*Instrumental majors include Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Percussion, Harp, and Piano

Access to Major Study Requirements

• MUA1168 Foundational Area Study 1 (4 Units)
• MUA1169 Foundational Area Study 2 (4 Units)

Second Major Requirements (40 Units)

Core Requirements (min 20 Units)

• MUA2168 Continuing Area Study 1 (4 Units)
• MUA2169 Continuing Area Study 2 (4 Units)
• MUA3168 Intermediate Area Study (4 Units)
• Pass minimum 2  Units of courses from Major field
  (see course list)
• MUA3179 Capstone Project for 2nd Major in Music (6 Units)

Music Studies Requirements (12 Units)

• For YST students: MUT1101 Musical Concepts & Materials 1 (4 Units) / 
  For non-YST students: MUT1201 Introduction to Classical Music Composition (4 Units)
• MUH1101 Foundations for Musical Discovery (4 Units)
• 1 level-2000 or above Contextual Study module (MUH-coded) (4 Units)

Music Electives (8 MCs)
(At least 4 Units at level-3000 or above)

Pass 8 Units of any music courses (except General Education courses) offered in the Conservatory. Students are recommended to read additional courses from the Major field to fulfil the electives component.

The following outline is applicable to students from Cohort 2020 and after.

Second Major in AAS Requirements (40 Units)

YEAR 2 (1st Year in 2nd Major in AAS) 

Semester 1 (8 Units)

• MUA1170 Fundamentals of Music Production and Recording 1 (4 Units)
• MUA1172 Critical Listening 1 (4 Units)

Semester 2 (4 Units)

• MUA1171 Fundamentals of Music Production and Recording 2 (4 Units)

YEAR 3 (2nd Year in 2nd Major in AAS)

Semester 1 (8 Units)

• MUA2170 Multitrack Recording 1 (4 Units)
• MUA2172 Room Acoustics (4 Units)

Semester 2

No required courses offered in this semester

YEAR 4 (3rd Year in 2nd Major in AAS) 

Semester 1 (10 Units)

• MUA3170 Audio Postproduction 1 (4 Units)
• MUA4173 Audio for Media 1 (2 Units)
• MUA4176 Music Production & Marketing 1 (4 Units)

Semester 2 (10 Units)

• MUA3172 Audio Postproduction 2 (4 Units)
• MUA4174 Audio for Media 2 (2 Units)
• MUA4175 AAS Final Project (4 Units)

Second Major Requirements (40 Units)

Core Requirements (24 Units)

• MUA1168 Foundational Area Study 1 (4 Units)
• MUA1169 Foundational Area Study 2 (4 Units)
• MUA3177 Music Programming & Production (4 Units)
• MUA3209 Business for Musicians (4 Units)
• For YST students: MUA3221 Intensive Music Engagement Practicum (2 Units) /
  For non-YST students: MUA3169 Music Project & Design (2 Units)
• MUA3179 Capstone Project for 2nd Major in Music (6 Units)

Note: MUA3221/MUA3169 and MUA3179 must be read in sequence in two consecutive semesters (typically in the last two semesters of the programme)

Music Studies Requirements (12 Units)

• For YST students: MUT1101 Musical Concepts & Materials 1 (4 Units) / 
  For non-YST students: MUT1201 Introduction to Classical Music Composition (4 Units)
• MUH1101 Foundations for Musical Discovery (4 Units)
• 1 level-2000 or above Contextual Study module (MUH-coded) (4 Units)

Music & Society Elective (4 Units)

Pass 4 Units from the following Music & Society-recognised courses:

Southeast Asian Studies

• SE1101E Southeast Asia: A Changing Region
• SE2210 Popular Culture in Southeast Asia
• SE2214 Arts of Southeast Asia
• SE2221 Old and New Music in Southeast Asia
• SE2224 Unmasked! An Introduction to Traditional Dance in SEA
• SE3210 Studies in Southeast Asian Arts
• SE3214 Heritage and Heritagescapes in Southeast Asia
• SE3219 Country Studies: Island Southeast Asia
• SE3221 Traditional Music in a SE Asian Country
• SE3230 Seen and Unseen: Explorations in Balinese Theatre

