Course overview
Pursue your passions and maximise your career options with our combined bachelor's degree in Music and Arts. You'll graduate with two degrees in just four years, a Bachelor of Music where you'll take a defined study plan and a Bachelor of Arts where you'll choose a major from a wide range of options.
This advanced, practical degree offers diverse specialisations catering to performance, composition, studio teaching or musicology and an additional specialisation within an Arts discipline. You'll graduate with two qualifications, having cut two years off the time it takes you to study two degrees. If you decide either degree isn't right for you, you can exit one and complete the other.
Why study this course?
In the Bachelor of Music, you'll learn advanced practical skills in music, specialising in performance, composition, studio teaching or musicology. You'll expand your understanding of music and collaborate with experts and visiting artists and develop communication and critical thinking skills.
Combine this with a Bachelor of Arts where you will cultivate your passions while developing career-ready transferable skills that are essential in every industry and can never be automated – they’ll set you apart from the competition and prepare you for a future-proof career.
Careers and employability
Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts, you'll be positioned for diverse opportunities in the job market with advanced practical skills in music combined with strong communication and critical thinking skills provide you with the tools that employers are looking for.
Course record
Career Opportunities
Performer, Composer or Creative Artist, Music Administrator, Arts Management, Music Journalist, Music Teacher*
*Postgraduate study required
Majors
Combine the following extended major from the Bachelor of Music
- Music (Extended Major)
With a wide range of majors from the Bachelor of Arts1:
- Anthropology
- Applied Human Geography
- Archaeology
- Asian Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Classics and Ancient History
- Communication and Media Studies
- Contemporary Popular Music
- Criminology
- English and Literary Studies
- Fine Arts
- French Studies
- Gender Studies
- German Studies
- History
- History of Art
- Indigenous Knowledge, History and Heritage
- Indonesian Studies
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Law and Society
- Linguistics
- Music and Society
- Music: Electronic Music and Sound Design
- Music General Studies
- Music Studies
- Music Theatre
- Philosophy
- Political Science and International Relations
- Spanish Studies
- Work and Employment Relations
You can also include minors and elective units in your degree. Learn more about what makes up your degree with Our Courses Explained.
1The degree-specific major Psychological and Behavioural Sciences under the Bachelor of Arts is not offered as part of this combined bachelor's degree
Entry requirements
Switch between domestic ATAR data and international qualification equivalents.
IB Diploma
24-26Use the ATAR 70 band together with the relevant qualification and prerequisite requirements.
If the student's current English result is below the direct-entry requirement, consider the university's recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package. When the student successfully completes the approved pathway at the required level, the university may accept that pathway for English entry without requiring a new IELTS, TOEFL or PTE result. Always confirm exclusions for professional registration courses and the offer conditions.
View English requirementPast offer reference
Current-course cases first, supplemented by same-institution scored cases.
Campuses & intake dates
Upcoming intakes
- CrawleyWAAugust 2026
- CrawleyWAFebruary 2026
- CrawleyWA

