Programme Requirements for 2023/24 Session


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B.Mus. Music Full-time

Year: 3
2023/24 Session

Students must take a 20 or 40 credits independent study module selected from among the following modules: Students may take one Independent Study OR one Special Subject OR one of each if not in the same discipline.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
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 independent study module(s), students choose additional Level H modules provided annually by the Department of Music up to a combined total of 120 credits. 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
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 Studio Composition I 10 32382 10 Semester 1
LH Studio Composition II 10 32384 10 Semester 2
LH An Introduction to Music Therapy 10 28317 20 Semester 2
LH British Music Renaissance 1880 - 1914 09 21890 20 Semester 2
LH Classical Composition 10 30764 20 Semester 2
LH Composing for Voice 09 38734 20 Semester 2
LH Eighteenth Century Counterpoint 10 19889 20 Semester 1
LH Electronic Music Studies 10 29010 20 Semester 2
LH Film Music Techniques and History (Sem 2) 09 34409 20 Semester 2
LH Gustav Mahler: The Philosophy of Music 09 30834 20 Semester 1
LH Introduction to Jazz Styles: 1920 to 1980 10 27205 20 Semester 1
LH Introduction to Sound Recording 10 23583 20 Semester 1
LH Local Musicking in Asia 10 30114 20 Semester 2
LH Music Cognition 10 31917 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 Music and Gender 09 37031 20 Semester 2
LH Music in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich 10 23585 20 Semester 1
LH Sound Studies 09 38731 20 Semester 2
LH Stravinsky 09 25133 20 Semester 2
LH Studies in Performance Practice 10 27209 20 Semester 1
LH The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim 10 29015 20 Semester 1
LH The Romantic Piano: Chopin and his Legacy 10 28177 20 Semester 1

Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H. If successful this will be taken in place of one of their semester 1 taught modules. 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 who undertook 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
LH Professional Skills 09 36876 20 Semester 1
LH Professional Skills - Freelance 09 37013 20 Semester 1

Students who have taken LI 37673 Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy cannot take the LH version of this module.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy 09 38933 20 Semester 1