Undergraduate
On this page you will find information about the:
BMus
The BMus is a specialised degree for those wanting to pursue music professionally. It provides intensive study in Classical Performance, Jazz, Composition (Instrumental/Vocal or Sonic Arts) or Music Studies (which includes the following options: Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Jazz Studies, and Without Specialisation). Intending performance students must pass an audition, usually held between August and October of the previous year.
The three-year course of study for the BMus consists of papers worth at least 360 points, of which at least 180 points are to be taken in papers numbered 201–399, with a minimum of 75 MUSC, PERF, and/or CMPO points taken at 300 level. Students may include papers prescribed for undergraduate degrees of Massey University or Victoria University of Wellington.
Students enrolled in the BMus at the NZSM can major in:
- Classical Performance
- Music Studies
- with a specialisation in Musicology
- with a specialisation in Ethnomusicology
- with a specialisation in Jazz Studies
- without specialisation
- Composition
- with a specialisation in Instrumental/Vocal Composition
- with a specialisation in Sonic Arts
- Jazz
The BMus is an intensive programme, but for students who are academically well
prepared and enjoy being extended it is possible to take a BMus with a double
major (e.g. BMus in Composition and Ethnomusicology, or Jazz and History &
Literature of Western Music).
Bachelor of Arts in Music at VUW or Massey — BA
This degree option offers maximum flexibility and allows students to combine music with a greater number of non-music papers than is possible within the BMus alone. Students may take a diverse range of non-music papers in a BA, or may elect to do a double major with another subject area. Non-music subjects that complement music studies include papers in Maori Studies, Pacific Studies, Asian Studies, European languages, English literature, History, Anthropology, Theatre and Film, Art History and Media Studies. Students may take either the Victoria University of Wellington BA in Music, or the Massey BA in Music, taught by distance form Palmerston North.
- Students taking the BA in Music Studies at Victoria University enrol in NZSM
papers
- Students taking the BA in Music at Massey University, Palmerston North, may
with permission include NZSM papers as part of their degree
Information on Double Majors and Double Degrees
The BMus with a double major
The BMus is an intensive programme, but for students who are academically well
prepared and enjoy being extended, it is possible to pursue the BMus with a double
major, (e.g. BMus in Composition and Ethnomusicology, or Jazz and History and Literature of Western Music). Note that if you decide to combine
Performance with another BMus major, your point total is likely to exceed the
minimum required to complete the BMus degree (360 points).
The BMus/BA double degree
This allows for specialist study in Composition, Classical Performance, Jazz,
History & Literature of Western Music, or Ethnomusicology alongside intensive
study in one or two other subject areas. The number of points you will be
able to cross credit will depend on the regulations of the university in which
you are completing your BA.
The BA with a double major
A double major in Music and another arts subject allows for in-depth study
in more than one specialisation within the BA.
Music courses as supporting subjects in an Arts
degree
You can take Music as a supporting subject for another major or for general
interest. Many music courses may be credited to a BA degree, and there are
a number of music courses for which no prior knowledge of music is required.
Those offered might include:
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