Our papers

You can search for available papers/courses in Victoria University of Wellington's online Course Catalogue [Victoria University website – opens in a new window]. Victoria University is our institution of enrolment so all NZSM courses are shown in this catalogue (except for those BA in Music courses offered by Massey University.)

For Independent Study Papers (ISPs) you need to complete an application form [MS Word document, 101KB – opens in a new window] and forward this to the relevant Programme Administrator to begin the application approval process. Please read all instructions on the form and complete accordingly.

Music Studies course offerings 2013

You can find out more about the 2013 Music Studies Programme Courses: Music Studies Programme Course Offerings 2013 [pdf, 136 KB – opens in a new window].

See also Music Studies 400 Level Courses 2013 [pdf, 107KB – opens in a new window].

Helpful information about BMus(Hons) in Music Studies (including musicology and ethnomusicology) is available in Honours in Music Studies info for enquirers [pdf, 226KB – opens in a new window].

2013 papers

Note that all links in these tables of courses go through to the Victoria University Course Catalogue.

Printable course catalogue

For a full printable list of courses that are available for 2013 including prerequisites, corequisites, points, and timetable information, see our document NZSM Course Catalogue 2013 [pdf 1.1MB – opens in a new window]. 

• 000 Level Papers

  NZSM 001 – Musicianship Studies
  NZSM 002 – Theory and History Studies
  NZSM 003 – Computing Skills
  NZSM 004 – Instrument Study
  NZSM 005 – Performance Studies
  NZSM 006 – Communication Skills

• 100 Level Papers

  CMPO 101 – Introduction to Composition and Sonic Arts
  CMPO 130 – Instrumentation
  CMPO 181 – Introduction to Music Technology
  MUSC 105 – Music Now: Understanding Music Through the Lens of the 20th-21st Centuries
  MUSC 120 – Ragtime to Rap: Introduction to Popular Musics [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 125 – Jazz History
  MUSC 130 – Hildegard to Avant Garde: Western Music 900-Present [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 131 – Introduction to Opera
  MUSC 132 – The Beethoven Phenomenon [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 150 – Music in World Cultures
  MUSC 160 – Basic Musical Techniques
  MUSC 164 – Jazz Theory 1
  MUSC 166 – Classical Theory and Musicianship 1
  MUSC 167 – Classical Theory and Musicianship 2
  PERF 103 – Performance Second Study 1
  PERF 120 – Jazz Performance 1
  PERF 121 – Jazz Improvisation 1
  PERF 122 – Jazz Ensemble 1
  PERF 123 – Fusion Ensemble
  PERF 126 – Improvisation for Non-Jazz Majors
  PERF 130 – Classical Performance 1
  PERF 132 – Accompanying 1
  PERF 133 – Small Ensemble 1
  PERF 134 – Large Ensemble 1
  PERF 135 – Vocal Ensemble and Stagecraft 1
  PERF 136 – Diction and Language 1
  PERF 151 – Maori Music Performance
  PERF 165 – Project in Peformance 1A
  PERF 166 – Project in Peformance 1B
  PERF 167 – Project in Performance 1C
  PERF 168 – Project in Performance 1D

