2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Music
| Programme code: | BA-MUSI | UCAS code: | W300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Matt Pritchard (2024 entry)/Mic Spencer (level 2+) | Contact address: | m.pritchard1@leeds.ac.uk/m.spencer@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Music
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Music
Programme specification:
The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/2024 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme:
BA Music(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
Our BA Music is a flexible course that enables you to shape your learning around the areas of music that interest and excite you.
The course draws on musics from a range of genres, styles, cultural and social contexts, and geographic locations to explore key concepts, theories and approaches. You’ll develop your skills as a creative, critical and reflective thinker, gaining the tools and experience needed to be an independent worker and musician, ready for life after university. You can personalise your course by choosing optional modules from a broad range of areas – including aesthetics, analysis, contemporary composition, film music, the music business, musicology, music psychology, music technology, performance (solo and collaborative) and popular music – enabling you to shape your degree to fit your interests and ambitions.
You’ll study with academics who are experts in their fields, receive support from a dedicated technical team, and take lessons with a visiting professional specialist if you study solo performance. Across your course, you’ll engage with the latest musical research, explore a range of theoretical, creative and practical aspects of music, and develop a set of valuable musical and transferrable skills. You’ll have opportunities to work independently and collaboratively, developing and applying your skills and knowledge in contexts that extend beyond the university environment. All these elements combine to provide you with an exciting and dynamic educational experience that’s unique to Leeds.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
| MUS1001 | Music and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUS1002 | Materials of Music | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUS1241 | Collaborative Performance | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates must study exactly 120 credits in Level 1.
Optional modules:
Candidates are required to study 60 credits of optional modules in total. This may include 20 credits of discovery modules.
Candidates may study a maximum of 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| MUS1131 | Talking About Pop Music: Discourse and Debates in Popular Music | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUS1132 | Film Music | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUS1151 | Introduction to the Psychology of Music | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUS1161 | Studio Recording | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates may study a maximum of 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| MUS1211 | The Music Industries | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUS1221 | Creating Music | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUS1231 | Film Music | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUS1232 | Talking About Pop Music: Discourse and Debates in Popular Music | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates may study the following 20-credit optional module:
| MUS1341 | Performance Studies | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in place of a 20-credit optional module.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Students must study 120 credits comprised from a mix of optional or discovery modules adding up to 120 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20-80 credits from the following options.
| MUSS2121 | Music: Power, Protest, Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS2122 | Theorising the Popular | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS2124 | British Music and National Identity | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS2125 | Music, Culture, Politics: the Long Sixties | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study 20-100 credits from the following optional modules
| CSER2207 | Students Into Schools (Arts Humanities and Culture) | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2020 | Interpreting Music Pre-requisite for: MUSS3020; MUSS3040; MUSS3240; MUSS3440 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2220 | Composition Pre-requisite for: MUSS3240 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2320 | Performance Pre-requisite for: MUSS3340 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2324 | Ensemble Performance | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS2520 | Aesthetics and Criticism Pre-requisite for: MUSS3520; MUSS3540 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2620 | Music Technology Skills and Techniques Pre-requisite for: MUSS3640 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2824 | Film-Score Creation and Production | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS2825 | Opera North: Opera in Practice | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2826 | Studies in Conducting | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS2827 | Marketing for Musicians | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS2828 | Synthesizer Ensemble | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS2920 | The Psychology of Listening and Performance Pre-requisite for: MUSS3940 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study 20 credits of discovery modules.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Students must study 120 credits comprised from a mix of compulsory and optional or discovery modules adding up to 120 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| MUSS3140 | Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 60-80 credits from the following modules:
| MUSS3020 | Analysing Music | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS3120 | The Supernatural in Opera | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS3128 | Music and Postcolonial Politics | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| MUSS3129 | Music as Performance: People, Bodies and Instruments | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS3240 | Composition | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS3324 | Ensemble Performance | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS3325 | Applied Project | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS3340 | Performance | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS3420 | Editing and Source Studies | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| MUSS3520 | Contemporary Aesthetics | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| MUSS3640 | Music Technology | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS3820 | Music in the Real World | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| MUSS3825 | Opera North: Opera in Practice | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS3940 | Music Psychology | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study 20 credits of discovery modules.
Last updated: 28/08/2024 14:25:41
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