Modules for course WW39 | BA/MCWIE
BA Music and Creative Writing with International Experience
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2022–23 academic year.
The list may not be complete, and the final course content may be different.
You can also view the modules offered in the year 2021–22.
Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
20 credits from:
- WXM-1300: Music since 1850 (20) (Semester 1) or
WXC-1300: Cerddoriaeth Ers 1850 (20) (Semester 1) - WXM-1301: Music 1550 -1850 (20) (Semester 2) or
WXC-1301: Cerddoriaeth 1550 - 1850 (20) (Semester 2)
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- QXP-1001: Creative Writing: Prose (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- UXS-1001: Intro to Practical Journalism (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-1001: Cyfl. i Newyddiaduraeth Ymarf. (20) (Semester 1) - QXP-1003: Creative Writing: Poetry (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- QXE-1013: Reading, Thinking, Writing (20) (Semester 1)
- QXP-1016: Children's Fiction (Creative) (20) (Semester 2) or
QXE-1016: Children's Fiction (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-1038: Intro' to Media Practice (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-1038: Cyf. i Ymarfer y Cyfryngau (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-1062: Film Language (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-1062: Iaith y Ffilm (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-1066: Visual Cultures (20) (Semester 2) or
UXB-1066: Diwylliant Gweledol (20) (Semester 2)
40 credits from:
- WXM-1004: Intro - Harmony & Counterpoint (20) (Semester 1) or
WXC-1004: Cyflwyniad Harmoni/Gwrthbwynt (20) (Semester 1) - WXP-1016: Solo Performance Year 1 (20) (Semester 2) or
WXC-1016: Perfformio Unawdol Blwyddyn 1 (20) (Semester 1 + 2) - WXK-1113: Composition and Sonic Art A (20) (Semester 1)
- WXK-1114: Composition and Sonic Art B (20) (Semester 2)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
20 to 40 credits from:
- WXM-2011: Musicology Year 2 (20) (Semester 2) or
WXC-2011: Cerddoleg Blwyddyn 2 (20) (Semester 2) - WXM-2205: Notation and Editing (20) (Semester 2)
- WXK-2233: Composition Year 2 (20) (Semester 1) or
WXC-2233: Cyfansoddi Blwyddyn 2 (20) (Semester 2) - WXK-2235: Acousmatic Composition (20) (Semester 2)
- WXP-2241: Solo Performance Year 2 (20) (Semester 1 + 2) or
WXC-2241: Perfformio Unawdol Blwyddyn 2 (20) (Semester 1 + 2) - WXM-2269: Community Arts Placement (20) (Semester 1)
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- QXP-2009: Creative Non-Fiction (20) (Semester 2)
- QXP-2019: Modern & Contemporary Writing (20) (Semester 2) or
QXE-2019: Modern & Contemporary Writing (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-2021: America on Film (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2033: Practical Digital Journalism (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-2033: Newyddiaduraeth Ddigidol Ymarf (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-2052: Radio: Theory and Practice (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-2052: Radio Theori ac Ymarfer (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-2064: Film Theory (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2075: Short Film Production (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-2075: Cynhyrchu'r Ffilm Fer (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-2402: Media History (20) (Semester 2)
- Some modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check module page for further information
20 to 40 credits from:
- WXM-2022: Understanding Popular Music, i (20) (Semester 2)
- WXK-2191: Songwriting (20) (Semester 1)
- WXM-2270: Music Teaching in Context (20) (Semester 2)
- WXM-2303: Genres & Composers A (20) (Semester 1) or
WXC-2303: Genres a Chyfansoddwyr A (20) (Semester 1) - WXM-2304: Genres and Composers B (20) (Semester 2)
- WXP-2307: Ensembles and Groups A (20) (Semester 1)
- WXC-2411: Hanes Cerddoriaeth Cymru B (20) (Semester 1)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
0 to 40 credits from:
- QXP-3099: Creative Writing Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
0 to 40 credits from:
- WXM-3277: Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2) or
WXC-3277: Traethawd Hir (40) (Semester 1 + 2) - WXM-3283: Edition (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- WXK-3289: Composition (project) (40) (Semester 1 + 2) or
WXC-3289: Cyfansoddi (project) (40) (Semester 1 + 2) - WXP-3298: Solo Performance Project (40) (Semester 1 + 2) or
WXC-3298: Project Perfformio Unawdol (40) (Semester 1 + 2) - SPECIAL PROJECTS: Students must choose at least ONE Project, either in Music or in other subject. Students are welcome to choose more than one project: one in each school
Optional Modules
20 to 60 credits from:
- UXS-3033: Practical Digital Journalism (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-3033: Newyddiaduraeth Ddigidol Ymarf (20) (Semester 1) - QXP-3093: Experimental Writing (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3402: Media History (20) (Semester 2)
- UXB-3900: Research Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- UXB-3901: Creative Practice Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- UXB-3902: Enterprise Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
20 to 60 credits from:
- WXM-3009: 20th Century Women Composers (10) (Semester 1)
- WXM-3022: Understanding Popular Music, i (20) (Semester 2)
- WXP-3111: Ensembles and Groups B (20) (Semester 1)
- WXK-3191: Songwriting (20) (Semester 1)
- WXM-3205: Notation and Editing (20) (Semester 2)
- WXK-3235: Acousmatic Composition (20) (Semester 2)
- WXM-3270: Teaching in Context (20) (Semester 2)
- WXM-3305: Genres and Composers C (20) (Semester 1) or
WXC-3305: Genres a Chyfansoddwyr C (20) (Semester 1) - WXM-3306: Genres and Composers D (20) (Semester 2)
- WXC-3411: Hanes Cerddoriaeth Cymru B (20) (Semester 1)