Program Overview

Media Communication and Music

Bachelor's degree/Bachelor's degree

Double your career opportunities with this unique course offering! The Bachelor of Media Communication and Bachelor of Music double degree is designed for students interested in developing new and diverse skills in communication coupled with a critical understanding of the role of media in all aspects of our lives, and who are also passionate about the practical application of music composition, performance or music technology and are drawn to exploring the nature of music as culture.

Course Details

• Location: On-campus at Caulfield: Full time
• Duration: 4 years (full time)
• Start date: First semester (February) and Second semester (July)
• Qualification: Bachelor of Media Communication, Bachelor of Music
• Fees: Information about fees

Entry Requirements

International Entry Requirements

• Minimum Age: At the time of enrolment in a course at Monash University, you must be at least 17 years of age.
• Academic: All Monash undergraduate courses require you to have successfully completed a minimum of an Australian Year 12 qualification (or equivalent) and achieve the required academic entry score.
• Additional Requirements:
  • English subject (Australian Year 12 equivalent)
  • Language of instruction
  • English tests

English Entry Requirements

• Level A: Overall score for IELTS (Academic), with minimum band scores: Listening 6.0, Reading 6.0, Writing 6.0 and Speaking 6.0
• Equivalent approved English test scores:
  • TOEFL iBT: 79
  • TOEFL iBT Paper Edition: 79
  • TOEFL Essentials: 8
  • Pearson Test of English (Academic): 58
  • C1 Advanced (Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English): 176
  • C2 Proficiency (Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English): 176

Prerequisite Subject Requirements

• English:
  • VCE: Score of 25 in Units 3 and 4
  • IB Diploma Programme: Score of 4 in Standard Level or 3 in Higher Level
• Mathematics: Not specified
• Science/Other: Not specified

Bachelor of Media Communication

• Part A. Strategic knowledge: These studies build your competence in: analysing and understanding the current state and past developments in media communication locally and globally; understanding impacts of media and communication transformation, and media power; creating future scenarios and media communication visions by developing your preparedness and adaptability for future media communication change and creativity.
• Part B. Practical and professional skills: This involves developing your competencies in linking knowledge and media practice in professional contexts, such as conceptual and implementation skills, project and content management skills, hands-on experience in putting knowledge into practice, and thereby testing and creatively experimenting with (strategic) knowledge about media transitions and transformations.
• Part C. Collaboration and leadership: This involves competencies necessary for you to work in teams and in different knowledge communities and media communication professional settings.

Bachelor of Music

• Part A. Music specialist study: This sequence of units will provide you with specialist skills to undertake a final examination either through performance with your chief instrument or voice, or through a folio of composition and music technology media or written work.
• Part B. Music theory and ear training: This will integrate the development of aural skills with the theoretical understanding of music through listening, analysis, performance, notation and composition.
• Part C. Music context studies: These studies will expose you to the study of music and music making in various cultural, historical, social and professional settings through introductory units and a capstone experience.

Fees

• International fee: A$42,100 per 48 credit points (subject to change annually)

Enrolment Obligations

• International students enrolling in a CRICOS-registered course can study no more than one third (33%) of their course by distance and/or online learning.
• Students must enrol in at least one unit that is not by distance and/or online in each compulsory study period unless the student is completing the last unit of their course.