Music and Philosophy (BA)

Throughout your degree programme, you will choose from modules offered in Music and Philosophy.

We realise that many of our students will not have had the opportunity to study Philosophy before as an academic discipline, and for the increasing number of those who have, it is still relatively new and demanding. We therefore structure the programme with great care so as to build progressively your critical understanding and creative philosophical skills.

Year one

You will take 60 credits in Music and 60 credits in Philosophy.

Core modulesModule titleModule codeCreditsMind, Thought and RealitySE410120 creditsMoral and Political PhilosophySE410320 creditsOptional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsComposition 1AMU110710 creditsComposition 1BMU120810 creditsFundamental AcousticsMU121710 creditsPractical Musicianship IMU131410 creditsElements of Tonal Music IMU112520 creditsElements of Tonal Music IIMU122720 creditsRepertoire StudiesMU131720 creditsThe Full WorksMU112710 creditsA HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSICMU122610 creditsETHNOMUSICOLOGY I: MUSIC IN HUMAN LIFEMU112410 creditsFrom Page To Stage: Dramaturgy in Musical TheatreMU123010 creditsFour Great Works in PhilosophySE410420 creditsDarllen AthroniaethSE410520 creditsY Da, Drwg a'r GwleidyddolSE410620 creditsYear two

You will take 60 credits in Music and 60 credits in Philosophy.

Optional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsHarmonic 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 creditsPhilosophy of Contemporary PoliticsSE436320 creditsMetaphysicsSE436420 creditsContemporary Ethical TheorySE438820 creditsEpistemologySE439820 creditsKant & HeideggerSE439020 creditsPhilosophy of MindSE431320 creditsFrench Philosophy: Sartre To BadiouSE438020 creditsMUSIC SOUNDED OUT: INTERPRETING ORAL AND RECORDED GENRES AND FORMSMU235620 creditsORCHESTRATIONMU216120 creditsTopics in Musicology 2AMU216220 creditsMUSIC AND IDEA: FROM ENLIGHTENMENT TO ROMANTICISMMU216320 creditsTopics in Musicology 2BMU227020 creditsETHNOMUSICOLOGY II: Music in Cross-Cultural PerspectiveMU227120 creditsJazz in the Modern WorldMU227320 creditsThe Business of Music IMU216410 creditsThe Business of Music IIMU227220 creditsCredoau'r CymrySE440020 creditsModern Moral PhilosophySE437320 creditsHanes Athroniaeth WleidyddolSE439520 creditsInternational Study Abroad (60 credits) AutumnSE625160 creditsInternational Study Abroad (60 credits) SpringSE625260 creditsMusic and Idea: from Enlightenment to RomanticismMU216610 creditsReading Film SoundMU227410 creditsPhilosophy of LanguageSE435820 creditsYear three

You will take 60 credits in Music and 60 credits in Philosophy.

Optional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsPractical Musicianship III (Ensemble)MU313710 creditsCase Studies in Performance PracticeMU315410 creditsFugueMU333020 creditsDissertationMU334030 creditsCase Studies in Performance PracticeMU315820 creditsPractical Musicianship IV (Performance)MU334420 creditsProject in Music AnalysisMU334330 creditsStudio Techniques II : Audio and Hard Disk RecordingMU316320 creditsStudio Techniques II: Audio and Hard Disk RecordingMU326720 creditsComposition IvMU334520 credits20th Century Contrapuntal PracticeMU316410 creditsProject in EthnomusicologyMU334630 creditsThe Birth of ModernismMU314910 creditsThe Birth of ModernismMU316520 creditsThe Problem of ConsciousnessSE437920 creditsDissertation in PhilosophySE438520 creditsPhilosophy and Literary TheorySE432920 creditsNietzscheSE530620 creditsMetaethicsSE436720 creditsMoral PsychologySE437220 creditsNotation and Editing of Early MusicMU327320 creditsWagner and Romantic OperaMU327410 creditsWagner and Romantic OperaMU327520 creditsCyfiawnder Byd-eangSE439420 creditsTopics in Musicology 3AMU316610 creditsTopics in Musicology 3AMU316720 creditsTopics in Musicology 3BMU327610 creditsTopics in Musicology 3BMU327720 creditsInternational Study Abroad (60 credits) AutumnSE625160 creditsPhilosophy of ScienceSE431220 creditsPhilosophy and The ArtsSE432520 creditsInternational Study Abroad (60 credits) SpringSE625260 creditsAdvanced Moral PhilosophySE439220 creditsHanes Athroniaeth yr 20fed Ganrif yng NghymruSE439620 creditsFeminist PhilosophySE438620 creditsPolitical Philosophy: Methods & ApproachesSE440120 credits The University is committed to providing a wide range of module options where possible, but please be aware that whilst every effort is made to offer choice this may be limited in certain circumstances. This is due to the fact that some modules have limited numbers of places available, which are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, while others have minimum student numbers required before they will run, to ensure that an appropriate quality of education can be delivered; some modules require students to have already taken particular subjects, and others are core or required on the programme you are taking. Modules may also be limited due to timetable clashes, and although the University works to minimise disruption to choice, we advise you to seek advice from the relevant School on the module choices available.