S2005 - Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Music

Overview

Choosing between two areas that interest you can be hard, so this double degree course enables you to make the most of your talents and study both science and music. Physics, mathematics and music have been related for millennia in the art and science of acoustics but the links are … For more content click the Read More button below. Whether your music specialisation is in composition and music technology, music performance or popular music, a broad understanding of science will illuminate and enrich the experience. And if your main focus is science, music expertise will offer interesting opportunities not available to everyone - perhaps working on treatments for auditory conditions or mapping sound to interaction.

Choosing between two areas that interest you can be hard, so this double degree course enables you to make the most of your talents and study both science and music.

Physics, mathematics and music have been related for millennia in the art and science of acoustics but the links are much more extensive. The latest developments in physics, psychology, human biology, materials science, information science and statistical analysis all give us new answers to ancient questions about music - what it is, why we make it, how we make it, why we listen to it and how it is changing.

Whether your music specialisation is in composition and music technology, music performance or popular music, a broad understanding of science will illuminate and enrich the experience.

And if your main focus is science, music expertise will offer interesting opportunities not available to everyone - perhaps working on treatments for auditory conditions or mapping sound to interaction.

Mode and location

On campus

Learning outcomes

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework and Monash Graduate Attributes.

Students in the double degree course achieve the Course Learning Outcomes of the two partner courses.

Structure

Double degree courses include the features of the component degree courses, except that electives may be reduced.

Science

S2000 Bachelor of Science is a comprehensive course and it will provide you with a broad, general science education, as well as specialist training in one or more science disciplines. This course is structured in three equal parts. In the double degree course you complete:

Part A. Science specified study

This will provide you with the mathematical or statistical foundation for your study of science. It will also expose you to several science disciplines contributing breadth to your understanding of science and giving you the opportunity to learn about several disciplines before finalising your choice of major.

Part B. Science listed major

This will provide you with a focused program of study that will develop your expertise in one discipline area. You will learn to develop, apply and communicate an advanced level of understanding of the concepts and theoretical frameworks that constitute the knowledge base of the discipline.

Music

A2003 Bachelor of Music is a specialist course that develops through the themes of music specialist study, music theory and ear training, and music context study.

Part A. Music specialist study

This sequence of units will provide you with specialist skills to undertake a final examination either through performance with your chief instrument or voice, or through a folio of composition and music technology media or written work. Performance and other applied electives are also available.

Part B. Music theory and ear training

This will integrate the development of aural skills with the theoretical understanding of music through listening, analysis, performance, notation and composition.

Part C. Music context studies

These studies will expose you to the study of music and music making in various cultural, historical, social and professional settings through introductory units and a capstone experience.

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

Please refer to this guide when choosing the appropriate level one mathematics and statistics unit.

Requirements
192 credit points

Rules

Science component96 credit points

In choosing the 96 credit points of Bachelor of Science listed study over Part A and Part B, you must ensure that you complete six science listed units (36 credit points) at Level 1, and ten science listed units (60 credit points) at Levels 2 and 3 with a minimum of four (24 credit points) at Level 3.

You must complete the Mathematics and statistics unit requirement within the first 72 credit points of this double degree course.

The psychology extended major is not available in this double degree.

S2000

144 CP

Bachelor of Science

Music component96 credit points

Alternative exit(s)

You may be eligible to exit the double degree program and graduate with either a Bachelor of Science (S2000) or a Bachelor of Music (A2003) after three years, depending on the units studied.

If you wish to graduate with a Bachelor of Science (S2000) prior to the completion of the double degree you must have completed at least 144 credit points of studies, including all of the requirements in Part A and Part B for the Bachelor of Science degree.

If you wish to graduate with a Bachelor of Music (A2003) prior to the completion of the double degree you must have completed at least 144 credit points of studies, including all of the requirements in Part A, B and C for the Bachelor of Music degree.

Organisational contact information

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