• 200 Level Papers

  CMPO 201 – Instrumental/Vocal Composition 2: Form, Process and Materials
  CMPO 202 – Projects in Small Ensemble Composition and Orchestration
  CMPO 210 – Sonic Arts 2: Form, Process, Materials
  CMPO 211 – Creative Projects in Live Electronics
  CMPO 220 – Jazz Composition Principal Study 1
  CMPO 221 – Jazz Composition Principal Study 2 [not offered in 2013]
  CMPO 230 – Small Ensemble Orchestration for non-Composition Majors
  CMPO 235 – Jazz Arranging and Composition 1
  CMPO 281 – Computer Music Programming for Live Electronics
  CMPO 283 – Intermediate Studies in Recording, Mixing and Audio Production
  MUSC 207 – Individual Project [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 226 – Free Jazz
  MUSC 227 – Jazz Rock Fusion [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 230 – Topic in Music History [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 231 – Perspectives on Vocal Music
  MUSC 234 – Vocal Music from the Troubadours to Monteverdi [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 235 – Baroque Music (1600-1750) [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 236 – Music in the 18th Century: Enlightenment and Revolution [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 237 – Music in the 19th Century
  MUSC 245 – Music in the 20th Century [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 247 – Introduction to Music in 20th-Century Sound Cinema [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 248 – Pop Music Since the 1950s
  MUSC 249 – Music in New Zealand Society [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 250 – Music in Social and Cultural Contexts
  MUSC 251 – Perspectives on Music and Dance of Oceania
  MUSC 252 – Perspectives on Music of Asia [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 254 – Topic in Ethnomusicology
  MUSC 264 – Jazz Theory 2
  MUSC 265 – Electronic Music: Theory and Analysis
  MUSC 266 – Classical Theory and Musicianship 3
  MUSC 267 – Analysis
  PERF 203 – Performance Second Study 2
  PERF 210 – Introduction to Conducting
  PERF 220 – Jazz Performance 2
  PERF 221 – Jazz Improvisation 2
  PERF 222 – Jazz Ensemble 2
  PERF 223 – Advanced Fusion Ensemble
  PERF 224 – Latin Ensemble
  PERF 230 – Classical Performance 2
  PERF 232 – Accompanying 2
  PERF 233 – Small Ensemble 2
  PERF 234 – Large Ensemble 2
  PERF 235 – Vocal Ensemble and Stagecraft 2
  PERF 236 – Diction and Language 2
  PERF 250 – Gamelan Performance
  PERF 251 – Pasifika Performance 1
  PERF 252 – Asian Music Performance 1
  PERF 255 – Ethnomusicology Ensemble
  PERF 265 – Intermediate Project in Performance 2A
  PERF 266 – Intermediate Project in Performance 2B
  PERF 267 – Intermediate Project in Performance 2C
  PERF 268 – Intermediate Project in Performance 2D

• 300 Level Papers

  CMPO 301 – Combined Seminar in Composition/Sonic Art
  CMPO 302 – Advanced Projects in Instrumental/Vocal Composition [not offered in 2013]
  CMPO 303 – Topic in Instrumental/Vocal Composition [not offered in 2013]
  CMPO 305 – Topic in Composition/Sonic Arts
  CMPO 306 – Topic in Composition/Sonic Arts [not offered in 2013]
  CMPO 310 – Advanced Projects in Fixed-Media Sonic Arts [not offered in 2013]
  CMPO 311 – Advanced Projects in Live Electronics
  CMPO 315 – Topic in Sonic Arts [not offered in 2013]
  CMPO 320 – Advanced Jazz Composition 1
  CMPO 321 – Advanced Jazz Composition 2 [not offered in 2013]
  CMPO 330 – Large Ensemble Orchestration
  CMPO 335 – Jazz Arranging and Composition 2
  CMPO 381 – Interface Design for Live Electronics
  CMPO 383 – Topic in Music Technology
  MUSC 307 – Independent Research Project [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 309 – Special Topic
  MUSC 326 – Studies in Jazz Literature
  MUSC 327 – Topic in Jazz Studies
  MUSC 330 – Topic in Music History [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 331 – Studies in Instrumental Music
  MUSC 332 – Studies in Vocal Music
  MUSC 334 – Studies in Early Music [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 335 – Studies in Baroque Music [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 336 – Studies in 18th Century Music [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 337 – Studies in 19th Century Music
  MUSC 339 – Topic in Performance Practice
  MUSC 340 – Historical Performance Practice [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 341 – Topic in New Musical Concepts [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 342 – Editing as Interpretation
  MUSC 343 – Topic in Music Studies
  MUSC 344 – Approaches to the Study of Music
  MUSC 345 – Studies in 20th - 21st Century Music [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 346 – Critical Approaches to Music in Film [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 347 – Topic in New Zealand Music
  MUSC 349 – Pop Music Since the 1950s
  MUSC 350 – Research in Music, Society, and Culture
  MUSC 351 – Studies in Music and Dance of Oceania
  MUSC 352 – Studies in Music of Asia [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 354 – Studies in Music Ethnography
  MUSC 355 – Topic in Ethnomusicology
  MUSC 361 – Materials of 20th- and 21st-Century Music
  MUSC 368 – Counterpoint [not offered in 2013]
  MUSC 369 – Topic in Analysis [not offered in 2013]
  PERF 303 – Performance Second Study 3
  PERF 320 – Jazz Performance 3
  PERF 322 – Jazz Ensemble 3
  PERF 324 – Advanced Latin Ensemble
  PERF 330 – Classical Performance 3
  PERF 332 – Accompanying 3
  PERF 333 – Small Ensemble 3
  PERF 334 – Large Ensemble 3
  PERF 335 – Vocal Ensemble and Stagecraft 3
  PERF 336 – Diction and Language 3
  PERF 340 – Topic in Performance
  PERF 350 – Ethnomusicology Performance 2
  PERF 351 – Pasifika Performance 2
  PERF 352 – Asian Music Performance 2
  PERF 365 – Advanced Project in Performance 3A
  PERF 366 – Advanced Project in Performance 3B
  PERF 367 – Advanced Project in Performance 3C
  PERF 368 – Advanced Project in Performance 3D

