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 Intro to Songwriting and Production | - Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
| 12 | |
MUS101 Intro to Songwriting and Performance | - Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
| 12 | |
MUS200 Performance 2 | - Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
| 12 | Pre: MUS101 |
MUS201 Music and Pop Culture | - Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
| 12 | Pre: MUS100 or MUS101 |
MUS202 Music and Sound for Screen | - Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
| 12 | Pre: MUS100 or MUS101 or CMN105 |
MUS203 Songwriting 2 | - Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
| 12 | Pre: MUS100 or MUS101 |
MUS301 Performance 3 | - Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
| 12 | Pre: MUS200 |
MUS300 Music Video on Location | - Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
| 12 | Pre: (MUS201 and MUS203) or (CMN202 and CMN203) |
Minor (4)
For a minor in Music, students must successfully complete 4 courses:
Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
MUS101 Intro to Songwriting and Performance | - Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
| 12 | |
MUS200 Performance 2 | - Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
| 12 | Pre: MUS101 |
MUS201 Music and Pop Culture | - Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
| 12 | Pre: MUS100 or MUS101 |
MUS202 Music and Sound for Screen | - Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
| 12 | Pre: MUS100 or MUS101 or CMN105 |