Modules for course W300 | BA/MUS
BA Music
These were the modules for this course in the 2020–21 academic year.
You can also view the modules offered in the year 2021–22; 2022–23.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
20 credits from:
- WXM-1004: Intro - Harmony & Counterpoint (20) (Semester 1)
20 to 40 credits from:
- WXM-1300: Music since 1850 (20) (Semester 1)
- WXM-1301: Music 1550 -1850 (20) (Semester 2)
Optional Modules
60 to 80 credits from:
- WXK-1010: Sonic Art (20) (Semester 1)
- WXK-1011: Composition Year 1 (20) (Semester 2)
- WXP-1016: Solo Performance Year 1 (20) (Semester 2)
- Students may take up to 40 credits from modules offered outside the School in place of optional modules. Speak to your tutor about this if you wish to do so.
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
40 to 60 credits from:
- WXM-2011: Musicology Year 2 (20) (Semester 2)
- WXM-2205: Notation and Editing (20) (Semester 2)
- WXK-2233: Composition Year 2 (20) (Semester 2)
- WXK-2235: Acousmatic Composition (20) (Semester 2)
- WXP-2241: Solo Performance Year 2 (20) (Semester 2)
Optional Modules
40 to 60 credits from:
- WXM-2022: Popular Music Analysis (20) (Semester 1)
- WXK-2191: Songwriting (20) (Semester 2)
- WXM-2269: Community Arts Placement (20) (Semester 2)
- WXM-2270: Music Teaching in Context (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
40 to 80 credits from:
- WXM-3277: Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- WXM-3283: Edition (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- WXK-3289: Composition (project) (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- WXP-3298: Solo Performance Project (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
Optional Modules
40 to 80 credits from:
- WXM-3022: Popular Music Analysis (20) (Semester 1)
- WXP-3111: Ensembles and Groups B (20) (Semester 1)
- WXK-3191: Songwriting (20) (Semester 2)
- WXK-3235: Acousmatic Composition (20) (Semester 2)
- WXM-3270: Music Teaching in Context (20) (Semester 1)
- WXM-3305: Genres and Composers C (20) (Semester 1)
- WXM-3306: Genres and Composers D (20) (Semester 2)
- WXM-3311: Community Arts Placement (20) (Semester 2)
- WXC-3411: Hanes Cerddoriaeth Cymru B (20) (Semester 1)