Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Composition)
Bachelor
Overview
About this course
You will develop the skills to compose electroacoustic music, including sound art, digital music, and computer music. You will also complete core studies in compositional techniques and analysis, instrumentation and orchestration, music theory and aural training and historical and cultural studies.
Who is it for?
If you want to become a professional composer and specialise in music for the concert hall, this degree is for you. You will focus on art music and study with internationally regarded composers.
Structure
What you’ll study
You will develop the skills to compose electroacoustic music, including sound art, digital music and computer music.
In addition, you will complete core studies in compositional techniques and analysis, instrumentation and orchestration, music theory and aural training and historical & cultural studies.
The Advanced Studies component will allow you to specialise in a major of your choice from the University's shared pool.
The following areas offer majors and minors in the shared pool (Table S):
- Architecture and Interaction Design
- Arts and Social Sciences
- Business and Commerce
- Education and Social Work
- Engineering and Computer Science
- Health, Medicine and Dentistry
- Music
- Science, Agriculture, Environment and Veterinary Science.
In the final year of your degree, you will undertake advanced coursework where you will enhance your leadership, critical thinking and problem-solving skills and increase your employment prospects. You will undertake challenging coursework and a substantial real-world project individually or in collaboration with other students.
If you would like to study honours and meet the relevant admissions requirements, you will be able to apply for an appended honours degree after completing four years of undergraduate study.
Costs
Tuition
HK$232,712.57
(international)
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
Secondary or tertiary qualification
A secondary education qualification such as the NSW Higher School Certificate (including national and international equivalents), OR approved higher education study, including approved preparation courses.
Alternatively, applicants may be granted admission on the basis of:
- having successfully undertaken tertiary studies in music at or above Diploma level to the equivalent of at least one year of study.
Language requirements
IELTS
6.5
A minimum result of 6.5 overall and a minimum result of 6.0 in each band
TOEFL
85
A minimum result of 85 overall including a minimum result of 17 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 19 in Writing
PTE
61
A minimum result of 61 overall and a minimum result of 54 in each band