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University of Melbourne

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Bachelor of Music (Degree with Honours)

  • Bachelor (Honours)

The Bachelor of Music (Honours) is an intensive and highly specialised one-year program designed to round off your undergraduate learning in music. The program prepares you for entry into the music profession and creates a direct pathway to graduate coursework and research opportunities in music.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor (Honours)
Duration
1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Course Code
060219F
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul

About this course

The Bachelor of Music (Honours) is an intensive and highly specialised one-year program designed to round off your undergraduate learning in music. The program prepares you for entry into the music profession and creates a direct pathway to graduate coursework and research opportunities in music. Students choose from one of the following specialisations:

  • Music Performance
  • Composition
  • Interactive Composition
  • Jazz & Improvisation
  • Musicology/Ethnomusicology
  • Tailored Program

Under the guidance of your supervisor, you engage in independent research to produce a major creative work, or series or works, and a related research paper. You are introduced to practice-led research skills and will develop your capacity for devising, defining and managing a major project.

Study locations

Southbank

What you will learn

Your learning will be determined by the specialisation you choose.

Career pathways

Having furthered your understanding of your specialisation, you're on a pathway to graduate research programs such as the Master in Music (Research) or Doctor of Philosophy - Fine Arts and Music.

Your developed skills may allow you to work as professional practicing artists in your chosen field of specialisation.

How to apply

Check the entry requirements to make sure you're eligible, including the University's English language requirements.

If you are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, you may like to contact our Faculty's Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development before proceeding. They can assist you with your application and provide you with additional information about your study options.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Creative Arts courses at University of Melbourne.
83.2%
Overall satisfaction
80.1%
Skill scale
80.8%
Teaching scale
66.7%
Employed full-time
$62k
Average salary