Composition major
225 points
Level 3: compulsory
- MUSI10023 Music Language 1: the Diatonic World
- MUSI10047 Music History 1: 17th & 18th Centuries
- MUSI10231 Composition 1
- MUSI10232 Composition 2
- MUSI20055 Composition 3
- MUSI20056 Composition 4
- MUSI20061 Music Language 2: Chromaticism & Beyond
- MUSI20198 Music History 2: The Long 19th Century
- MUSI20237 Ecoacoustic Music
- MUSI30025 Instrumentation and Arranging
- MUSI30046 Music Language 3: Modern Directions
- MUSI30213 Composition 5
- MUSI30214 Composition 6
- MUSI30249 Music History 3: 20th & 21st Centuries
Level 3: pick 4
- MUSI10004 Computing for Musicians
- MUSI10016 Art of Piano Teaching
- MUSI10041 Baroque Ensemble 1
- MUSI10042 Baroque Ensemble 2
- MUSI10052 Brass Ensemble 1
- MUSI10053 Brass Ensemble 2
- MUSI10056 Early Voices 1
- MUSI10057 Early Voices 2
- MUSI10058 Conservatorium Choir 1
- MUSI10059 Conservatorium Choir 2
- MUSI10060 Symphonic Ensembles 1
- MUSI10061 Symphonic Ensembles 2
- MUSI10066 Guitar Ensemble 1
- MUSI10067 Guitar Ensemble 2
- MUSI10068 String Ensemble 1
- MUSI10069 String Ensemble 2
- MUSI10076 Piano Duo and Duet 1
- MUSI10092 Vocal Ensemble 1
- MUSI10093 Vocal Ensemble 2
- MUSI10179 Making Music For Film And Animation 1
- MUSI10184 Pop Song Writing 1
- MUSI10204 Applied Aural Musicianship 1
- MUSI10206 Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 2
- MUSI10207 Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 1
- MUSI10219 Rock Music: From Roots to Retro
- MUSI10225 Chamber Choir 1
- MUSI10226 Chamber Choir 2
- MUSI10227 Musics of the World
- MUSI10237 Music and Health
- MUSI10238 Percussion Ensemble 1
- MUSI10239 Percussion Ensemble 2
- MUSI20008 Music Technology
- MUSI20013 Chamber Music 1
- MUSI20014 Chamber Music 2
- MUSI20025 Minor Music Performance 1
- MUSI20026 Minor Music Performance 2
- MUSI20069 Baroque Ensemble 1
- MUSI20070 Baroque Ensemble 2
- MUSI20071 Big Band 1
- MUSI20072 Big Band 2
- MUSI20073 Brass Ensemble 1
- MUSI20074 Brass Ensemble 2
- MUSI20080 Early Voices 1
- MUSI20081 Early Voices 2
- MUSI20082 Conservatorium Choir 1
- MUSI20083 Conservatorium Choir 2
- MUSI20087 Indonesian Gamelan Ensemble 1
- MUSI20088 Indonesian Gamelan Ensemble 2
- MUSI20089 Guitar Ensemble 1
- MUSI20090 Guitar Ensemble 2
- MUSI20091 String Ensemble 1
- MUSI20092 String Ensemble 2
- MUSI20093 Symphonic Ensembles 1
- MUSI20094 Symphonic Ensembles 2
- MUSI20099 Piano Duo and Duet 1
- MUSI20104 Shakuhachi Ensemble 1
- MUSI20105 Shakuhachi Ensemble 2
- MUSI20108 Chinese Music Ensemble
- MUSI20112 Vocal Ensemble 1
- MUSI20113 Vocal Ensemble 2
- MUSI20120 Paris! Berlioz to the Ballets Russes
- MUSI20122 Composition Studies
- MUSI20149 Music Psychology
- MUSI20150 Music and Health
- MUSI20156 Practical Anatomy for Classical Voice 1
- MUSI20160 Applied Aural Musicianship 3
- MUSI20167 Creating Music For Advertising
- MUSI20173 The Art of Game Music
- MUSI20174 The Laptop Recording Studio
- MUSI20190 Advanced Recording Studio Techniques
- MUSI20203 Performance Psychology
- MUSI20204 Music and Politics
- MUSI20206 The Business of Music
- MUSI20207 Applied Aural Musicianship 2
- MUSI20208 Electronic Dance Music Technique
- MUSI20210 Saxophone Ensemble
