Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music - Music

Polish your talent for music theory and practice while exploring the arts humanities and social sciences.You will receive a rigorous, high-quality tertiary music education, specialising in performance, composition or creative music technology. In Arts you can draw flexibly from a rich repertoire of 40 majors and minors. You may like to concentrate on the history, culture or language of the music you're playing, or add to your career flexibility with music through theatre, performance, film or journalism. Arts is built around deeply enriching experiences, and via your elective units, offers you four Signature elements through which to develop your unique graduate profile: Global immersion, Intercultural expertise, Professional experience or Innovation capability. This course leads to two separate degrees: Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music. You will gain all the benefits of each degree course (see Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of Music) and be fully equipped to pursue a career in either field separately or to combine the two in your chosen work. As a graduate with a degree in Arts and another in Music you could pursue a career in the arts sector, performance, music instruction or composing, or in interdisciplinary roles, such as production, arts management, policy or coaching.

A major in music allows you to develop the necessary critical, analytical and interpretive skills to investigate various areas of music, including western art music, popular and world music, as well as opportunities to pursue practices related to the music industry. Furthermore, you may choose to participate in a range of small and large music ensembles, some of which are subject to audition, and undertake overseas study units. The major in music within the Bachelor of Arts is available to students with no prior music experience.

At the time of enrolment in a course at Monash University, you must be at least 17 years of age.
All Monash undergraduate courses require you to have successfully completed a minimum of an Australian Year 12 qualification (or equivalent) and achieve the required academic entry score. Most Monash faculties generally use your most recent studies for admission however other guidelines may apply where your prior qualification may be considered.
GCE A Level - 9
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 28
Advanced Placement -7
IELTS - 6.5 (Reading - 6.0, Listening - 6.0, Writing - 6.0, Speaking- 6.0)
Paper-based TOEFL – 550 (Test of written English - 4.5)
TOEFL iBT -79 (Reading- 13, Listening- 12, Writing: 21, Speaking- 18)