Modules for course WW38 | BA/MUSCW
BA Music and Creative Writing

Year 1 Modules

Compulsory programme modules Students must take 20 credits of Adventures in the Creative Arts (Music) OR Language and Culture: A Toolkit (Creative Writing), then a further 40 credits in one subject and 60 credits in the other.
WXM-1009 Adventures in the Creative Art (20) (Semester 2)
QXL-1025 L&C Toolkit (20) (Semester 2)
Creative Writing Modules The student must take between 40 and 60 credits from the modules.
Creative Writing Compulsory Modules
QXP-1003 Creative Writing: Poetry (20) (Semester 1)
QXP-1001 Creative Writing: Fact and Fic (20) (Semester 2)
Creative Writing Optional Modules If a student chooses WXM-1009 Adventures in the Creative Arts they should also choose one of these optional modules. The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
QXE-1013 Reading, Thinking, Writing (20) (Semester 1)
WXS-1001 Introduction to Screenwriting (20) (Semester 2)
Music Options The student must take 40-60 credits from the modules in Music Options. If Adventures in the Creative Arts is chosen, then the student must take 40 credits from the below modules. If Language and Culture: A Toolkit is chosen then the student must take 60 credits from the Music modules.
Studio Composition 1
WXK-1022 Studio Composition (20) (Semester 1)
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)
Solo Performance in English or Welsh 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)
Melody and Harmony in English or Welsh The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
WXM-1004 Melody and Harmony (20) (Semester 1)
WXC-1004 Melodi a Harmoni Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
Listening to Musical History The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.
WXM-1300 Music since 1850 (20) (Semester 1)
WXC-1300 Cerddoriaeth Ers 1850 Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)

Year 2 Modules

Creative Writing Compulsory The student must take a minimum of 40 credits from the modules. The student must take at least 2 modules.
QXP-2004 Creative Writing: The Novel (20) (Semester 1)
QXP-2009 Creative Non-Fiction (20) (Semester 2)
QXP-2001 C/Writing: Poetry & Short Fict (20) (Semester 2)
Music Compulsory Modules The student must take between 20 and 60 credits from the modules in Music Compulsory Modules. The same module cannot be taken in English and Welsh.
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)
Creative Writing Optional The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules. The student may not take more than 1 module.
WXS-2002 Screenwriting for the industry (20) (Semester 1)
QXP-2012 Writing and Environments (20) (Semester 1)
Modern and Contemporary Writing
QXE-2019 Modern & Contemporary Lit (20) (Semester 2)
Music Optional Modules The student must take between 0 and 40 credits from the modules in Music Optional Modules, ensuring that the total number of Music credits taken adds up to 60. The same module cannot be taken in English and Welsh.
WXM-2303 Genres and Composers A (20) (Semester 1)
WXM-2022 Understanding Popular Music (20) (Semester 1)
WXC-2303 Genres a Chyfansoddwyr A Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
WXP-2307 Ensembles and Groups A (20) (Semester 1)
WXK-2232 Orchestration (20) (Semester 2)
WXC-2232 Cerddorfaeth Heddiw Cymraeg (20) (Semester 2)
WXK-2300 Interactive Sound and Music (20) (Semester 2)

Year 3 Modules

Compulsory Projects PROJECTS: Students must choose ONE Project, either in Music or in Creative Writing.
Arts Project The Arts Project module can be in Musicology, Editing, Composition, Performance.
WXE-3001 Arts Project (40) (Full Term)
Creative Writing
QXP-3099 Creative Writing Dissertation (40) (Full Term)
Creative Writing Modules If the student has chosen QXP-3099 Extended Writing Project, they may choose a further 20 credits from 'Creative Writing Modules'. If the student has not chosen QXP-3099, they must choose 60 credits from 'Creative Writing Modules'
QXP-3110 Short Sharp Shocks (20) (Semester 1)
QXP-3012 Writing and Environments (20) (Semester 1)
WXS-3003 Screenwriting (20) (Semester 1)
QXP-3025 Fantastic Fictions (20) (Semester 2)
QXP-3109 Creative Non-Fiction (20) (Semester 2)
Music Modules The student must take between 20 and 60 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)
Orchestration 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)
Genres a Chyfansoddwyr C | Genres and Composers C The student may not take more than 1 module.
WXC-3305 Genres a Chyfansoddwyr C Cymraeg (20) (Semester 1)
WXM-3305 Genres and Composers C (20) (Semester 1)