Programme Requirements for 2023/24 Session


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B.Mus. with Year Abroad Full-time

Year: 2
2023/24 Session

The following must be taken:

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

Students choose 80 credits of Level I optional modules (four x 20 credits) from the list provided annually by the Department of Music Availability of particular modules varies from year to year and is subject to timetabling constraints and other conditions. Please contact the Department for further details.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Classical Composition 10 30765 20 Semester 2
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 An Introduction to Music Therapy 10 28319 20 Semester 2
LI British Music Renaissance 1880 - 1914 09 21889 20 Semester 2
LI Composing for Voice 09 38733 20 Semester 2
LI Eighteenth Century Counterpoint 10 19888 20 Semester 1
LI Experimental Musics 09 37028 20 Semester 1
LI Film Music Techniques and History (Sem 2) 09 34406 20 Semester 2
LI Gustav Mahler: The Philosophy of Music 09 30833 20 Semester 1
LI Introduction to Jazz Styles: 1920 to 1980 10 27206 20 Semester 1
LI Introduction to Sound Recording 10 23578 20 Semester 1
LI Local Musicking in Asia 10 30115 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 Year Abroad 10 25998 120 Full Term
LI Music and Emotion 10 30768 20 Semester 2
LI Music and Gender 09 37030 20 Semester 2
LI Music in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich 10 23590 20 Semester 1
LI Professional Skills 09 36839 20 Semester 1
LI Solo Performance 09 37762 20 Semester 2
LI Solo Performance I (Exchange Students) Semester 1 09 36293 10 Semester 1
LI Solo Performance I (Exchange Students) Semester 2 09 36294 10 Semester 2
LI Stravinsky 09 25131 20 Semester 2
LI Studies in Performance Practice 10 27210 20 Semester 1
LI The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim 10 29016 20 Semester 1
LI The Romantic Piano: Chopin and his Legacy 10 28176 20 Semester 1
LI The Singers’ Survival Guide: the effects of commercial opera on singing culture in the Later Baroque Period 09 25273 20 Semester 2

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. 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 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.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Professional Skills 09 36839 20 Semester 1
LI Professional Skills – Freelance 09 37012 20 Semester 1