Bachelor of Songwriting

There are few things more exciting than writing your own music and bringing it to life. JMC’s Songwriting course is renowned for its hands-on practicality, a strong focus on individual musicianship, and for being a launchpad into the entertainment industry for all up-and-coming writers and composers.

Covering the essential tools for writing music to appeal to publishers, record labels, and producers across genres and media channels, this course will help you create your own music and lyrics, develop your instrumental skills, produce demos, and perform your own songs.

The Bachelor's degree is designed to help you create strong, focused songs that perfectly blend your lyrical ideas with powerful melodies. It will help you understand the principles of film and TV music, the key concepts in top-lining, and writing for ensembles using acoustic and electronic instrumentation.

Master songwriting in the digital domain, refine your recording skills, explore music distribution and marketing strategies, and learn the importance of co-writing and collaboration. And while talent will get you far, to be successful, it is vital to be tech savvy and skilled with industry-standard software – Avid Pro Tools for recording; digital score-writing tech like Sibelius – that will allow you to produce your own demo recordings.

The Bachelor's degree also explores channels of music distribution, monetization, and copyright, and guarantees you will graduate with a rich portfolio of your own songs as a showcase of your talent.

In only 2 years you can graduate with a Bachelor's degree thanks to our accelerated full-time course. Part-time study is also available to domestic students. International students may choose to complete the course in 3 years rather than the accelerated 2-year option.

JMC Academy is a specialist creative industries education institution with campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Established 40 years ago, it was Australia's first private college to qualify for accreditation in Audio Engineering, Digital Television, and Digital Multimedia.

Our creative community consists of students studying Music, Audio Engineering, Film, Entertainment Business, Visual Communications, Animation, Game Design and Acting. Students benefit from opportunities for collaboration and networking between disciplines, further preparing them for a long and satisfying career in the creative industries.

Our alumni are living out their passions through creative careers around the world, proving that it is possible to make a career out of doing what you love. We invite you to come and explore what a creative career may look like for you.

Why study at JMC Academy

At JMC Academy we are focused on providing opportunities for students to create, connect, and develop their craft in a supportive community. We keep our class sizes small so that we can get to know each student's aspirations, strengths, weaknesses, and creative voice. Our small course offering of specialist creative industries disciplines means we can regularly update and refine our courses and tech to be future-focused and relevant to industry developments. Our international network of like-minded institutions ensures we can benchmark our programs against international standards, ensuring our students are able to enter the workforce with confidence wherever in the world they go.