Music Extension (Musicology): should I choose it?

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QCE Music Extension (Musicology): content and assessment

Explore Music Extension (Musicology): Explore; Emerge. Read the actual course outline before choosing.

Confirm your cohort: Music Extension — Musicology 2026 v1.3. Check the implementation statement and school availability for your cohort.

What will I learn?

Unit 3: Explore

Units 3 and 4

Unit 4: Emerge

Units 3 and 4

How will I be assessed?

School arrangements: This Extension course covers Units 3 and 4. The published assessment mix is below; confirm companion studies and local task dates with your school.

Published course / existing guide: Internal assessment 1: Investigation 1 (20%)

Published course / existing guide: Internal assessment 2: Investigation 2 (20%)

Published course / existing guide: Internal assessment 3: Musicology project (35%)

Published course / existing guide: External assessment: Examination — extended response (25%)

Progression and companion subjects

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Will I find it hard?

Difficulty depends on your experience, interests, teaching and assessment. These are our reflection prompts, not an official difficulty rating.

  • Do you enjoy practising, making or performing and responding to feedback?
  • Think about sustained work on a creative project and documenting how your ideas develop.

Does it scale up or down?

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Sources, versions and verification dates

Profile source metadata last checked: 2026-11-13. A source check is not an endorsement by the authority or confirmation that a future course version is unchanged.

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