Philosophy and Music-BA

Bachelor's degree

In Durham

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Durham

The course at Durham prides itself in combining the traditional and the modern in the study of music. The learning of techniques such as harmony, counterpoint and aural skills are juxtaposed with an investigation of the most up-to-date thinking in musicology, critical theory, composition (acoustic and electroacoustic), analysis, ethnomusicology and performance. Moreover, our teaching, essentially research-led, is enhanced by distinctive staff specialisations that include nineteenth- and twentieth-century British music, music of the Soviet Union, Korean and Indian music, popular music, music technology, conducting, cognitive musicology, early music and contemporary composition.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Durham
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Stockton Road, DH1

Start date

On request

About this course

Admissions Process Subject requirements, level and grade For students who have taken A-levels, our entrance requirements are grades AAB (including Music). In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note: We welcome applications from those with other qualifications equivalent to our standard entry requirements and from mature students with non-standard qualifications or who may have had a break in their study. We do not include General Studies or Practical Music as part of our offer A-level in Music is required We...

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Subjects

  • Philosophy
  • Music
  • Ethics
  • Composition
  • Musicology

Course programme

Year 1

In their first year, students take the Philosophy core modules of Ethics and Values and Knowledge and Reality. These concern the two broad divisions of Philosophy, into Metaphysics and Theory of Knowledge on the one hand, and Moral Philosophy on the other. In Music, all students take Historical Studies 1.

First year students also get to choose one of the following Philosophy modules:

  • Introduction to Logic
  • Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science
  • History and Theory of Medicine
  • Reading Philosophy

Reading Philosophy is a text-based course which examines in depth classic works by writers such as Plato, Hume and Sartre. Students are also offered a choice of comparably core modules in Music.

Years 2 and 3

In the third year, all students take the Aesthetics philosophy module.

In the second and third years, students also have a choice of a wide range of topics within Philosophy. In previous years these have included:

  • Moral Theory
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Modern Philosophy I and II
  • Gender, Film and Society
  • Issues in Contemporary Ethics
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Political Philosophy
  • Metaphysics
  • Language, Logic and Reality
  • Twentieth Century European Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Science
  • The Philosophy of Economics: Theory, Methods and Values
  • Science and Religion
  • Applied Ethics
  • Philosophical Issues in Contemporary Science
  • History and Philosophy of Psychiatry
  • Biomedical Ethics.

There is an equally broad choice of modules within Music. You will also have the opportunity to study a subject in depth, by writing a substantial Dissertation of your choice.

Study Abroad Music

As part of ongoing curriculum review we are creating opportunities for a year's study abroad for those on the BA Music programme. Exchanges will take place after the second year of the programme with partner institutions now being confirmed.

Philosophy

We participate in exchange schemes through which you may spend a year of your studies abroad, either with universities in Europe – through the SOCRATES/ERASMUS programme – or with the University of California.

Philosophy and Music-BA

£ 9,250 + VAT