Year 0 (For Courses with Foundation Year)
Specialist Study (Composition) Foundation
(for all Film Music and Songwriting students, and Classical and Jazz composers)
Specialist Study (Performance) Foundation
(for all Popular Music students and Classical, Jazz and performers)
Specialist Group Study (Composition) Foundation
(for all Film Music and Songwriting students, and Classical and Jazz composers)
Specialist Group Study (Performance) Foundation
(for all Popular Music students and Classical, Jazz and performers)
Year 1
In Combined Honours degrees, you would take Specialist Study modules from your major subject (e.g. in Jazz with Classical, your major would be Jazz)
Specialist Study 1 - Business: 'Structure & Functions'
Specialist Study 1 - Classical (Performers)
Specialist Study 1 - Classical (Composers)
Specialist Study 1 - Film Music
Specialist Study 1 - Folk (Performers)
Specialist Study 1 - Folk (Composers)
Specialist Study 1 - Jazz (Performers)
Specialist Study 1 - Jazz (Composers)
In Combined Honours degrees you would take Specialist Group Study modules from your minor subject (e.g. in BA (Hons) Music (Jazz with Classical) your minor would be Classical)
Specialist Group Study 1 - Business: 'Marketing'
Specialist Group Study 1 - Classical
Specialist Group Study 1 - Film Music
Specialist Group Study 1 - Folk
Specialist Group Study 1 - Jazz
Specialist Group Study 1 - Popular
In Combined Honours degrees, you would take Contextual Studies modules from your major subject (e.g. in Jazz with Classical, your major would be Jazz)
Contextual Studies 1 - Business: 'Music & Identity'
Contextual Studies 1 - Classical
Contextual Studies 1 - Film Music
Contextual Studies 1 - Popular
Year 2
In Combined Honours degrees, you would take Specialist Study modules from your major subject (e.g. in Jazz with Classical, your major would be Jazz)
Specialist Study 2 - Business: 'Digital Commerce'
Specialist Study 2 - Classical (Performers)
Specialist Study 2 - Classical (Composers)
Specialist Study 2 - Film Music
Specialist Study 2 - Folk (Performers)
Specialist Study 2 - Folk (Composers)
Specialist Study 2 - Jazz (Performers)
Specialist Study 2 - Jazz (Composers)
In Combined Honours degrees you would take Specialist Group Study modules from your minor subject (e.g. in BA (Hons) Music (Jazz with Classical) your minor would be Classical)
Specialist Group Study 2 - Business: 'Artistic Development'
Specialist Group Study 2 - Classical
Specialist Group Study 2 - Film Music
Specialist Group Study 2 - Folk
Specialist Group Study 2 - Jazz
Specialist Group Study 2 - Popular
In Combined Honours degrees, you would take Contextual Studies modules from your major subject (e.g. in Jazz with Classical, your major would be Jazz)
Contextual Studies 2 - Business: 'Copyright & Contract Law'
Contextual Studies 2 - Classical
Contextual Studies 2 - Film Music
Contextual Studies 2 - Popular
You will choose one of the following modules.
Music and Ideology (All pathways)
Entrepreneurship (All pathways)
Introduction to Music Technology (All pathways excluding Production)
Songwriting (All pathways excluding Business and Songwriting)
Music for the Moving Image (All pathways excluding Business and Film Music)
Collaborative Composition (All pathways excluding Business)
Performance with Electronics (All pathways excluding Business)
Arranging and Orchestration (All pathways excluding Business)
You will choose one of the following modules.
Self-Promotion & Music Marketing (All pathways)
Structure & Functions of the Film Music Industry (All pathways)
Concerts & Touring (All pathways)
Artistic Management (All pathways)
Working with Music in the Community (All pathways)
Business Start-Up (All pathways excluding Business)
Instrumental Music Tuition (All pathways excluding Business)
Year 3 (Including BA (Hons) Music Production/Popular Music Top-Up)
In Combined Honours degrees, you would take Specialist Study modules from your major subject (e.g. in Jazz with Classical, your major would be Jazz)
Specialist Study 3 - Business: 'Enterprise'
Specialist Study 3 - Classical (Performers)
Specialist Study 3 - Classical (Composers)
Specialist Study 3 - Film Music
Specialist Study 3 - Folk (Performers)
Specialist Study 3 - Folk (Composers)
Specialist Study 3 - Jazz (Performers)
Specialist Study 3 - Jazz (Composers)
In Combined Honours degrees, you would take your Final Project from your minor subject (e.g. in Jazz with Classical, your major would be Classical)
You will choose one of the following modules.
Computer-based Composition (All pathways)
Electroacoustic Composition (All pathways)
Emerging Music Models (All pathways)
Software Environments - Performance and Sound Creation (All pathways)
Composed Theatre (All pathways excluding Business)
Extended Improvisation (All pathways excluding Business)
Intercultural Music (All pathways excluding Business)
Composition and Production for Film and Television (All pathways excluding Business and Film Music)
You will choose one of the following modules.
Business Leadership and Ethics