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B.A. Modern Languages and Music Full-time
Year: 4
2026/27 Session
The University Regulations permit students registered to Joint degrees to vary their credit weighting in their second and final year. A minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 80 credits must be taken in each discipline in both years (subject to a total number of 120 credits in each year). Students who undertake less than 160 credits in one of their disciplines will graduate with a major/minor degree. To proceed from Stage IIb (or from Stage II for the 3-year programme) to Stage III a student must have a minimum of 100 credits, to include the relevant core language module(s).
Students must take a minimum of 40 credits in Music and 40 credits in a modern foreign language. 1: 40 CR JH students take all compulsory core language modules in their relevant language as described below
Independent Study 2: 20 CR All students must take 40 credits of independent study in either Music or Modern Languages selected from the modules below. 2: 20 CR Students may take two 20 credit Independent Study modules in Music OR one 40 credit Special Subject module in Music 2: 20 CR OR 2: 20 CR Students can take the 40 credit Extended Independent Study Module in Modern Languages 2: 20 CR OR 2: 20 CR Students can take one 20 credit Independent Study module in Music plus one full-year 20 credit Independent Study module in Modern Languages
Optional Modules 3: LIST Students should aim for an even balance of credits between semesters. They may not take more than 20 credits of performance-based modules in Music. 3: LIST Students taking 40 credits of Modern Languages and 80 credits in Music 3: LIST Modern Languages [French, German, Russian, Spanish]: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1. You must also take the compulsory Core VI module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core VII module in Semester 2 3: LIST Music: Students choose ONE 20-credit Option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit Option in Semester 2 plus the 40-credit Special Study module. 3: LIST OR 3: LIST Modern Languages [French, German, Russian, Spanish]: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1. You must also take the compulsory Core VI module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core VII module in Semester 2 3: LIST Music: Students choose ONE 20-credit Option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit Option in Semester 2 plus two 20-credit Independent Study modules. 3: LIST Students taking 60 credits of Modern Languages and 60 credits in Music 3: LIST Modern Languages [French, German, Russian, Spanish]: Students must take the 40 credit Extended Independent Study Module in Modern Languages PLUS the compulsory Core VI module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core VII module in Semester 2 3: LIST Music: Students choose TWO 20-credit Options in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit Option in Semester 2 3: LIST OR 3: LIST Modern Languages [French, German, Russian, Spanish]: Students choose ONE 20-credit Option in Semester 1. You must also take the 20-credit year-long Independent Study module PLUS the compulsory Core VI module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core VII module in Semester 2 3: LIST Music: Students choose ONE 20-credit Option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit Option in Semester 2. You must also take one 20-credit year-long Independent Study module. 3: LIST Students taking 80 credits of Modern Languages and 40 credits in Music 3: LIST Modern Languages [French, German, Russian, Spanish]: Students choose ONE 20-credit Option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit Option in Semester 2. You must also take the 40-credit Extended Independent Study Module in Modern Languages PLUS the compulsory Core VI module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core VII module in Semester 2 3: LIST Music: Students choose ONE 20-credit Option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit Option in Semester 2. 3: LIST It may also be possible to take one 10+10 year-long module in Music if there is space. Please note that this may imbalance your credits per semester to 70/50 or 50/70. 3: LIST Students choose additional Level H modules provided annually by the department. The following is an indicative list from Music:
The Singers’ Survival Guide: the effects of commercial opera on singing culture in the Later Baroque Period
09 25274
20
Semester 2
In addition to the core language modules, students follow additional Level H modules up to the relevant credit value for their respective programme, to a combined total of 120 credits. Depending on the number of credits students opt to take in each subject, optional modules choices may be restricted (please refer to the module choice information). Availability of particular modules varies from year to year and is subject to timetabling constraints. 4: OPTIONS Optional modules offered by the Department of Modern Languages: The following is an indicative list