Communications and New Media

• NM1101E Communications, New Media and Society
• NM2101 Theories of Communications and New Media
• NM2103 Quantitative Research Methods
• NM2104 Qualitative Communication Research Methods
• NM3243 User Experience Design

Second Major Requirements (40 Units)

Core Requirements (24 Units)

• MUA1168 Foundational Area Study 1 (4 Units)
• MUA1169 Foundational Area Study 2 (4 Units)
• MUA3177 Music Programming & Production (4 Units)
• MUA3209 Business for Musicians (4 Units)
• For YST students: MUA3221 Intensive Music Engagement Practicum (2 Units) /
  For non-YST students: MUA3169 Music Project & Design (2 Units)
• MUA3179 Capstone Project for 2nd Major in Music (6 Units)

Note: MUA3221/MUA3169 and MUA3179 must be read in sequence in two consecutive semesters (typically in the last two semesters of the programme)

Music Studies Requirements (12 Units)

• For YST students: MUT1101 Musical Concepts & Materials 1 (4 Units) / 
  For non-YST students: MUT1201 Introduction to Classical Music Composition (4 Units)
• MUH1101 Foundations for Musical Discovery (4 Units)
• 1 level-2000 or above Contextual Study module (MUH-coded) (4 Units)

Music, Collaboration & Production Elective (4 MCs)

Pass 4 Units from the following courses:

• MUA1192 Chamber Singers 1 (2 Units)
• MUA1193 Chamber Singers 2 (2 Units)
• MUA3105 Conducting (2 Units)
• MUA3271 Acoustics and Sound Production for Performers (4 Units)
• MUA3216 Performance and Interaction (4 Units)
• MUT3224 Teaching Music Online (2 Units)

Minor in Music and Society Requirements (20 Units)

Core Requirements (12 Units)

• MUT1201 Introduction to Classical Music Composition (4 Units)
• Pass 8 Units from the following courses (at least 4 Units must be MUH-coded):
  • MUH2201 Classical Styles and Romantic Spirits (4 Units)
  • MUH2202 What Was, and Is, Popular Music? (4 Units)
  • MUH2204 Music after World War II (4 Units)
  • MUH3203 The Evolution of Music for the Stage (4 Units)
  • MUH3205 Chamber Music: An Interdisciplinary Approach (4 Units)
  • MUT3113 Orchestration (4 Units)
  • MUT3213 Romantic Styles (4 Units)
  • MUT3214 Concerto and Cadenza (4 Units)
  • MUT3215 Composition for Non-Majors (4 Units)
  • MUT3216 Bach Suites (4 Units)
  • MUT3222 Choral Composition (4 Units)
  • MUT3223 Early Twentieth-Century Music (4 Units)

Music & Society Electives (8 Units)

Pass 8 Units from the following Music & Society-recognised courses (at least 4 Units must be at level-2000 or above)

Southeast Asian Studies

• SE1101E Southeast Asia: A Changing Region
• SE2210 Popular Culture in Southeast Asia
• SE2214 Arts of Southeast Asia
• SE2221 Old and New Music in Southeast Asia
• SE2224 Unmasked! An Introduction to Traditional Dance in SEA
• SE3210 Studies in Southeast Asian Arts
• SE3214 Heritage and Heritagescapes in Southeast Asia
• SE3219 Country Studies: Island Southeast Asia
• SE3221 Traditional Music in a SE Asian Country
• SE3230 Seen and Unseen: Explorations in Balinese Theatre

Communications and New Media

• NM1101E Communications, New Media and Society
• NM2101 Theories of Communications and New Media
• NM2103 Quantitative Research Methods
• NM2104 Qualitative Communication Research Methods
• NM3243 User Experience Design