Course details

Summary

Build upon the skills you learned in an undergraduate music degree with a year of focused study in your area of expertise.

Programme overview

Whether you are a performer, composer, musicologist or music studio teacher, your honours year sees you focus exclusively on your area of specialization. You will work closely with our staff of leading musicians and music-writers while you explore your chosen major in depth, and further develop the required intellectual and creative skills to thrive in the industry.

You will choose to major in classical or jazz performance, composition, musicology, popular music or studio pedagogy. Musicology students can also choose to further refine their major to focus on music education research or ethnomusicology.

Subjects available in this programme

Classical Performance, Composition, Jazz Performance, Musicology, Studio Pedagogy

Where could this programme take you?

On top of the career pathways available following your undergraduate degree, postgraduate study in music boosts your potential to build a successful performance or composition career. It also helps to secure a future in academia and research, contributing to influential projects in the music and wider arts community.

Jobs related to this programme

• Academic
• Arranger/composer
• Arts administrator/manager/director
• Instrumental teacher
• Music educator
• Music journalist
• Performer
• Radio/television/digital media/record producer

Further study options

• Master of Music
• Doctor of Music
• Doctor of Musical Arts
• Doctor of Philosophy
• Creative practice

Entry criteria

You must have completed an undergraduate music degree at a recognised university (or similar institution) in the same discipline as the major you are applying for. You will require a GPE of 5.0 across the highest-level courses that are relevant to your intended major.

English language requirements:
IELTS 6.5; TOEFL (iBT) 90; TOEFL (paper-based) 575; CAE or CPE 176; PTE 58; MELAB 85.