Bachelor's degree
In Bristol
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Bristol
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Duration
3 Years
Gain a broad range of subject knowledge, as well as the key critical and creative skills needed in preparation for a career in the musical professions (including performance) or employment in a wide range of other musical and non-musical contexts.
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About this course
Subjects required at A Level or equivalent
AAB-BBB to include Music
14-19 Advanced Diploma
Grade B overall in any Diploma subject to include grade A in A-level Music (ASL)
BTEC
DDM in Media, Music and Performing Arts or equivalent
Access
Pass Access to HE Diploma (Music) with at least 33 credits at Merit and / or Distinction
SQA
SH: AAAAB-BBBBC (with at least a B in Music)
AH: BB
Welsh Bacc
Pass Advanced Diploma with AB at A-level to include Music
IB Diploma
35-32 points including 6 points in Higher level Music
EB
80-75% overall
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Course programme
Music
Introduction
Our Music programme (either Single Honours Music or Joint Honours Music and a Modern Language) provides an up-to-date intellectual training through study of the historical, technical, analytical, compositional and performance aspects of music.
Teaching and Learning
We use lectures, seminars, tutorials and individual lessons (for performance units). Year one consists largely of lecture-based teaching to the whole year group (about 40 to 50 students), sometimes with back-up support in smaller groups. In years two and three, teaching is mainly by seminar (groups of around 12 to16), or by individual tutorial (for dissertations and composition portfolios). Every student is allocated a year tutor who has responsibility for overall progress. In the first year, students have an hour-long meeting with their tutor in every teaching week.
Assessment
You will be assessed by a mixture of coursework and written examinations. Typically each unit will be assessed 50% coursework, 50% examination. Other modes of assessment include solo and ensemble recital, extended dissertation or portfolio, and digital media (for units in electro-acoustic composition). You will be required to take part in certain workshops and master-classes, and to give oral presentations in seminars, but these are not formally assessed.
BA Music
Programme structure
Year 1:
- Historical Studies
- Harmony and Harmonic Analysis
- Free and Studio Composition
- Introduction to Baroque Composition
- Practical Studies (Instrumental/Conducting and Performance) or an approved unit in another department (subject to timetabling constraints)
Year 2:
- Core unit: 19th-Century Music
- Core unit: 20th-Century Music
- Four optional units
Year 3:
- One or two extended studies (Dissertation, Composition, Performance)
- Varying number of optional units
Entry Requirements
Subjects required at A Level or equivalent
- AAB-BBB to include Music
14-19 Advanced Diploma
- Grade B overall in any Diploma subject to include grade A in A-level Music (ASL)
BTEC
- DDM in Media, Music and Performing Arts or equivalent
Access
- Pass Access to HE Diploma (Music) with at least 33 credits at Merit and / or Distinction
SQA
- SH: AAAAB-BBBBC (with at least a B in Music)
- AH: BB
Welsh Bacc
- Pass Advanced Diploma with AB at A-level to include Music
IB Diploma
- 35-32 points including 6 points in Higher level Music
EB
- 80-75% overall
IELTS
- 6.5 with minimum 6.5 in each part
Selection:
UCAS form. Interviews in exceptional circumstances only
Deferred Entry:
Welcomed
Music