What would life be without music? USC’s Music major is for music lovers, performers and producers who want to understand the modern music industry and hone their performance skills. You’ll study songwriting and composing, music production and sound engineering, and explore a range of performance techniques and styles.
Learn how to manage the recording process and build an audience, both through live performances and online. Then, put what you’ve learned into practice through a major music industry project, where you’ll make, produce and release your own recording. Most Music courses do not have pre-requisites and can be studied as electives outside the major.
High Performance Student Musicians
USC has a support program for High Performance Student Musicians (HPSM). This program provides a suite of services and benefits to enable musicians who have are actively performing at a state, national, international or commercial level to achieve excellence in both their musical and academic pursuits.
Major (8)
For a major in Music, students must successfully complete 8 courses:
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
|---|
| MUS100 Social Work and Human Services Practice | | | |
| MUS101 Introductory Counselling Skills and Theory | | | |
| MUS200 Introduction to Psychology A | | | |
| MUS201 Ethics and Professional Practice | | | |
| MUS202 Group Processes and Practice | | | |
| MUS203 Regions, Change and Sustainability | | | |
| MUS301 Social Justice, Welfare and the State | | | |
| MUS300 Social Research | | | |
Minor (4)
For a minor in Music, students must successfully complete 4 courses:
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
|---|
| MUS101 Health, Society and Culture | | | |
| MUS200 Disability: Culture, Community and Change | | | |
| MUS201 Understanding Cultural Diversity | | | |
| MUS202 Gender and Culture | | | |
