2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BSc Mathematics and Music

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:

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:

BSc Mathematics and Music(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Links between mathematics and music have been known since the time of Pythagoras. From the vibration of a guitar string and the analysis of a rhythmic pattern to the use of randomness in experimental music, mathematics continues to impact music at every level. The core of the course provides a grounding in pure and applied mathematics, and 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 and problem-solver, and gain the tools and experience you need to be an independent worker, ready for life after University. You can personalise your course by choosing optional modules from mathematics and a broad range of areas of music 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 research, explore a range of theoretical, creative, applied and practical aspects of mathematics and music, and develop a set of valuable subject-specific and transferrable skills. You’ll have opportunities to work independently and collaboratively, and will start to use 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 is unique to Leeds.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

At Level 1, students are required to take exactly 120 credits, and pass a minimum of 40 credits in each of Music and Mathematics.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates must study 60 credits of optional modules from the lists below.

Candidates may study a maximum of 40 credits from the following optional modules. Candidates wishing to pursue Pure Mathematics in subsequent years must study MATH1110 Real Analysis.

Candidates are also required to study 20-60 further music credits from the lists below.
Candidates may study a maximum of 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Candidates may study a maximum of 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Candidates may study the following 20-credit optional module:

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students must enrol on exactly 120 or 125 credits in each academic year.

Compulsory modules:

Students are required to study the following modules:

Optional modules:

Students need to choose at least one of the following modules.
List A

Student must choose exactly one module from the following list:
List B

Students are required to study 40 credits from the following optional modules. If you are thinking about taking more than one module coded MUSS282x please contact the Programme Leader.
List C

Depending on the choices made in list A, students must choose between 10 and 25 credits from the following list:
List D

Students are only allowed to take at most one of EDUC2071, MATH2800, MATH2900, MUSS2925.

!! IMPORTANT !! When choosing options, students must take into account which modules they intend to take in Year 3 to make sure that they have the necessary prerequisites. Please refer to the information from the Programme Meetings.

In order to progress to Year 3, students must pass at least 40 credits of level 2 MATH modules and 40 credits of level 2 MUSS modules.

Discovery modules:

Students who would like to choose Discovery modules (including Maths or Musics modules) should consult with the Programme Manager.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students must enrol on exactly 120 or 125 credits in each academic year.

Students will be awarded the degree of BSc(Ord) Mathematics and Music if they do not pass a project mdoule.

Optional modules:

Students must choose 120 or 125 credits from lists A, B and C with:
- 60 credits of Music and 60 or 65 credits of Mathematics modules (EDUC3060, COMP3910 and COMP3940 count as Mathematics modules for this purpose);
- at least 100 credits at level 3;
- one or two modules from List A;
- at least 40 credits of MATH modules from List A and B.

Students who wish to enrol on a different split of credits between Music and Mathematics, must get permission frm the Programme Manager.

List A

List B

List C

Last updated: 28/08/2024 14:10:34

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