B.A. Music and Italian

In joint degrees, each subject figures equally, with students taking the same number of modules in both subjects. In the first year, students take core music modules in criticism and culture, music practice (theory), and creative music skills (performance, composition, technology).

You will also take three modules in Italian, including core language and culture. Italian culture modules focus on topics such as Italian history after 1300, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the 19th and 20th century. Further culture options include Italian Renaissance art, representations of the past in European film, and European detective fiction.

In the second and fourth years, you can take music modules in musicology (nineteenth-century music, new music, jazz studies, rock and popular musicology), performance (solo, ensemble, conducting), composition (instrumental, songwriting, audiovisual, film, electronic) and technology (studio techniques, music technology applications, interactive technologies), as well as pursue specialist options in a range of areas, including Shakespeare Music, Handel’s dramatic works, orchestration and arranging, film music and psychology of music performance.

The third year of the degree will be spent in Italy. The year abroad will probably be one of the most exciting and challenging experiences you will ever have. You will notice a dramatic improvement in your spoken language, giving you greater confidence and more mature insights into the life of your chosen country. Students can choose to study at an exchange partner university, work in a school as a language assistant or work in industry or commerce for the full academic year. At least 8 months must be spent abroad.

All the language degrees offer the opportunity to add a new language as a 20-credit free elective module throughout your degree study. Modern Languages at Hull offer the largest Free Elective programme in the University with 10 languages (Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish) ranging from absolute beginners to post A-level. The programme allows incredible flexibility and adaptability to employment demands.