Bachelor of Music (Honours)

Honours is an extra year of study available to high-achieving students that combines aspects of undergraduate study with post-graduate research. An honours degree introduces advanced research training and skills through the completion of a thesis or a creative or practice-based research project.

• Adobe Creative Cloud subscription included from the day you start your degree for the duration of your studies
• Be supported by our diverse, open and inclusive Arts, Design & Architecture community.
• Learn through research-informed teaching
• Prioritise career success – UNSW won the Australian Financial Review’s Most Employable Students Award in 2020.
• Benefit from strong industry links and partnerships
• Access world class alumni connections
• Join a global top 50 university (QS World University Rankings, 2021)
• Join a community that’s part of the prestigious Group of Eight (Go8) universities

Students must have completed the UNSW Bachelor of Music or other recognised Level 7 qualification with a major in a stream offered in the program. Students in a dual degree must have completed 144 UOC including all requirements for the Music component. Entry to Honours requires a WAM of 70 or higher (or equivalent) in the stream seeking to be further studied. It is subject to resources and the approval of the Head of School in which the stream is based.

The conferral of the honours degree for dual degree students is subject to students completing all requirements of the dual degree. Students who subsequently withdraw from their dual degree after the completion of honours will only be conferred the honours degree if they have met all requirements for the single degree.