Bachelor of Music Studies - South Bank (QCGU)
Program overview
| Program code | Program title | Award abbreviation | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1266 | Bachelor of Music Studies | BMusSt | South Bank (QCGU) | |
| Host element | Duration | CRICOS code | Credit points | Semester/Trimester intakes |
| Queensland Conservatorium | 3 years full-time | 050275C | 240CP | S1 |
| Program fees | ||||
Why choose this program?
This highly innovative program is ideal if you wish to study music within a broad framework. It is designed to enable you to become highly musically literate, to develop a broad understanding of music and its place in the community and have appropriate skills for a career in the music industry.
You will receive practical training in instrumental or vocal study and ensembles but at a less intensive level than in the Bachelor of Music program and choose from a wide range of core courses and electives in music including theoretical and historical studies, world music, popular music, music technology, composition, pedagogy as well as courses offered by other teaching elements at Griffith.
You will need a good musical background and a desire to explore studies in one or more majors including:
- Music and cultural industries
- Music and media (music technology)
- Music with other disciplines
- Musicology
- World music
- Music education
This program has the following four concentration areas:
- Performance studies: These involve individual practical lessons in your principal instrument, voice or composition. Ensembles are also available subject to audition.
- Core music studies: These will develop your music literacy, knowledge of repertoires and styles and communication skills. Courses include music theory, aural studies, music literature and technology studies.
- Majors: These are specialist studies in a concentration area and these courses begin in second year.
- Electives: These courses in each year allow you to broaden your music experience or to explore courses in other subject areas. All electives available to Bachelor of Music students are also available to students in this program.
In years two and three, you will have the opportunity to specialise in one of the majors listed above. If you have an interest in another discipline (e.g. humanities or a language) you may be able to include a major from one of these areas. If you are planning to proceed into a Graduate Diploma of Education - Secondary program to qualify for teacher registration, you can take a major which prepares you for either classroom teaching and/or instrumental teaching options.
At the end of three years, you may graduate, proceed to a fourth Honours year (subject to meeting specific criteria) or choose to apply to undertake a one-year Graduate Diploma of Education - Secondary program if you have completed an Education preparation major.
Bachelor of Music Studies/Graduate Diploma of Education - Secondary
This combination of programs is intended for students who wish to complete a Music degree and gain a teaching qualification.
In the first three years, students undertake the Bachelor of Music Studies program at the Queensland Conservatorium. In the fourth year, students undertake the Graduate Diploma of Education - Secondary [4137] program at the Mt Gravatt campus.
The combination of both programs provides a high level of musical training and professional preparation for teaching. The music program is identical to the Bachelor of Music Studies program except that you will undertake an Education Preparation major within that program. The Graduate Diploma program covers the theory and practice of teaching, concentrating on the characteristics of learners and teachers and the social and educational contexts of education. The program includes education studies, curriculum studies in nominated teaching areas and professional experience in secondary schools. Students undertake music as a teaching area at secondary school level plus either instrumental teaching or another classroom subject (English, Social science, Drama or Computing).
Graduates of these two programs will be eligible to apply for registration as a teacher from the Queensland College of Teachers.
Career opportunities
This program is your entrée into a wide range of professional pathways including working in arts organisations or on arts projects, performing in or managing community music organisations or projects, music journalism and communication, composition, performance and recording or progressing towards an academic career in teaching and research.
If you have included pedagogy electives in your studies, you may be equipped to undertake instrumental or vocal teaching.