University of Tasmania
Bachelor of Music with Honours
The degree is for highly gifted musicians who seek to continue musical studies beyond the undergraduate level. The purpose of the year is to allow students to immerse themselves in one area of specialisation and determine, through the year of study, the musical future they wish to pursue. Upon completion of Honours successful students interested in pursuing a higher research degree may apply to Master or PhD study or, for practitioners keen to perfect skills and artistry, a two-year coursework Masters of Music program.
Course objectives
The program emphasises the need for a spirit of excellence and a strong sense of independent inquiry. The Bachelor of Music with Honours aims to increase students’ breadth of knowledge, and to foster greater capacity to engage in academic and practical excellence. The degree provides time and opportunity for highly gifted musicians who seek to continue musical studies beyond the undergraduate level. The course of study undertaken encourages musicians with the potential to pursue high-level performance or scholarly careers to immerse themselves in one specialisation and determine, through the year of study, the musical future they wish to pursue.
Learning Outcomes
- Exercise critical and creative enquiry to generate and articulate a music research project.
- Contextualise artistic practice to define, critically analyse and explore solutions to complex problems associated with one or more areas of musical activity.
- Undertake independent, creative research using appropriate methods to plan and execute a piece of independent scholarship.
- Exercise self-reflection, judgement and accountability in sustaining artistic practice and individual learning, in response to diverse professional, social and/or cultural contexts.
