Modules for course W303 | BA/MIE
BA Music (with International Experience)

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 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)
Optional Module Choices The student must take a maximum of 40 credits from the modules.
QXP-1003 Creative Writing: Poetry (20) (Semester 1)
XAE-1035 Children and Society (20) (Semester 2)
UXS-1066 Visual Cultures (20) (Semester 2)
Bilingual Module Choice The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
UXS-1121 Production Toolkit (20) (Semester 1)
UXC-1121 Cynhyrchu i'r Cyfryngau Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
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)

Year 2 Modules

Music in Context The student must take 20 credits from Genres and Composers.
WXC-2303 Genres a Chyfansoddwyr A Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
WXM-2303 Genres and Composers A (20) (Semester 1)
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).
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)
Studio Composition 2
WXK-2235 Acousmatic Composition (20) (Semester 1)
Practical Musicology
WXM-2205 Practical Musicology (20) (Semester 2)
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.
WXP-2307 Ensembles and Groups A (20) (Semester 1)
WXK-2336 Songwriting (20) (Semester 2)
WXM-2270 Music Teaching in Context (20) (Semester 2)
Optional Modules in Music or Other Subjects Students may take further modules all in Music or in other subjects at Level 5, 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.
XAE-2033 Researching Childhood (20) (Full Term)
QXE-2125 Climate Change (20) (Semester 1)
UXS-2075 Short Film Production (20) (Semester 2)
QXP-2001 C/Writing: Poetry & Short Fict (20) (Semester 2)
Theatre and Performance The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
UXS-2121 Theatre and Performance: The S (20) (Semester 2)
UXB-2121 Theatr a Pherfformio: Yr Hunai Cymraeg (20) (Semester 2)

Year 3 Modules

Arts Project
WXE-3001 Arts Project (40) (Full Term)
Optional Modules in Music The student must take 80 credits from the modules in Optional Music Modules. The same module cannot be taken at both Levels 5 and 6. Students may take the modules in English or Welsh, but the same module may not be taken in English and Welsh.
WXK-3235 Acousmatic Composition (20) (Semester 1)
WXP-3111 Ensembles and Groups B (20) (Semester 1)
WXM-3270 Music Teaching in Context (20) (Semester 2)
WXK-3336 Songwriting (20) (Semester 2)
WXM-3205 Practical musicology (20) (Semester 2)
Genres and Composers The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
WXM-3305 Genres and Composers C (20) (Semester 1)
WXC-3305 Genres a Chyfansoddwyr C Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)