- MUSI20211 Percussion Ensemble 1
- MUSI20212 Practical Anatomy for Classical Voice 2
- MUSI20213 Chamber Choir 1
- MUSI20214 Chamber Choir 2
- MUSI20215 Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 1
- MUSI20216 Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 2
- MUSI20217 Topics in Ethnomusicology
- MUSI20219 Global Pop
- MUSI20223 Music Performance Science
- MUSI20224 Music and Gender
- MUSI20226 Jazz and Improvisation Global Atelier
- MUSI20227 Popular Music Studies
- MUSI20231 Indigenous Music and Musicians
- MUSI20232 Indigenous Musical Instruments
- MUSI20234 Introduction to Improvisation
- MUSI20235 Jazz Improvisation
- MUSI20236 Latin American Music and Culture
- MUSI20241 African Music & Dance Ensemble 1
- MUSI20242 African Music & Dance Ensemble 2
- MUSI20244 Figured Bass Realisation 1
- MUSI20245 Percussion Ensemble 2
- MUSI30004 Music and Film since 1900
- MUSI30015 Sex, Death and the Ecstatic in Music
- MUSI30019 Chamber Music 3
- MUSI30020 Chamber Music 4
- MUSI30030 The Music Of Spain
- MUSI30032 Music Research
- MUSI30045 Studies In Opera
- MUSI30047 Music Analysis
- MUSI30050 Minor Music Performance 3
- MUSI30051 Minor Music Performance 4
- MUSI30053 The Ethnography of Music
- MUSI30116 Historical Performance Practice
- MUSI30159 Acting for Singers 1
- MUSI30160 Acting for Singers 2
- MUSI30163 Baroque Ensemble 1
- MUSI30164 Baroque Ensemble 2
- MUSI30165 Big Band 1
- MUSI30166 Big Band 2
- MUSI30167 Brass Ensemble 1
- MUSI30168 Brass Ensemble 2
- MUSI30172 Early Voices 1
- MUSI30173 Early Voices 2
- MUSI30174 Conservatorium Choir 1
- MUSI30175 Conservatorium Choir 2
- MUSI30181 Guitar Ensemble 1
- MUSI30182 Guitar Ensemble 2
- MUSI30183 String Ensemble 1
- MUSI30184 String Ensemble 2
- MUSI30185 Symphonic Ensembles 1
- MUSI30186 Symphonic Ensembles 2
- MUSI30193 Piano Duo and Duet 1
- MUSI30206 Vocal Ensemble 1
- MUSI30207 Vocal Ensemble 2
- MUSI30236 The Music Producer: From Brass to Beats
- MUSI30244 Chamber Choir 1
- MUSI30246 Music as Noise: Making Sound Art
- MUSI30255 Applied Aural Musicianship 4
- MUSI30257 Figured Bass Realisation 2
- MUSI30258 Chamber Choir 2
- MUSI30260 Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 1
- MUSI30261 Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble 2
- MUSI30269 Music in Australia
- MUSI30270 Topics in Musicology
- MUSI30271 Topics in Popular Music Studies
- MUSI30272 Research in Context
- MUSI30281 Advanced Harmonic Studies
- MUSI30282 Advanced Rhythmic Studies
- MUSI30286 Introduction to Instrumental Teaching
- MUSI30287 Arranging for Large Jazz Ensemble
- MUSI30290 Diction for Singers: English & German
- MUSI30291 Diction for Singers: Italian & French
- MUSI30292 Art Song Interpretation
- MUSI30293 Writing About Music
- MUSI30294 Samba Band Advanced
- MUSI30295 Percussion Ensemble 1
- MUSI30296 Percussion Ensemble 2
- PERF30002 Performance Curation: The Buxton Project
Level 1 and 2: take these first
- MUSI10193 Contextual Studies 2
- MUSI20163 Samba Band
- MUSI20177 Contextual Studies 3
- MUSI20180 Contextual Studies 4
Where it can lead
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From the Handbook · checked 2026-10-23
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