BA (Hons) Popular Music

Edge Hill University

Bachelor's degree

In Ormskirk

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    3 Years

This degree is equally ideal for tutor-trained or self-taught musicians, songwriters, DJs, producers and those interested in music journalism or popular music research. Your musical expertise may be presented in a variety of ways, such as electric and/or acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums and percussion, keyboards, turntable, sax or female and male vocalists. Combining performance, and the study of music and performance, with popular music, this degree offers a range of practical modules in music making, classes in instrumental, desktop or vocal techniques, as well as theoretical modules that will enhance your understanding of popular music histories and contexts. This interdisciplinary mix allows you to work in a more applied way when exploring and creating popular music.

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Location

Start date

Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

Start date

On request

About this course

Potential employment routes could include positions in the administrative and organisational side of the music industries, including music management and public relations.

Employment in music production and sound technology could be appropriate, as well as working in the creative industries (film and television, sound, theatre, games design, advertising), including working freelance in a competitive market.

120 UCAS Tariff points on the new UCAS Tariff, preferably to include a Music or a Sound related subject.

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Subjects

  • Music
  • Media
  • Full Time
  • Employment Strategies
  • Popular Music
  • Studio Composition
  • Music Composition
  • Performance
  • Music Video
  • Soundtracks
  • Music Management
  • Social Media
  • Film and Television
  • Sound
  • Theatre
  • Games design
  • Advertising

Course programme

Level 4 (Year 1 of Full-Time Programme)

MUS1006 Studio Composition (20 credits)

MUS1007 Music Composition and Sound Design (20 credits)

MUS1011 Music and Society (20 credits)

MUS1014 Popular Music History (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

MUS1008 Performance Study (20 credits)

MUS1010 Ear, Voice, Song (20 credits)

MUS1168 Music Literacy (20 credits)

Language modules in French, Spanish or Mandarin, delivered at the Edge Hill Language Centre, are available to study as an integral part of this degree. A single Language module can be studied instead of one of the optional modules above.

Level 5 (Year 2 of Full-Time Programme)

MED2204 Music Video (20 credits)

MUS2004 Music and Media (20 credits)

MUS2058 Researching Media and Culture (20 credits)

MUS2166 Music Industry: Recording and Live Music in Business (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

MUS2056 Recording and Mixing (20 credits)

MUS2057 Production and Mastering (20 credits)

MUS2060 Performance Development (20 credits)

MUS2062 The Artwork of Music (20 credits)

MUS2066 Playing Live (20 credits)

MUS2067 Listening Studies (20 credits)

MUS2165 Music for Learning, and Learning for Music (20 credits)

MUS2170 Soundtracks (20 credits)

If you studied a Language module in Year 1, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 2. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Level 6 (Year 3 of Full-Time Programme)

MUS3058 Dissertation Project (40 credits)

MUS3160 Music Management, Policy, Subsidy and Media Law (20 credits)

You will select three of the following modules:

MED3057 Event Management (20 credits)

MUS3001 Music Ethnographies (20 credits)

MUS3060 Digital Performance (20 credits)

MUS3061 Social Media Context and Practice (20 credits)

MUS3062 Advanced Performance (20 credits)

MUS3064 Popular Music Journalism (20 credits)

MUS3065 Arranging Popular Music (20 credits)

MUS3161 Employment Strategies in the Creative Industries (20 credits)

If you studied Language modules in Years 1 and 2, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 3. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

Additional information

International students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18 are £11,575 per annum.

How will I be assessed?

 Assessment is through practical and written work, including essays, portfolios, seminar presentations, studio and computer based projects, workshop performances and full scale performances. All practice demands theoretical justification, so most modules will require either a piece of writing or an oral presentation. You are required to reflect upon your learning in each assessment and summarise your development regularly. There are no formal written examinations as part of the current assessment methods on this programme.

WWho will be teaching me?
 The programme will be taught by specialists in the area of music composition, songwriting, music production, music theory and music education. All teaching staff are research active across these fields. Teaching is delivered by colleagues in Media and Performing Arts, supported by music practitioners and technical staff, together with part-time industry professionals and academic specialists, offering a wide range of learning experiences and music industry networking.

Course Length:3 Years Full-Time, 6 Years Part-Time

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