Popular Music Performance Joint Honours

You can study Popular Music Performance as either a joint, major or minor subject. This will determine how many modules you’ll study at each stage. Please check your other subject to ensure it is possible to create your chosen combination.

You will study modules such as:

At this stage you will focus upon the transition into creative Higher Education, engendering a culture of risk-taking, experimentation and process-based learning across both practice-based and theoretical modules. Level 4 modules will introduce the subject, its ethos, methodology and the strands of expertise that you will need to develop for future study. All modules at this Level are graded as either pass or fail.

• Performance Redefined (prescribed 40 credit module)
• Introduction to the Art and Science of Recording (optional 20 credit module)
• Music: Institutions, Industries and Audiences (optional 20 credit module)

At this stage you will continue to develop experimentation and process-based learning into a more assured professional approach to your study. Level 5 modules will enable you to identify your strengths, career aspirations and self-confidence, including a period of professional work experience. Through these experiences, you will develop a distinctive personal voice aligned to your career aspirations and your consideration and understanding of audience and market.

• Performance Interpretation (prescribed 40 credit module)
• Introduction to Studio Production Techniques (optional 20 credit module)
• Industry: Research and Practice (optional 20 credit module)

Stage 3 further develops the your personal voice into a distinctive independent practice which enables you to pursue your ambitions in a changing world. Level 6 modules will provide you with the opportunity to extend, resolve and apply your accumulated knowledge and creative ideas into form, proposition and exhibition. You will be required to engage with independent projects and practical tasks and to transfer and apply your analytical skills to exercise personal judgement and manage your own scholarship. Emphasis will be placed on planning for the next phase of your career trajectory through self-promotion and more advanced and developed critical analysis.

• Music Festival (prescribed 40 credit module)
• Music Portfolio (option 20 credit module)
• Research Project (optional 40 credit module)

There are two ways to combine the subjects in your degree:

Joint - study two subjects equally (each year, study for sixty credits from each subject)

Major-Minor – specialise in one Major subject studying for eighty credits with the remaining 40 credits from your second Minor subject.

The award of BA or BSc depends upon the combination of subjects taken. Popular Music Performance is classified as an Arts subject, so if taken with other Arts subjects the award will be a BA. If taken as a Minor along with Science subjects however, then the award will be a BSc. In cases of equal Science and Arts weighting, it is possible to choose the award type. Further detailed information about the Joint Honours Scheme, selection of modules and other considerations is available in the Joint Honours Scheme Handbook, referenced above. The Joint Honours Popular Music Performance Pathway is predominantly a subset of the si