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Programme Requirements for 2026/27 Session


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B.A. Modern Languages with Music Full-time

Year: 4
2026/27 Session

Students must take a minimum of 40 credits in Music and 40 credits in a modern foreign language.

At least 20 credits and a maximum of 40 credits must consist independent study in either music or modern languages. Single-language students on the BA Modern Languages and Music are permitted to follow 80 credits in French, German, Hispanic Studies or Russian where available and in addition to the compulsory core language modules described below take further credits as set out in the relevant language section in the BA Modern Languages handbook and language-specific choice information.

French:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH French Core VI - Language and Contexts 09 33706 10 Semester 1
LH French Core VII - Language and Contexts 09 33709 10 Semester 2

German:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH German Core VI - Language and Contexts 09 33710 10 Semester 1
LH German Core VII - Language and Contexts 09 33711 10 Semester 2

Russian:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Russian Core VI - Language and Contexts 09 33730 10 Semester 1
LH Russian Core VII - Language and Contexts 09 33738 10 Semester 2

Spanish:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Spanish Core VI - Language and Contexts 09 33743 10 Semester 1
LH Spanish Core VII - Language and Contexts 09 33746 10 Semester 2

Independent Study: At least 20 credits must consist of independent study in either music or modern languages. This can include solo performance in the case of music.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Final Year Independent Study Module in Modern Languages Semester 1 09 33503 20 Semester 1
LH Final Year Independent Study Module in Modern Languages Semester 2 09 33505 20 Semester 2
LH Musicology Dissertation (Independent Study) 10 22642 20 Full Term
LH Paper Composition (Independent Study) 10 22643 20 Full Term
LH Solo Performance (Independent Study) 09 22028 20 Full Term
LH Special Subject Musicology 10 23477 40 Full Term
LH Special Subject Paper Composition 10 23479 40 Full Term
LH Special Subject Solo Performance 10 23480 40 Full Term
LH Special Subject Studio Composition 10 23478 40 Full Term
LH Studio Composition (Independent Study) 10 22644 20 Full Term

In addition to the core modules listed above, students choose additional Level H modules provided annually by the School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music up to the relevant credit value for their respective route, to a combined total of 120 credits. Depending on the number of credits students opt to take in each subject, optional module choices may be restricted.

Availability of particular modules varies from year to year and is subject to timetabling constraints.

Music Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Conducting I 10 31913 10 Semester 1
LH Conducting II 10 31915 10 Semester 2
LH Orchestration I 10 31919 10 Semester 1
LH Orchestration II 10 31921 10 Semester 2
LH An Introduction to Music Therapy 10 28317 20 Semester 2
LH Arts Management in Practice 09 26092 20 Semester 2
LH Composing for Voice 09 38734 20 Semester 1
LH Eighteenth Century Counterpoint 10 19889 20 Semester 1
LH Film Music Techniques and History 09 30260 20 Semester 1
LH Introduction to Jazz Styles: 1920 to 1980 10 27205 20 Semester 1
LH Music Education 09 31052 20 Semester 2
LH Music Festivals 10 29056 20 Semester 2
LH Music and Emotion 10 30766 20 Semester 2
LH Sound Studies 09 38731 20 Semester 2
LH Studies in Performance Practice 10 27209 20 Semester 2
LH The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim 10 29015 20 Semester 1

Optional modules offered by the Department of Modern Languages:

French Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe I (French) 09 31456 10 Semester 1
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe II (French) 09 31457 10 Semester 2

German Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Sex, Seduction and Submission: Gender in German Literature from 1900 to Today 09 26799 20 Semester 1
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe I (German) 09 32303 10 Semester 1
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe II (German) 09 32304 10 Semester 2

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Gender and Sexuality in the Hispanic World 09 29791 20 Semester 2
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe I (Spanish) 09 32307 10 Semester 1
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe II (Spanish) 09 32308 10 Semester 2

Departmental Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH From Text to Tech: Digital Approaches to Languages and Cultures 09 30754 20 Semester 2