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F2Q Associate Degree in Music Studies Course Guide

F2Q course objectives and specifications

Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F
History Ensemble Musical Practice Music Technology Musicianship Theory
FCH101 Popular Music & Culture FCE105 Ensemble Skills 1 FCB140 Choral Experience  FCF110 Foundation Audio FCG110 Foundation Musicianshiip FCG120 Foundation Theory
FCH102 Music and History FCE106 Ensemble Skills 2 FCB210 Rock Band Experience FCJ117 Digital Audio Media 1 FCP101 Music Materials 1A FCP201 Harmony & Analysis A
FCB116 Rock Band Revolution FCE107 Music Project 1 FCB113 Music Teaching & Learning  FCJ118 Digital Audio Media 2 FCP102 Music Materials 1B FCP202 Harmony & Analysis B
FCH201 Music from 1700-1880 FCE202 Music Project 2 FCB103 Singer's Diction 1 FCJ119 Studio Musicianship FCP103 Contemporary Techniques A FCP303 Post Tonal Analysis
FCH202 Music from 1880-1950 FCE234 Ensemble Skills 3 FCB104 Singer's Diction 2 FCF101 Popular Music Composition and Song-Writing FCP203 Contemporary Techniques B  
FCH203 Jazz: from Spirituals to Swing FCE235 Ensemble Skills 4 FCP110 Foundation Practical Study (25% unit) FCF102 Fundamentals of Sonic Art FCP204 Contemporary Techniques C
FCH204 Jazz: from Bop to Contemporary FCE302 Music Project 3 FCP120 Advanced Practical Study  (25% unit) FCJ217 Recording & Sound Re-inforcement FCP304 Listening, Style & Analysis
FCH301 Music Before 1700 FCE303 Music Project 4 FCB215 Complementary Study FCJ218 Audio Post Production FCP307 Music Business Practices
FCP301 Music Since 1950 FCE330 Chamber Music 3A FCB201 Improvisation Skills FCP306 Music Seminar
FCH301 Early Music Studies FCE331 Chamber Music 3B FCJ215 History of Music as New Media
FCH302 Trends in Music Research FCA307 Orchestral or Vocal Studies A FCJ216 Music Technology: Interaction Design Theory      
    FCB311 Orchestration      
    FCB312 Conducting        
    FCB310 Orchestral Instruments Experience      
    FCP305 Music Arranging      

 

Students choose any 16 units from the above groupings comprising the following:

  • 175% (14 x 12.5% or equivalent) music units, with a minimum of 75% (6 x12.5%) being level 200/300
  • 25% (2 x 12.5% or 1 x 25%) elective units: these units may come from music, or from any school/discipline within the University, subject to approval from the appropriate School.

NB: FCP110 Foundation Practical Study,FCP120 Advanced Practical Study, and the four FCE107/202/302/303 Music Project units are 25% units; all other units are weighted at 12.5%.

A full time enrolment in the F2Q would require two years of study.

 

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Students wishing to enrol in the FCP Practical Study units listed in Group C are required to pass an audition and interview just prior to the semester in which they would like to be enrolled. The minimum standard of performance is AMEB Grade 5 practical (or equivalent) while composition students are required to submit a portfolio of recent work, (including recordings wherever possible of presented work) prior to the interview.

For further advice regarding the Associate Degree in Music Studies students should contact Mr Alistair Dobson or Ms Shan Deng

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