Major Overview
- Description
Music General Studies is a stepping stone to a variety of careers within and beyond the music profession. This major provides you with a rigorous, high-quality tertiary music education with an intermediate specialisation in performance or composition. These studies enable you, as an emerging musician, to transfer to Specialist Music Studies at national and international centres of music excellence, and to postgraduate study to become an accredited music teacher.
- Outcomes
Students are able to (1) demonstrate a developing instrumental, vocal or composition technique; (2) demonstrate foundational knowledge of key issues relating to music that include music psychology, musical memory, practice strategies, composition techniques; (3) demonstrate an intermediate level of musicianship in presentation of works within solo, small and/or large ensemble settings; (4) demonstrate an awareness of relevant historical and stylistic conventions; and (5) demonstrate an experimental and creative orientation.
- Broadening guidelines
All students studying towards a Bachelor's Degree at UWA are required to Broaden their studies by completing a minimum of four units (24 points) of study outside their degree specific major. Broadening is your opportunity to explore other areas of interest, investigate new disciplines and knowledge paradigms and to shape your degree to suit your own aspirations and interests. Many of you will be able to undertake more than this minimum amount of broadening study and we encourage you to do so if this suits your aspirations. Over the next few months you will find here some broadening suggestions related to your degree-specific major. While we know that many students value guidance of this sort, these are only suggestions and students should not lose sight of the opportunity to explore that is afforded by your Broadening Choices. Advice can also be sought from your Allocated Student Advising Office.
- Prerequisites
Successful audition.
- Incompatibilities
MJD-MUSST Music Studies (ID 1146)
MJS-SPMST Music Specialist Studies (ID 1162)
- Courses
Music General Studies can be taken as a degree-specific major in the following degree courses:
Example Study Plan
See study plans for more information.
Units
Key to availability of units:
- S1
- Semester 1
- S2
- Semester 2
Pre-2019 students re-enrolling, refer to the 2018 Handbook for course sequence.
Level 1
Degree-specific major units
Take all units (12 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1, S2 | MUSC1591 | Music Large Ensemble 1 | |
| S1, S2 | MUSC1592 | Music Large Ensemble 2 | |
| S1, S2 | MUSC1741 | Practical Studies A | |
| S1, S2 | MUSC1742 | Practical Studies B |
|
Level 2
Degree-specific major units
Take all units (18 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | MUSC2341 | Music and Practices of Listening |
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| S2 | MUSC2342 | Music in Action |
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| S1, S2 | MUSC2591 | Music Large Ensemble 3 | |
| S1, S2 | MUSC2741 | Practical Studies C |
|
Level 3
Degree-specific major units
Take the following unit:
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1, S2 | MUSC2592 | Music Large Ensemble 4 | |
| S1, S2 | MUSC3741 | Practical Studies D |
|
Degree-specific major units
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | MUSC3335 | Music in the Sixties |
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| S2 | MUSC3336 | Music in Film, TV and Video Games |
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| S2 | MUSC3341 | Music, Society, and Ideas |
|
| S1, S2 | MUSC3543 | Conducting |
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