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Study Composition at Otago

• Overview
• Qualifications
• Papers
• Major Subject and Programme Requirements
• Further Information

Overview

A comprehensive training in Composition (including Music Technology and Song-Writing) to students at all levels of study. Broad-ranging in content, the Composition Major caters to all forms of musical creativity and music style. In the first year of study students may specialise in one area or mix different interests, such as Classical Music or Popular Music. In the following years, opportunities are made available for specialisation in writing for other media such as film, dance, television or theatre. There are no minimum entry requirements for the first-year composition papers, although students with little or no music reading ability are strongly encouraged to up-skill in the first semester.

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Qualifications

• Bachelor of Music (MusB)

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Papers

See the full list of Music (MUSI) papers.

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Programme Requirements

Bachelor of Music (MusB) majoring in Composition

Level	Papers	Points
100-level	MUSI 101 MUSI 102 MUSI 103 MUSI 104	18 18 18 18
200-level	MUSI 201 36 further 200- or 300-level MUSI points *	18 36
300-level	72 300-level MUSI points *	72
Plus	162 further points, including 54 above 100-level, comprising: 90 further MUSI points (for 18 of which MAOR 108 may be substituted) * 72 further points (any subject) * The elective papers must include: MUSI 131 or MUSI 135; two of MUSI 231, MUSI 232, MUSI 235; MUSI 331; Composition papers (see below) at 200- or 300-level worth 36 points; and Classical, Popular or World Music papers (see below) worth 36 points, including at least 18 points at 300-level.	90   72
Elective Papers	For the purposes of Major Subject Requirements, Music papers are categorised as follows: Classical Music MUSI 220, MUSI 223, MUSI 225, MUSI 229, MUSI 259, MUSI 260, MUSI 261, MUSI 262, MUSI 263, MUSI 265, MUSI 301, MUSI 320, MUSI 323, MUSI 325, MUSI 329, MUSI 348, MUSI 361, MUSI 362, MUSI 363, MUSI 365, MUSI 375 Composition MUSI 132, MUSI 226, MUSI 263, MUSI 265, MUSI 266, MUSI 301, MUSI 326, MUSI 332, MUSI 363, MUSI 365, MUSI 366 Popular Music MUSI 185, MUSI 220, MUSI 225, MUSI 227, MUSI 228, MUSI 265, MUSI 266, MUSI 269, MUSI 285, MUSI 320, MUSI 325, MUSI 327, MUSI 328, MUSI 348, MUSI 365, MUSI 366, MUSI 369, MUSI 375, MUSI 385 World Music MUSI 140, MUSI 220, MUSI 225, MUSI 226, MUSI 227, MUSI 228, MUSI 229, MUSI 240, MUSI 266, MUSI 269, MUSI 320, MUSI 325, MUSI 326, MUSI 327, MUSI 328, MUSI 329, MUSI 340, MUSI 366, MUSI 369
Total		360

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Further Information

Email us at music@otago.ac.nz or visit our home page http://www.otago.ac.nz/music