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University of Melbourne

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Bachelor of Music (Degree with Honours)

  • Bachelor (Honours)

The Bachelor of Music (Honours) is a one-year program designed to enhance undergraduate learning in music, preparing students for professional entry and graduate opportunities. Specialisations include Composition, Jazz & Improvisation, and Musicology/Ethnomusicology, among others.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor (Honours)
Duration
1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Course Code
BH-MUS
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul

About this course

OverviewCourse overview

The Bachelor of Music (Honours) is an intensive and highly specialised one-year program designed to round off your undergraduate learning in music. The program prepares you for entry into the music profession and creates a direct pathway to graduate coursework and research opportunities in music. Students choose from one of the following specialisations:

  • Composition
  • Interactive Composition
  • Jazz & Improvisation
  • Musicology/Ethnomusicology
  • Performance
  • Tailored Program (Please note, this specialisation is suspended and will not be offering a 2026 intake)

Under the guidance of your supervisor, you engage in independent research to produce a major creative work, or series of works, and a related research paper. You are introduced to practice-led research skills and will develop your capacity for devising, defining and managing a major project.

Study locations

Southbank

What you will learn

Overview

Course overview

Overview

The Bachelor of Music (Honours) is an intensive and highly specialised one-year program designed to round off your undergraduate learning in music. The program prepares you for entry into the music profession and creates a direct pathway to graduate coursework and research opportunities in music. Students choose from one of the following specialisations:

  • Composition
  • Interactive Composition
  • Jazz & Improvisation
  • Musicology/Ethnomusicology
  • Performance
  • Tailored Program (Please note, this specialisation is suspended and will not be offering a 2026 intake)

Under the guidance of your supervisor, you engage in independent research to produce a major creative work, or series of works, and a related research paper. You are introduced to practice-led research skills and will develop your capacity for devising, defining and managing a major project.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Creative Arts courses at University of Melbourne.
83.2%
Overall satisfaction
80.1%
Skill scale
80.8%
Teaching scale
66.7%
Employed full-time
$62k
Average salary