Modules for course W30F | BA/MUSF
BA Music [with Foundation Year]

Year 0 Modules

Compulsory modules The student must take 100 credits from the modules in Compulsory modules.
KAH-0001 Essential Skills for Arts& Hum (20) (Semester 1)
KAH-0002 Arts, Humanities & the future (20) (Semester 1)
KAH-0003 Intro to Research & Inquiry (20) (Semester 1)
KAH-0004 Foundation Project (20) (Semester 2)
WXM-0002 Language of Music (20) (Semester 2)
Optional modules The student must take 20 credits from the modules in Optional modules.
CXC-0001 Ysgrifennu Hyderus Cymraeg (20) (Full Term)
QXL-0001 Intro to English Lit & Lang (20) (Semester 2)
LXN-1021 Beginners' French (10) (Semester 2)
LXE-0002 Transnational Cultures (10) (Semester 2)
LXN-1001 Beginners' German (10) (Semester 2)
LXN-1012 Beginners' Spanish (10) (Semester 2)
HPS-0001 Debating the disciplines (20) (Semester 2)
UXS-0001 Digital Communication (20) (Semester 2)

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)
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)
Adventures in the Creative Arts
WXM-1009 Adventures in the Creative Art (20) (Semester 2)
Optional Modules in Music or 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 Music Modules The student must take between 40 and 80 credits from the modules in Optional Modules. Modules can be taken in English or Welsh, where available. 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.
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)
Composition 1
WXK-1021 Composition 1 (20) (Semester 2)

Year 2 Modules

Music Compulsory Modules Students must take a minimum of 40 credits in this group.
WXM-2205 Practical Musicology (20) (Semester 2)
Composition The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules. The student may not take more than 1 module.
WXC-2233 Cyfansoddi II Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
WXK-2233 Composition II (20) (Semester 1)
Solo Performance The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules. The student may not take more than 1 module.
WXC-2241 Perfformio Unawdol Blwyddyn 2 Cymraeg (20) (Full Term)
WXP-2241 Solo Performance Year 2 (20) (Full Term)
Music Optional Modules The student must take a maximum of 60 credits from the modules.
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)
Genres & Composers A The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules. The student must take 1 module.
WXC-2303 Genres a Chyfansoddwyr A Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
WXM-2303 Genres and Composers A (20) (Semester 1)

Year 3 Modules

Compulsory Project 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)
Solo Performance Project The student must take a maximum of 20 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)
Composition (project) The student must take a maximum of 20 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)
Optional Modules The student must take between 40 and 80 credits from the modules.
WXM-3022 Understanding Popular Music (20) (Semester 1)
WXP-3111 Ensembles and Groups B (20) (Semester 1)
WXM-3205 Practical musicology (20) (Semester 2)
WXK-3300 Interactive Sound & Music (20) (Semester 2)
Genres and Composers C 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)
Orchestration Today The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
WXK-3232 Orchestration (20) (Semester 2)
WXC-3232 Cerddorfaeth Heddiw Cymraeg (20) (Semester 2)