Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts
University of Newcastle
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Undergraduate
CRICOS: 00109J
A career in music and performing arts offers an exciting future within the evolving creative arts industries. Enhance your skills, discover new opportunities, and fast track your creative career through practical and creative learning. Practitioners in the creative and performing arts industry need to be collaborative. Practitioners combine a variety of technical skills in creative thinking, design, music, performance, production and writing. This program will enable you to develop your professional skills and networks as you transition into your career. Study the context of music and the creative and performing arts and their unique value to society at large.
Structure
- The Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts requires students to successfully complete 240 units, which is comprised of: 70 units of core courses
- 10 units from the Career-ready placement list, 80 units Major, 80 units electives.
Subjects
- Performance
- Song writing and production
- Performing Arts
Standard entry requirements
- Completed Year 12 studies - NSW HSC or equivalent qualification (there is no minimum Selection Rank requirement)
- Or Completed, or partly completed, higher education studies (0.25FTE completed or greater)
- Or TAFE/VET qualification, with a minimum of a completed Certificate II (AQF level 2)
- Or Completed recognised enabling program
- Or Overseas qualifications equivalent to Australian studies (International)
- Or Post-secondary professional qualifications.
Study pathways
Honours is available as an additional year to meritorious students.
Further information
With some additional study, graduates can also undertake careers as arts administrators, public relations officers, librarians in music resources, business managers for orchestras or marketing and public relations staff in the theatre.
