Modules for course W300 | BA/MUS
BA Music

Year 1 Modules

Listening to Musical History The student must take 20 credits from the modules.
WXC-1300 Cerddoriaeth Ers 1850 Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
WXM-1300 Music since 1850 (20) (Semester 1)
Adventures in the Creative Arts
WXM-1009 Adventures in the Creative Art (20) (Semester 2)
Melody and Harmony All single honours students must take either Melody and Harmony or its Welsh-medium equivalent.
WXC-1004 Melodi a Harmoni Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
WXM-1004 Melody and Harmony (20) (Semester 1)
Optional Modules in other subjects Students may take further modules all in Music or in other subjects at Level 4, up to a maximum of 40 credits. Students do not have to take in other subjects. Modules in other subjects are subject to the approval of the delivering department, and feasibility of timetabling. The list is indicative and subject to change.
QXP-1003 Creative Writing: Poetry (20) (Semester 1)
UXS-1066 Visual Cultures (20) (Semester 2)
XAE-1035 Children and Society (20) (Semester 2)
UXS-1038 Media Production (20) (Semester 2)
Playwriting The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
WXM-1120 Theatre Making (20) (Semester 1)
WXC-1120 Dyfeisio Theatr Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
Optional Modules in Music The student must take between 40 and 80 credits from the modules in Optional Modules. Students may take further modules all in Music or in other subjects at Level 4, up to a maximum of 40 credits. (Students do not have to take in other subjects.) Modules in other subjects are subject to the approval of the delivering department, and feasibility of timetabling.
Composition 1 The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
WXK-1021 Composition 1 (20) (Semester 2)
WXC-1013 Cyfansoddi I Cymraeg (20) (Semester 2)
Studio Composition 1
WXK-1022 Studio Composition (20) (Semester 1)
Solo Performance The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
WXP-1016 Solo Performance Year 1 (20) (Full Term)
WXC-1016 Perfformio Unawdol Blwyddyn 1 Cymraeg (20) (Full Term)

Year 2 Modules

Compulsory Modules (1): Genres and Composers The student must take 20 credits from the modules in Compulsory Modules (1): Genres and Composers.
WXC-2303 Genres a Chyfansoddwyr A Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
WXM-2303 Genres and Composers A (20) (Semester 1)
Compulsory Modules (2): Final year project preparation Students must take at least 40 credits from the remaining options, which lead to projects in the final year. However, if both Acousmatic Composition (WXK 2235) and Composition Year 2 (WXK 2233) / Cyfansoddi Blwyddyn 2 (WXC 2233) are chosen then another module from the list must also be selected. These modules are pre-requisites for taking final-year projects. Modules may be chosen in English or Welsh, but the same module may not be taken through English and Welsh (i.e. students can take: WXM 2011 or WXC 2011; WXK 2233 or WXC 2233; WXP 2241 or WXC 2241).
WXM-2205 Practical Musicology (20) (Semester 2)
Solo Performance The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
WXP-2241 Solo Performance Year 2 (20) (Full Term)
WXC-2241 Perfformio Unawdol Blwyddyn 2 Cymraeg (20) (Full Term)
Composition The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
WXK-2233 Composition II (20) (Semester 1)
WXC-2233 Cyfansoddi II Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
Optional Modules in Music The student must take a minimum of 80 credits of Music modules across the year. Optional modules are subject to variation but are typically available in two-year cycles, offered in alternate years. Some optional modules are offered each year at both Levels 5 and 6: students may not take both the Level 5 and Level 6 versions of the same optional module during the course of their degree. Students may take either the Welsh or the English version of modules, but the same module may not be taken in English and Welsh.
WXM-2022 Understanding Popular Music (20) (Semester 1)
WXP-2307 Ensembles and Groups A (20) (Semester 1)
WXK-2300 Interactive Sound and Music (20) (Semester 2)
Orchestration The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
WXK-2232 Orchestration (20) (Semester 2)
WXC-2232 Cerddorfaeth Heddiw Cymraeg (20) (Semester 2)

Year 3 Modules

Compulsory Projects Modules All students must take the Arts project module (includes Musicology, Composition, Performance, Editing).
WXM-3283 Practical Musicology Project (40) (Full Term)
WXE-3001 Arts Project (40) (Full Term)
- Composition project The student must take a maximum of 40 credits from the modules. The student may not take more than 1 module.
WXC-3289 Cyfansoddi (project) Cymraeg (40) (Full Term)
WXK-3289 Composition Project (40) (Full Term)
- Dissertation The student must take a maximum of 40 credits from the modules. The student may not take more than 1 module.
WXC-3277 Project Cerddoreg Cymraeg (40) (Full Term)
WXM-3277 Musicology Project (40) (Full Term)
- Solo Peformance The student must take a maximum of 40 credits from the modules. The student may not take more than 1 module.
WXC-3298 Project Perfformio Unawdol Cymraeg (40) (Full Term)
WXP-3298 Solo Performance Project (40) (Full Term)
- Optional Music Modules The student must take between 40 and 80 credits from the modules.
WXP-3111 Ensembles and Groups B (20) (Semester 1)
WXK-3300 Interactive Sound & Music (20) (Semester 2)
WXM-3205 Practical musicology (20) (Semester 2)
- Genres a Chyfansoddwyr C | Genres and Composers C The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
WXC-3305 Genres a Chyfansoddwyr C Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
WXM-3305 Genres and Composers C (20) (Semester 1)
- Understanding Popular Music
WXM-3022 Understanding Popular Music (20) (Semester 1)