H Monkhouse

Bachelor of Music: Purpose, Desires and Requirements

Effective curriculum design demands a thorough understanding of the purpose of the particular award, balanced with awareness of the amount of time required for knowledge, understanding, and the development of skills necessary to demonstrate achieved learning. For practical, tertiary-level, music study there are several intersecting imperatives that must be considered when establishing a curriculum to sit within a Bachelor of Music. This paper summarises, briefly, international guidelines established for Bachelor of Music programs, in particular the desired attributes for tertiary music performance graduates, then details the Australian context and finally considers how assessment strategies may be used to support required learning outcomes.