Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music - Literary Studies

Monash University

Polish your talent for music theory and practice while exploring the arts humanities and social sciences.You will receive a rigorous, high-quality tertiary music education, specialising in performance, composition or creative music technology. In Arts you can draw flexibly from a rich repertoire of 40 majors and minors. You may like to concentrate on the history, culture or language of the music youre playing, or add to your career flexibility with music through theatre, performance, film or journalism. Arts is built around deeply enriching experiences, and via your elective units, offers you four Signature elements through which to develop your unique graduate profile: Global immersion, Intercultural expertise, Professional experience or Innovation capability. This course leads to two separate degrees: Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music. You will gain all the benefits of each degree course (see Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Music) and be fully equipped to pursue a career in either field separately or to combine the two in your chosen work. As a graduate with a degree in Arts and another in Music you could pursue a career in the arts sector, performance, music instruction or composing, or in interdisciplinary roles, such as production, arts management, policy or coaching.Literary studies provides you with the skills to make connections between literary texts across historical periods and cultures, extending the variety of modes of reading and analysis, and developing cross-cultural research skills. You will learn how to write critically about what you have read, and develop an understanding of the relations between language, literature and culture. You will select from a range of common core units which provide essential training in key areas of the discipline you can then choose from a broad range of literary studies and creative writing electives. These provide training in the literature of key historical periods, as well as specialist areas of study. Creative writing students study literature and its applicability to writing practice through a comparative approach. You reflect creatively and analytically on your ongoing writing practice in the light of key texts by major practitioners. In the supportive and collaborative environment of workshops, you are encouraged to experiment with a range of techniques and styles.

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