For outstanding students, a fourth year is available at honours level. In addition, students in Music Composition are required to take subjects in the history and theory of Western art music. Students work with a Composition lecturer and attend specialist seminars. In the first year a great deal of teaching is done in the electronic music studio where students develop skills in desktop music publishing and digital synthesis.
Later years focus on the development of an individual portfolio of work.
Composition students often take subjects in performance or other arts activities concurrently with their composition studies. The major is designed with sufficient flexibility to allow individuals to pursue their own interests. Application Requirements 1. The major study is comprised of compulsory subjects which focus on practice and includes compulsory history and theory subjects. A limited range of electives are offered by the Faculty of Creative Arts.