Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Music

Programme Director: Dr LAM, Tsz Kwan George

The aims and objectives of the Programme are to:

Provide a rigorous, relevant, and progressive curriculum that develops the musical knowledge, aesthetic concepts, creativity, and skills essential for a successful musician in the 21st Century;
Enable each student to develop a high level of musical proficiency, achievement, and musicianship;
Provide a strong tertiary programme of study that develops the creative, intellectual, and performance abilities necessary for a variety of careers in music;
Provide a programme of study that utilises modern technology to enhance traditional music learning and to encourage its use in creation, scholarship, performance, and teaching; and
Provide a programme that encourages self reliance, stimulates powers of communication, and develops analytical and independent thinking.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

I)	Major Courses	69 units
II)	Honours Project	6 units
III)	University Core Courses	13 units
IV)	General Education Courses	18 units
V)	Free Electives	22 units
		128 units

Requirements

I.	Major Courses	69 units
	Major Required Courses (44 units)
	MUSI1005 Musicianship I	1 unit
	MUSI1006 Theory and Structure of Music I	3 units
	MUSI1007 Western Music History I	3 units
	MUSI1008 Applied Music I	1 unit
	MUSI1009 Applied Music II	1 unit
	MUSI1015 Musicianship II	1 unit
	MUSI1016 Theory and Structure of Music II	3 units
	MUSI1017 Western Music History II	3 units
	MUSI1018 Ensemble I	1 unit
	MUSI1019 Ensemble II	1 unit
	MUSI1025 Chinese Music I	2 units
	MUSI1026 Chinese Music II	2 units
	MUSI1028 Music Colloquium I	0 unit
	MUSI1029 Music Colloquium II	0 unit
	MUSI2006 Compositional Techniques of the 20th Century and Beyond	3 units
	MUSI2008 Applied Music III	1 unit
	MUSI2009 Applied Music IV	1 unit
	MUSI2015 Musicianship III	1 unit
	MUSI2016 Music Technology I	3 units
	MUSI2018 Ensemble III	1 unit
	MUSI2019 Ensemble IV	1 unit
	MUSI2025 Form and Analysis I	3 units
	MUSI2028 Music Colloquium III	0 unit
	MUSI2029 Music Colloquium IV	0 unit
	MUSI3008 Applied Music V	1 unit
	MUSI3009 Applied Music VI	1 unit
	MUSI3018 Ensemble V	1 unit
	MUSI3019 Ensemble VI	1 unit
	MUSI3028 Music Colloquium V	0 unit
	MUSI3029 Music Colloquium VI	0 unit
	MUSI4008 Applied Music VII	1 unit
	MUSI4009 Applied Music VIII	1 unit
	MUSI4018 Ensemble VII	1 unit
	MUSI4019 Ensemble VIII	1 unit
	MUSI4028 Music Colloquium VII	0 unit
	MUSI4029 Music Colloquium VIII	0 unit

	Major Elective Courses (4 units)
	MUSI3036 Chinese Music Topic I	2 units
	MUSI3037 Chinese Music Topic II	2 units
	MUSI3045 Comparative Studies of Asian and Western Music	2 units
	MUSI3046 Western Music History Topic I	2 units
	MUSI3047 Western Music History Topic II	2 units

	Concentration Required Courses (21 units)
	(see each concentration)

II.	Honours Project	6 units
	MUSI4898 Honours Project I	3 units
	MUSI4899 Honours Project II	3 units

III.	University Core Courses	13 units

IV.	General Education Courses	18 units

V.	Free Electives	22 units
		128 units

The concentrations offered:

- Composition Concentration
- Directed Studies Concentration
- Music Education Concentration
- Performance Concentration