• 400 Level Papers

  NZSM 401 – Project in Composition/Sonic Arts 1
  NZSM 402 – Project in Composition/Sonic Arts 2
  NZSM 403 – Topic in Composition [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 404 – Topic in Composition [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 405 – Topic in Composition
  NZSM 406 – Advanced Projects in Orchestration
  NZSM 407 – Jazz Arranging
  NZSM 409 – Independent Arrangement Project
  NZSM 411 – Classical Performance (Solo)
  NZSM 412 – Jazz Performance
  NZSM 413 – Small Ensemble
  NZSM 414 – Accompanying
  NZSM 419 – Independent Performance Project
  NZSM 422 – Electronic Performance
  NZSM 423 – Ethnomusicology Performance [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 424 – Ethnomusicology Performance Second Study [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 425 – Topic in Historical Performance
  NZSM 426 – Topic in Performance [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 427 – Topic in Performance [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 428 – Topic in Performance
  NZSM 429 – Topic in Performance
  NZSM 430 – Topic in Music Studies
  NZSM 431 – Approaches to the Study of Music
  NZSM 432 – Topic in New Zealand Music
  NZSM 433 – Twentieth-Century Music Studies [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 435 – Music in New Zealand [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 438 – Editing as Interpretation
  NZSM 439 – Eighteenth-Century Music Studies [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 440 – Historical Performance Practice [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 441 – Topic in New Musical Concepts [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 444 – Opera Studies [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 445 – Operatic Criticism [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 446 – Topic in Musicology
  NZSM 447 – Topic in Analysis [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 448 – Topic in Performance
  NZSM 449 – Topic in Jazz
  NZSM 450 – Topic in Ethnomusicology [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 451 – Approaches to Music Ethnography
  NZSM 453 – Research in Music, Society, and Culture
  NZSM 454 – Literature Review in a Selected Area in Ethnomusicology [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 460 – Critical Approaches to Music in Film [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 461 – Materials of 20th/21st Century Music
  NZSM 470 – Music Therapy Principles
  NZSM 471 – Jazz Research
  NZSM 473 – Topic in Performance Studies [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 474 – Music Pedagogy [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 483 – Topic in Music Technology
  NZSM 494 – Scholarly Project
  NZSM 495 – Minor Independent Project
  NZSM 496 – Independent Project
  PERF 411 – Classical Performance (Solo) A
  PERF 412 – Jazz Performance A
  PERF 413 – Small Ensemble A
  PERF 414 – Accompanying A
  PERF 416 – Classical Performance (Solo) B
  PERF 417 – Jazz Performance B
  PERF 418 – Small Ensemble B
  PERF 419 – Accompanying B
  PERF 432 – Accompanying Second Study
  PERF 433 – Small Ensemble Second Study
  PERF 434 – Orchestral Performance
  PERF 435 – Opera Performance
  PERF 440 – Historical Performance Studies

• 500 Level Papers

  NZSM 501 – Special Topic
  NZSM 502 – Special Topic
  NZSM 503 – Special Topic
  NZSM 504 – Special Topic
  NZSM 520 – Music Therapy Principles
  NZSM 521 – World Musics and Music Therapy
  NZSM 522 – Music Therapy Methods
  NZSM 523 – Music Therapy Practicum
  NZSM 524 – Independent Study
  NZSM 526 – Case Work and Research
  NZSM 527 – Research Approaches in Music Therapy
  NZSM 531 – Music Pedagogy [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 532 – Recital [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 533 – Performance A [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 534 – Singing Teaching A [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 535 – Singing Teaching B [not offered in 2013]
  NZSM 591 – Musicology
  NZSM 592 – Composition
  NZSM 596 – Performance
  NZSM 597 – Musicology
  NZSM 598 – Composition
  NZSM 599 – Performance

• 600 Level Papers

  MUSI 690 – Music for PhD
  NZSM 640 – Composition/Sonic Arts
  NZSM 641 – Performance
  NZSM 650 – Research Proposal and Presentation
  NZSM 651 – Special Topic
  NZSM 652 – Special Topic
  NZSM 653 – Special Topic
  NZSM 654 – Special Topic
  NZSM 655 – Special Topic
  NZSM 660 – Composition/Sonic Arts Thesis
  NZSM 661 – Performance Thesis
  NZSM 690 – Music for PhD 

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