Bachelor of Music with Honours in Armidale Australia | The University of New England

The University of New England | Armidale Australia
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree with Honours
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
AUD 29,616
(c. USD20,888.16)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
12 months

For those dedicated to reaching the professional standards required in today's music industry, think about enhancing your education with an honors year. Serving as the pinnacle of your academic journey, our completely online Bachelor of Music with Honors allows music and music teaching graduates to engage in specialized research and creative projects that open doors to numerous career and academic prospects. This program will broaden your artistic and intellectual horizons, refine your research skills, strengthen your analytical thinking, and help you develop advanced personal and professional competencies. These essential qualities will provide you with adaptable skills highly valued in today's dynamic job market while also preparing you for further postgraduate studies.
Enrolling in our fully online music honors program sets you up for success in the music field by enabling focused exploration of your chosen specialization. With guidance from a supervisor, you'll conduct in-depth research in areas like musicology, performance studies, popular music studies, or creative disciplines such as composition and music production. Your studies will culminate with a dissertation or research-based exegesis and creative portfolio tailored to your specialization.
The Bachelor of Music with Honors program equips you for advanced academic pursuits and lays a solid foundation for a thriving career in the music industry.


Destination of Study

Subjects of Study

Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.0

Qualification Requirements

Entry is based on a bachelor qualification in music, education (Secondary Music) from UNE, or equivalent, and specific GPA and credit point requirements. English language requirements must also be met.

If you are an international applicant who wants to study on campus in Australia:

You will need to meet both the Academic and English Language Requirements to gain admission into this course. Meeting academic requirements means we review what you have already studied to see if you have the results needed for admission to your preferred course.

You can apply for this course if you meet all of the following entry requirements:

You have completed one of the following UNE qualifications, or an equivalent relevant qualification (AQF Level 7 or overseas equivalent):
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Education (Secondary Music)
You have achieved a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.5 in your relevant qualification.
You have achieved a minimum result of Distinction for at least 18 credit points of 300-level units in Music.
You have completed a minimum of 48 credit points of study in Music.
You intend to study a music topic for which UNE can provide adequate supervision.
Students must submit a research proposal of 1000 words, containing a written, cogent, proposal of the topic, which must include a thesis statement, and/or a problem to be solved, and/or a question to be answered, and/or a line of argument to be explored.

Students must have the support of a suitably qualified supervisor who is a member of the relevant discipline or approved by the discipline and Head of School (or delegate).

Please note: Admission to this course is determined by the Head of School (or delegate) on the recommendation of the discipline convenor.

If you are admitted on this basis, you will be eligible for admission under standard entry.

An International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic overall score of at least 6.0 with no sub-band less than 5.5*, or
Equivalent Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of at least 213 in the computer-based test or at least 79 in the internet-based test with no less than 22 in the written component.

Tuition AUD 29,616

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