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Overview

This Handbook is for commencing students. If you commenced in a prior year please refer to the Online Handbook in the year you started your Law degree or contact the Faculty of Law for advice. This program, Music (Honours)/Law - 4779, is for students who enrolled in program 4774 Bachelor … For more content click the Read More button below. The double degree Bachelor of Music (Honours) / Bachelor of Laws is a 6 year program (full-time) and provides an opportunity to obtain two degrees of importance to talented students or students wishing to explore connections between music and law. The Law courses satisfy the requirements for the award of the professional LLB degree.The music courses offer intensive pre-professional training in musicology, music theory, performance and composition as well as one of four music streams: Music Creative Practice, Music Inquiry, Sonic Arts and Music Pedagogy. All streams are supported by a variety of large and small, western and non-western music ensembles as well as extensive opportunities for developing musicianship skills.

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Double Degree Structure
288 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 288 UOC.

1. Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
2. Law prescribed elective - 6 UOC
3. Law elective courses - 42 UOC
4. Music Courses - 144 UOC

  • 4779 - Music (Honours) / Law
  • 5437 - Analytics
  • 3440 - Music (Honours)
  • 4701 - Law

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).

Law Electives
4701 - Law

Students must complete 42 UOC of Law Electives. Note: With the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies and the course teacher, undergraduate students may enrol in one or more Postgraduate courses, in a select list of approved Postgraduate Electives. Not more than half the students' total elective courses may be taken from the postgraduate offerings.

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.

Nura Gili Pre-Law Program
4701 - Law

Indigenous students who have entered the Bachelor of Law program through the Nura Gili Pre-Law program must complete the following two courses (6 UOC): - LAWS1213 Foundations Enrichment 1 (3 UOC) - LAWS1214 Foundations Enrichment 2 (3 UOC) These courses are taken in place of 6 UOC of electives and … For more content click the Read More button below.

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