Bachelor of Music

When you think about a world without music, the silence is deafening. As old as humanity itself, music is indispensable for communication, entertainment, wellbeing and imagination. It is the soundtrack to our lives, whether streaming content, playing video games, or living through societal upheaval and cultural change, and continues to take on exciting new forms.Studying music from our island campus of Tasmania teaches you to embrace diversity, connections and ingenuity, leading to a rewarding future in music. Your degree is built around a Music Practice major, in which you develop your individual skills in a specialisation of your choice:Classical Performance Jazz and Popular Music Performance Composition Commercial Music Creation Music Technology Songwriter.Tasmania provides a unique backdrop for exploring both current and historical cultural contexts of music. Discover how place, spectacle, politics and the future borrow from and influence music, letting your interests drive the creation of new works and projects. To help you realise ideas and prepare you for the ever-changing musical landscape, you will pick up essential skills in recording, digital production, arranging, project management and an awareness of the music industry.Learning OutcomesApply and adapt specialist music skills and contextual knowledge to creative and scholarly practice.Define and resolve complex musical problems applying core theoretical, analytic and practical skills to contextual inquiry and creative outcomesCollaborate through performance andor project work and interdisciplinary engagement to generate outcomes for public circulation.Apply digital literacy, project management skills, and creative inquiry to produce distinctive creative music practice andor music-related scholarship.Exercise self-reflection, judgement and responsibility in developing artistic practice and individual learning, in response to diverse professional, social andor cultural contexts.Career outcomesThe Bachelor of Music gives you the tools to create your own future confidently, immersed in creativity and innovation. These are some of the top industries and careers projected to grow in the next five years.Course structureThe Bachelor of Music, requires the completion of 300 credit points comprising:100 credit points of Core unitsa 100 credit point major in Music Practice and;100 credit points of Elective units, or an optional major, such as a major in Sustainability.

Admission to undergraduate courses at the University of Tasmania requires the completion of qualifications equivalent to a 12th year of education in Australia.