Music and Mathematics (BA)

For more information about the course structures, modules and teaching for these subjects, please visit the individual profiles of Mathematics and Music on our website.

Students on this Joint Honours programme typically take 60 credits per year in Music and 60 credits per year in Mathematics.

Year one

Students of this course can choose to study modules outside of their allocated School(s) core and optional modules. These can be chosen from modules from participating Academic Schools.

Core modulesModule titleModule codeCreditsElementary Differential EquationsMA100110 creditsFoundations of Mathematics IMA100520 creditsVectors and MatricesMA100710 creditsFoundations of Mathematics IIMA100620 creditsOptional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsMechanics IMA130010 creditsComposition 1AMU110710 creditsComposition 1BMU120810 creditsFundamental AcousticsMU121710 creditsPractical Musicianship IMU131410 creditsElements of Tonal Music IMU112520 creditsElements of Tonal Music IIMU122720 creditsRepertoire StudiesMU131720 creditsThe Full WorksMU112710 creditsIntroduction to Probability TheoryMA150010 creditsStatistical InferenceMA150110 creditsA HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSICMU122610 creditsETHNOMUSICOLOGY I: MUSIC IN HUMAN LIFEMU112410 creditsFrom Page To Stage: Dramaturgy in Musical TheatreMU123010 creditsGeometryMA100410 creditsModule titleModule codeCreditsFrench Language AdvancedML110420 creditsGerman B (First Year)ML213720 creditsGerman Language A (First Year)ML213620 creditsItalian Language (Year 1) BeginnersML310220 creditsItalian Language (Year 1) AdvancedML310120 creditsSpanish Language Year One BeginnersML510220 creditsIntroduction To Hispanic Studies (Beginners)ML511120 creditsSpanish Language (Year 1) AdvancedML510120 creditsIntroduction To Hispanic Studies (Advanced)ML511020 creditsMedieval EuropeHS110120 creditsModern WalesHS110420 creditsThe Making of The Modern World, 1750-1970HS110520 creditsEarly Modern England and Wales 1500-1700HS110620 creditsIntroduction To The BibleRT210320 creditsThe Story of ChristianityRT410320 creditsHistory of Mass Communication & CultureMC111020 creditsRepresentationsMC111420 creditsWelsh 1CY177420 creditsWelsh 2CY177520 creditsCyflwyniad I'r GymraegCY174220 creditsLlenyddiaeth GymraegCY174320 creditsO Destun I DraethawdCY174420 creditsIntroduction to Ancient Greek HistoryHS310120 creditsIntroduction to Roman HistoryHS310220 creditsPractical Musicianship IMU131410 creditsRepertoire StudiesMU131720 creditsComposition 1AMU110710 creditsElements of Tonal Music IMU112520 creditsThe Full WorksMU112710 creditsComposition 1BMU120810 creditsFundamental AcousticsMU121710 creditsElements of Tonal Music IIMU122720 creditsAnalysis IMA012310 creditsAnalysis IIMA012610 creditsMechanics IMA130010 creditsHistory in Practice: Fury, Folly and FootnotesHS110720 creditsCalculusMA100010 creditsElementary Differential EquationsMA100110 creditsAlgebra IMA012210 creditsAlgebra IIMA012510 creditsModern Italy: Birth of a Nation?ML810320 creditsModern FranceML619920 creditsTotal Immersion - Enterprise & Employability SkillsCE506610 creditsIntroduction To German History And Culture For Advanced StudentsML710320 creditsIntroduction To German History And Culture For Beginners' StudentsML710420 creditsIntroduction to Translation MethodsML810020 creditsIntroduction to Translation TheoryML810120 creditsFrench Language BeginnersML619820 creditsIntroduction to Translation Methods (French)ML810220 creditsIntroduction to Probability TheoryMA150010 creditsStatistical InferenceMA150110 creditsMaking Global Histories: Asia and the WestHS110820 creditsIntroduction to Translation Methods (French)ML810220 creditsIntroduction to Translation Methods (German)ML810420 creditsIntroduction to Translation Methods (Italian)ML810520 creditsIntroduction to Translation Methods (Spanish)ML810620 creditsIntroduction to Translation Methods (Japanese)ML810720 creditsIntroduction to Translation Methods (Portuguese)ML810820 creditsGeometryMA100410 creditsElementary Number Theory IMA011110 creditsYear two

Core modulesModule titleModule codeCreditsSeries and TransformsMA200410 creditsCalculus of Several VariablesMA200110 creditsMatrix AlgebraMA200210 creditsComplex AnalysisMA200310 creditsOptional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsLinear AlgebraMA021210 creditsAnalysis IIIMA022110 creditsModelling with Differential EquationsMA023210 creditsVector CalculusMA230110 creditsFoundations of Probability and StatisticsMA250020 creditsHarmonic Practice (1750-1900)MU211410 creditsContrapuntal Practice (1750-1900)MU222410 creditsComposition IIMU232020 creditsAnalysing 20th Century MusicMU215210 creditsStudio Techniques I : Midi and SynthesisersMU215310 creditsStudio Techniques I : Midi and SynthesisersMU226110 creditsFormal Functions in The Classical TraditionMU215720 creditsPractical Musicianship I IMU235520 creditsORCHESTRATIONMU216120 creditsTopics in Musicology 2AMU216220 creditsTopics in Musicology 2BMU227020 creditsMUSIC AND IDEA: FROM ENLIGHTENMENT TO ROMANTICISMMU216320 creditsJazz in the Modern WorldMU227320 creditsThe Business of Music IMU216410 creditsThe Business of Music IIMU227220 creditsETHNOMUSICOLOGY II: Music...