Religious Studies and Music (BA)

This is a three-year degree programme comprising some core modules that provide essential skills and training as well as a wide variety of optional modules for you to select from to tailor your degree to meet your interests.

In each year of your degree programme, you will take 60 credits of Religious Studies and 60 credits of Music.

Year one

You will take 60 credits in Music and 60 credits in Religious Studies.

Optional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsIntroduction To Biblical HebrewRT210420 creditsFurther Biblical HebrewRT210520 creditsIntroduction To The BibleRT210320 creditsThe Story of ChristianityRT410320 creditsIntroduction to New Testament GreekRT310720 creditsFurther New Testament GreekRT310820 creditsIntroduction To ArabicRT110920 creditsFurther Elementary ArabicRT111020 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 The Study of Religion 1RT111120 creditsIntroduction To The Study of Religion 2RT111220 creditsA HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSICMU122610 creditsETHNOMUSICOLOGY I: MUSIC IN HUMAN LIFEMU112410 creditsFrom Page To Stage: Dramaturgy in Musical TheatreMU123010 creditsIntroduction To SanskritRT110620 creditsFurther Elementary SanskritRT110720 creditsYear two

Optional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsElementary Sanskrit IRT120120 creditsElementary Sanskrit IIRT120220 creditsClassical Hebrew 1RT220120 creditsClassical Hebrew IIRT220220 creditsHellenistic Greek IRT320120 creditsHellenistic Greek IIRT320220 creditsBeliefs in the CrucibleRT520420 creditsChristian 'Church' Today: Its Meaning, Life and MissionRT520520 creditsTheology On The Edge: Christian Thought in A Changing WorldRT531520 creditsChristian Social Ethics TodayRT731720 creditsUnderstanding Christian WorshipRT432020 creditsElementary Arabic IRT120320 creditsElementary Arabic IIRT120420 creditsGender and Sexuality: Islamic PerspectivesRT134520 creditsExploring GnosticismRT121820 creditsArabic Texts IRT131020 creditsArabic Texts IIRT131120 creditsHarmonic Practice (1750-1900)MU211410 creditsContrapuntal Practice (1750-1900)MU222410 creditsComposition IIMU232020 creditsAnalysing 20th Century MusicMU215210 creditsIntroduction To Schenkerian AnalysisMU225710 creditsStudio Techniques I : Midi and SynthesisersMU215310 creditsStudio Techniques I : Midi and SynthesisersMU226110 creditsFormal Functions in The Classical TraditionMU215720 creditsPractical Musicianship I IMU235520 creditsMajority World Voices: Global South TheologiesRT734220 creditsReligion in Modern BritainRT733620 creditsUnderstanding Muslim ScripturesRT122620 creditsBuddhism: The First Thousand YearsRT122720 creditsEarly Hindu Texts in SanskritRT132820 creditsThe Life of the BuddhaRT135220 creditsPastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: Bonhoeffer's Life and LegacyRT432620 creditsIntermediate Sanskrit TextsRT122420 creditsIslam in The Contemporary WorldRT121120 creditsEarly HinduismRT133820 creditsIndian Philosophy, Indian HistoryRT122320 creditsMyth and The Movies: Anthropology and Psychology in Contemporary CinemaRT135020 creditsNew Testament EpistlesRT320520 creditsNew Testament Greek Texts IRT320920 creditsThe Medieval Church in the Latin WestRT420920 creditsHistory & Religion of Ancient IsraelRT230120 creditsReformation HistoryRT420520 creditsThe Early Church: History and MemoryRT420820 creditsChristian Spirituality, 150-1550 CERT430720 creditsMUSIC SOUNDED OUT: INTERPRETING ORAL AND RECORDED GENRES AND FORMSMU235620 creditsTopics in Musicology 2AMU216220 creditsMUSIC AND IDEA: FROM ENLIGHTENMENT TO ROMANTICISMMU216320 creditsETHNOMUSICOLOGY II: Music in Cross-Cultural PerspectiveMU227120 creditsJazz in the Modern WorldMU227320 creditsThe Business of Music IIMU227220 creditsORCHESTRATIONMU216120 creditsPERFORMANCE PRACTICEMU226920 creditsMusic and Idea: from Enlightenment to RomanticismMU216610 creditsReading Film SoundMU227410 creditsYear three

Optional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsElementary Sanskrit IRT120120 creditsElementary Sanskrit IIRT120220 creditsClassical Hebrew 1RT220120 creditsClassical Hebrew IIRT220220 creditsHellenistic Greek IRT320120 creditsHellenistic Greek IIRT320220 creditsBeliefs in the CrucibleRT520420 creditsChristian 'Church' Today: Its Meaning, Life and MissionRT520520 creditsTheology On The Edge: Christian Thought in A Changing WorldRT531520 creditsOpen Choice DissertationRT731620 creditsChristian Social Ethics TodayRT731720 creditsUnderstanding Christian WorshipRT432020 creditsElementary Arabic IRT120320 creditsElementary Arabic IIRT120420 creditsGender and Sexuality: Islamic PerspectivesRT134520 creditsExploring GnosticismRT121820 creditsArabic Texts IRT131020 creditsArabic Texts IIRT131120 creditsPractical 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...