Programme Requirements for 2024/25 Session


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B.A. Mathematics and Music Full-time

Year: 2
2024/25 Session

Students should aim for an even balance of credits between semesters. If you have an imbalance, you may not take more than 70 credits in one semester.

Students may not take more than 20 credits of performance-based modules.

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Algebra & Combinatorics 1 06 27363 20 Full Term

Students must choose 40 credits from the following:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Mechanics 06 27345 10 Semester 2
LI Linear Algebra & Linear Programming 06 25765 20 Full Term
LI Multivariable & Vector Analysis 06 25667 20 Semester 1
LI Probability & Statistics 06 26709 10 Semester 2
LI Real & Complex Analysis 06 25666 20 Full Term

Students must take at least one of the following modules. Students can take both modules if they wish.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Analysis of Music 09 25658 20 Semester 2
LI Critical Musicology 09 25657 20 Semester 1

Optional modules:

Students should aim for an even balance of credits between semesters. If you have an imbalance, you may not take more than 70 credits in one semester.
Students may not take more than 20 credits of performance-based modules.
Students taking 60 credits of Music and 60 credits in Mathematics
Music: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2. You will also take one compulsory module in Semester 1
Mathematics: Students must take LI Algebra & Combinatorics 1 and LI Real & Complex Analysis (full term) PLUS LI Probability & Statistics, LI Mechanics in Semester 2
OR
Music: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2. You will also take one compulsory module in Semester 2.
Mathematics: Students must take LI Algebra & Combinatorics 1 (full term) PLUS LI Multivariable & Vector Analysis in Semester 1 PLUS LI Probability & Statistics, LI Mechanics in Semester 2
OR
Music: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 PLUS ONE year-long 10+10 module. You will also take one compulsory module in Semester 1
Mathematics: Students must take LI Algebra & Combinatorics 1 and LI Probability & Statistics (full term, PLUS LI Mechanics and LI Real & Complex Analysis in Semester 2
OR
Music: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2 PLUS ONE year-long 10+10 module. You will also take one compulsory module in Semester 1
Mathematics: Students must take LI Algebra & Combinatorics 1 and LI Real & Complex Analysis (full term) PLUS LI Probability & Statistics, LI Mechanics in Semester 2
OR
Music: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 PLUS ONE year-long 10+10 module. You will also take one compulsory module in Semester 2
Mathematics: Students must take LI Algebra & Combinatorics (full term) PLUS LI Multivariable & Vector Analysis in Semester 1 PLUS LI Probability & Statistics, LI Mechanics in Semester 2
OR
Music: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2 PLUS ONE year-long 10+10 module. You will also take one compulsory module in Semester 1.
Mathematics: Students must take LI Algebra & Combinatorics (full term) PLUS LI Multivariable & Vector Analysis in Semester 1 PLUS LI Probability & Statistics, LI Mechanics in Semester 2

Students choose additional Level I modules provided annually by the department. The following is an indicative list from Music:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Conducting I 10 31914 10 Semester 1
LI Conducting II 10 31916 10 Semester 2
LI Orchestration I 10 31920 10 Semester 1
LI Orchestration II 10 31922 10 Semester 2
LI Paper Composition I 10 31923 10 Semester 1
LI Paper Composition II 10 31924 10 Semester 2
LI Studio Composition I 10 32383 10 Semester 1
LI Studio Composition II 10 32385 10 Semester 2
LI Advanced Performance Skills 09 34896 20 Semester 2
LI An Introduction to Music Therapy 10 28319 20 Semester 2
LI Arts Management in Practice 09 26093 20 Semester 2
LI Baroque Analysis 09 34897 20 Semester 2
LI Black Music in Britain 09 37023 20 Semester 1
LI British Music Renaissance 1880 - 1914 09 21889 20 Semester 2
LI Composing for Voice 09 38733 20 Semester 1
LI Eighteenth Century Counterpoint 10 19888 20 Semester 1
LI Experimental Musics 09 37028 20 Semester 1
LI Film Music Techniques and History 09 30262 20 Semester 1
LI Film Music Techniques and History (Sem 2) 09 34406 20 Semester 2
LI From Glinka to Glazunov 10 17934 20 Semester 2
LI Introduction to Jazz Styles: 1920 to 1980 10 27206 20 Semester 1
LI Introduction to Sound Recording A 10 39754 10 Semester 1
LI Introduction to Sound Recording B 10 39755 10 Semester 2
LI Landscape, Counterpoint and Morality: The British Symphony, 1880–1960 10 28181 20 Semester 1
LI Love, Death, Religion and Music in the Renaissance 10 29034 20 Semester 2
LI Music Cognition 10 31918 20 Semester 1
LI Music Education 09 31047 20 Semester 2
LI Music Festivals 10 29058 20 Semester 2
LI Music and Emotion 10 30768 20 Semester 2
LI Music and Gender 09 37030 20 Semester 2
LI Music and Globalisation 10 28580 20 Semester 1
LI Music in Britain 1870–1914 09 37044 20  
LI Music in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich 10 23590 20 Semester 1
LI Music, Protest and Social Activism 10 30112 20 Semester 1 or 2
LI Notation and Editorial Practice 09 29154 20 Semester 1
LI Professional Skills 09 36839 20 Semester 1
LI Ralph Vaughan Williams and his World 10 31928 20 Semester 2
LI Solo Performance 09 37762 20 Full Term
LI Sounding Image 10 28348 20 Semester 1
LI Studies in Performance Practice 10 27210 20 Semester 2
LI Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy 09 37673 20 Semester 1
LI The Blues 10 24280 20 Semester 1
LI The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim 10 29016 20 Semester 1
LI The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim (Sem 2) 10 34399 20 Semester 2
LI The Romantic Piano: Chopin and his Legacy 10 28176 20 Semester 1
LI The Sixties 10 24279 20 Semester 1
LI The Symphony: Prestige and Politics 10 37046 20 Semester 1
LI The Wagner Brand 10 37048 20 Semester 2
LI Tonality: An Introduction 09 22595 20 Semester 1

Music only: Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level I. If successful this will be taken in place of 20 credits of taught modules in Music only. The credits to be dropped will be discussed with the programme convenor. The placement can be taken either during the summer vacation (part-time or full-time) or or during semester 1 (part-time only). The placement must be completed prior to the Christmas vacation. Students undertaking a Professional Skills module at level I will not be able to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H.