of Media (PR & Advertising) component is structured to offer a philosophical and cultural foundation in the media studies core as well as conceptual and practical skills in public relations and advertising. This double degree provides graduates with great opportunities to work across a wide range of communication disciplines and fields.

Stand Alone Programs

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Program
3440
Music (Honours)
Program
3453
Media (Public Relations and Advertising)

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 (PR & Advertising) (96 UOC)
1. PR and Advertising core and prescribed electives (54 UOC)
2. Media Studies prescribed electives (36 UOC)
3. General Education (6 UOC)

  • 3579 - Music (Honours) / Media (Public Relations and Advertising)
  • 3440 - Music (Honours)
  • 3453 - Media (Public Relations and Advertising)

Specialisation Requirements
3440 - Music (Honours)

You must complete one of the streams below.

MUSCJH
18 UOC
Music Creative Practice
MUSCLH
18 UOC
Music Pedagogy
MUSCMH
18 UOC
Sonic Arts
MUSCNH
18 UOC
Musicology

Level 1 Core Courses
3440 - Music (Honours)

You must take 36 UOC of the following courses.

Performance Lab course MUSC1707 (12 UOC) is a multi-term course taught at 4 UOC each term.

MUSC1101
6 UOC
Music Reinvented
MUSC1602
6 UOC
Materials and Structures of Music 1
MUSC1603
6 UOC
Materials and Structures of Music 2
MUSC1604
6 UOC
Western Music: a Panorama
MUSC1707
4 UOC
Performance Laboratory A

Level 2 Core Courses
3440 - Music (Honours)

You must take 30 UOC of the following courses.

Performance Lab course MUSC2703 (12 UOC) is a multi-term course taught at 4 UOC each term.

MUSC2116
6 UOC
Sound, Society and Self in World Music
MUSC2602
6 UOC
Materials and Structures of Music 3
MUSC2603
6 UOC
Materials and Structures of Music 4
MUSC2703
4 UOC
Performance Laboratory B

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)

You must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

MUSC4101
6 UOC
Critical Investigation in Music
MUSC4102
6 UOC
Critical Practice in Music

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)

MUSC4013
6 UOC
Music Creative Practice Honours Project
MUSC4014
12 UOC
Music Creative Practice Honours Project
MUSC4015
6 UOC
Music Honours Thesis
MUSC4016
12 UOC
Music Honours 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).

MUSC4015
6 UOC
Music Honours Thesis
MUSC4016
12 UOC
Music Honours Thesis
MUSC4017
18 UOC
Music Honours Thesis

Level 1 PR and Advertising Core Courses
3453 - Media (Public Relations and Advertising)

You must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

MDIA1002
6 UOC
Media & Communication Contexts
MDIA1003
6 UOC
Public Relations and Advertising Foundations

Level 2 PR and Advertising Core Courses
3453 - Media (Public Relations and Advertising)

You must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

NOTE: The third level 2 core course, MDIA2012 Promotional Cultures, is being developed.

MDIA2005
6 UOC
Advertising: The Creative Dimensions
MDIA2006
6 UOC
Communication Strategies

Level 3 PR and Advertising Core Courses
3453 - Media (Public Relations and Advertising)

You must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

MDIA3000
6 UOC
Discourse and Promotion
MDIA3009
6 UOC
Brand Communications and Cultures

Level 1 Media Prescribed Courses
3453 - Media (Public Relations and Advertising)

You must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS1090
6 UOC
Media, Culture and Everyday Life
ARTS1091
6 UOC
Media, Society, Politics
ARTS1092
6 UOC
Working with Data

Level 2 Media Prescribed Courses
3453 - Media (Public Relations and Advertising)

You must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS2091
6 UOC
Mobile Cultures
ARTS2092
6 UOC
Global Media: Markets, Flows and Cultures
ARTS2093
6 UOC
Social Media
ARTS2095
6 UOC
Digital Technologies and the Self
ARTS2096
6 UOC
Media Rights, Media Wrongs

Level 3 Media Prescribed Courses
3453 - Media (Public Relations and Advertising)

You must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS3091
6 UOC
Advanced Media Issues
ARTS3092
6 UOC
Media and Transformation in the Asia-Pacific
ARTS3093
6 UOC
Media Power
ARTS3096
6 UOC
Media and Climate Change
ARTS3097
6 UOC
Current Debates in Media and Culture
MDIA3007
6 UOC
Media Internship

PR & Advertising Prescribed Courses
3453 - Media (Public Relations and Advertising)

You must complete 12 UOC of the following, including at least one at level two and one at level three:

MDIA2007
6 UOC
Political Communication
MDIA2011
6 UOC
Media Design for Change
ARTS2094
6 UOC
Visual Communication
MDIA3005
6 UOC
Social Innovation and Engagement
MDIA3008
6 UOC
Issues and Crisis Communication
MDIA3012
6 UOC
Communication Project

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
3453 - Media (Public Relations and Advertising)

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
3453 - Media (Public Relations and Advertising)

You must have completed 24 UOC before taking any Level 2 courses.

You must have completed 66 UOC before taking any Level 3 courses.

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please read the Double Degree Program rules as some specific rules apply to particular Double Degree combinations.

You are responsible for ensuring you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and advice from your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program.

Sample Programs

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3579 Music (Honours)/Media (Public Relations and Advertising) Sample Program

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