UndergraduateMusic & Performing Arts
Bachelor of Music (Musicology)
Australian Institute of Music, Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Music (Musicology) explores the history, theory, and cultural influences that have shaped music throughout every era and across every corner of the world, developing the research skills and critical thinking to analyse music not just as sound but as a reflection of how people live, believe and resist. Delivered face to face with some online components at AIM's Melbourne and Sydney campuses; domestic students complete 6 study periods (2 years full-time, or 9 study periods part-time equivalent) and international students 9 study periods (3 years full-time). TEQSA course CRS1401307, CRICOS 111577B. Note: AIM's own live Course Structure accordion for this specific page currently displays the same private-lesson "Performance Major" unit sequence used on the Bachelor of Music (Performance) page rather than a Musicology-specific major sequence, an apparent template/content carryover on AIM's site; the curriculum below is built from the parts of the same page that are unambiguously Musicology-specific (its shared foundation units, its 11 named Musicology scholarship electives, and its capstone/collaboration units), not the seemingly mismatched major-sequence block.
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Course structure
- Shared foundation units (all Bachelor of Music streams): Introduction to Higher Education Studies
- Music Materials 1 and 2
- Art Meets Commerce (Arts and Entertainment Industry overview)
- four Collaboration Project units
- and a final Bachelor of Music Capstone Project. Musicology-specific scholarship electives (a defining feature of this stream, chosen across the degree): Musicology 1 Western Art Music
- Musicology 2 Popular Music
- Musicology 3 Music Theatre
- Musicology 4 Electronic Music
- Musicology 5 Screen Music
- Musicology 6 Australian Music
- Musicology 7 Game Music
- Musicology 8 Improvised Music
- Musicology 9 Jazz
- Musicology 10 Music Pedagogy
- Musicology 11 Music and Globalisation
- plus an independent Research Project unit. Students also choose Music Specialisation electives spanning Arts Management
- Composition
- Creative Technology
- Performance and Acting (Sydney only) modules
Admissions
Domestic: completed Australian Year 12 (or overseas equivalent, including IB) within the last 2 years, or entry via tertiary study/mature-age pathway; applicants must attend an interview and provide a portfolio of two contrasting pieces. International: same academic requirement plus minimum standard English requirements; applicants must attend an interview and provide a portfolio of two contrasting pieces (AIM's own course page and Entry Requirements for International Students page).
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