Available to students in other Western Sydney University programs?  No

The Secondary Music Education (Further Studies) Major (0367) is designed to enhance the discipline knowledge of 1939 BEd (Secondary) students intending to graduate with Music as a single teaching area. Only students concurrently registered in the Secondary Music Education Major (0366) may take this further studies major as it does not meet NESA requirements for Music teaching when taken separately. Students will have opportunities to expand their Music knowledge and skills through further studies in musicology, periods and genres, composition and arranging, music technologies and production, and performance studies. 

Location

Location (Specialisation)

Campus	Mode	Advice
Penrith Campus	Internal	SecondaryEnquiries@westernsydney.edu.au

Major Structure

• Note: Students will need to travel to different campuses depending on subject availability and campus offerings.  

Students must successfully complete 80 credit points as follows.

Start-year intake

Plan of Study Grid

Year 1
Autumn session		Credit Points
PERF 1014	Music Production	10
	Credit Points	10
Spring session
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
Year 2
Autumn session
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
Spring session
Select two Alternate subjects (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		20
	Credit Points	20
Year 3
Autumn session
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
Spring session
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
Year 4
Autumn session
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
	Total Credit Points	80

Mid-year intake

Plan of Study Grid

Year 1
Spring session		Credit Points
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
Autumn session
PERF 1014	Music Production	10
	Credit Points	10
Year 2
Spring session
Select two Alternate subjects (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		20
	Credit Points	20
Autumn session
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
Year 3
Spring session
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
Autumn session
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
Year 4
Autumn session
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
	Total Credit Points	80

Alternate Subjects 

Students complete 7 subjects from the following pools, with no more than 2 subjects at Level 1 and at least 3 subjects at Level 3. 

Subject List

Subject	Title	Credit Points
Level 1 subjects
PERF 1010	Music Performance 1	10
PERF 1012	Music Performance 2	10
PERF 1024	Music Theory and Songwriting	10
PERF 1025	Sound Design	10
Level 2 subjects
PERF 2001	Arranging Music	10
PERF 2004	Composition and Creativity	10
PERF 2028	World Music	10
PERF 2029	Music Multimedia Project	10
PERF 2032	Music-making applications for education and therapy	10
PERF 2033	Recording Studio Practices	10
Level 3 subjects
PERF 3009	Music Research Methods	10
PERF 3013	Music and Analysis	10
PERF 3014	Music and Critical Thought	10
PERF 3022	Screen Media Composition	10
PERF 3023	Songwriting and Composer Collaborations	10
PERF 3029	Intercultural Music Project	10
PERF 3030	Performing as a Professional Musician	10
PERF 3032	Music and Cultural Frameworks	10

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