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Overview
- Are you passionate about music and want to use your talents to make a difference? Combine your skills in music with community care, preparing for meaningful roles in health, education, and social support sectors.
- Develop skills in songwriting, digital composition, music production, and collaborative practice, while gaining insight into community development and human services.
- Apply your creativity in real-world settings through a third-year community project placement.
- If you don't have an ATAR that's ok, UniSQ welcomes applications in the form of an interview and audition - we can't wait to see your creative talents!
Career outcomes
As a graduate with skills in music used to support community wellbeing, you can apply for jobs as a:
- youth arts worker - using music to engage and support young people
- creative lifestyle facilitator - designing music-based programs for aged care, disability services, or mental health support
- community officer - organising music events and workshops for local communities
- program activities officer - coordinating music-based initiatives in hospitals or correctional services.
What you'll study
Explore the courses you'll study as part of this major.
The Music major focusses on two modes of contemporary music practice – collaborative live performance, and individual and collaborative music practice in digital spaces. Coursework in this major explores individual and collective music making, collaborative processes, live and digital performance, instrumental work, and songwriting, composition and musical arrangement. This major is underpinned by foundational Human Services courses to equip students with the necessary knowledge to apply their creative processes in/with/and for diverse communities to assist individuals and groups to build capacity and resilience.
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Refer to the UniSQ Handbook for detailed recommended enrolment patterns and course availability.
Relevant degrees for this major
Bachelor of Creative Arts and Community Wellbeing
Blend creativity with compassion in a unique degree combining human services and the arts. Develop skills in music, theatre, or visual art, and prepare for diverse roles in community, health, and government settings through hands-on, community-focused experiences.
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