Pre-tertiary TCE Music is desirable but not essential. Anyone possessing other qualifications and experience deemed by the Faculty to provide an adequate preparation for study equivalent to the successful completion of year 12 in an Australian school system, may be admitted to the course. Applicants are required to attend an audition and interview and to undertake a theory and aural test. Composition applicants should present a folio of at least three compositions. The course comprises 3 years of general study followed by one year of greater professional specialisation.
Students use vocationally specific materials and opportunities, at normal or honours level.
Counselling at the end of Year 1 will assist students to select appropriate subjects for the specialisations which they may want to include within the professional areas in Year 4. A review will be carried out at the end of Year 2 to ensure that students are able to meet the appropriate prerequisites for these professional Year 4 specialisations. Entry into Year 4 specialisations is subject to the student's satisfying certain prerequisites. This means that students need to plan ahead, realising that their longterm goal may influence the choice of elective units in the earlier years of the course. The prerequisites for entry into year 4 specialisations are presented below.