Detail of award: MAJOR, MINOR AND JOINT AWARDS involving POPULAR MUSIC: 2013 entry
Name of award: BA/BSc (Hons) involving Popular Music

In order to achieve the named award above, students must meet all requirements of this award map

STAGE 1

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
MED1044	Understanding Popular Music	20	Compulsory	None
MUS1121	Musical Materials and Structures ^1	20	Compulsory	None
MED1045	Wax, Vinyl and Bits	20	Designated	None
MED1001	Introduction to Popular Culture	20	Designated	None
MUS1120	Creative Musicianship	20	Designated	None
MUS1122	Sound, Recording and Production	20	Designated	None
LEI1005	Event Planning and Design	20	Designated	None

Major students must take both the compulsory modules and may take up to 40 credits of designated modules
Joint students must take both the compulsory modules and may take up to 40 credits of designated modules
Minor students must take both the compulsory modules and may take up to 40 credits of designated modules

STAGE 2

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
MUS2024	Writing about Music	20	Compulsory	None
MED2050	Music and Identity	20	Designated	None
MUS2122	Creative Digital	20	Designated	MUS1122 or equivalent
MUS2120	Pop in Practice	20	Designated	MUS1120 or equivalent
MUS2121	Techniques of Musical Language	20	Designated	MUS1121 or equivalent
MUS2124	DAW 2	20	Designated	None

Major students must take MUS2024 and three designated modules making 80 credits and must take 40 credits from their minor subject to total 120 level 5 credits.
Joint students must take MUS2024 and two designated modules making 60 credits and must take 60 credits from their other subject to total 120 level 5 credits.
Minor students must take MUS2024 and one designated module making 40 credits and must take 80 credits from their major subject to total 120 level 5 credits.

OPTIONAL PLACEMENT YEAR

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
HRM2042	Learning Through Work	20	Designated	None
HRM2044	Measuring Organisational Success (WBL)	20	Designated	None

Students must have successfully completed 100 credits at Level 5 in order to undertake placement

STAGE 3

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
MUS4121	Professional Project 40 ^2	40	Designated for Mj	Any two level 5 Popular Music modules or equivalent
MUS4122	Professional Project 20 ^3	20	Designated for Jt	Any two level 5 Popular Music modules or equivalent
MUS4125	Popular Music Dissertation ⁴	40	Designated for Mj	Compulsory Level 5 modules from appropriate Award Map.
MUS4126	Popular Music Short Dissertation ⁵	20	Designated for Jt	Compulsory Level 5 modules from appropriate Award Map.
MUS4127	Popular Music Joint Interdisciplinary Dissertation 6	20	Designated jt	Compulsory Level 5 modules from applicable Award Map
MED3025	Pop and the State	20	Designated	MUS2024 or equivalent
MED3015	Avant Pop: Experiments in Modern Music	20	Designated	MUS2024 or equivalent
MUS3006	Creative Digital Music 2	20	Designated	MUS2122 or MUS2124 #
MUS3120	Applied Musicianship	20	Designated	MUS2120 or MUS2121 or equivalent
MUS3121	The Record Label	20	Designated	None
LEI3013	Live Events Management 7	20	Designated	None

Major students must take either MUS4121 or MUS4125 plus two designated modules making 80 credits and must take 40 credits from their minor subject to total 120 level 6 credits
Joint students must take designated modules making 60 credits and must take 60 credits in their other subject to total 120 level 6 credits. Joint students must take a dissertation module from one of their subjects, but may instead also undertake an interdisciplinary dissertation joining both subjects together.

Minor students must take two designated modules, not including MUS4121, MUS4122, MUS4125, MUS4126 or MUS4127 making 40 credits and must take 80 credits from their major subject to total 120 level 6 credits.

¹ During the first week of term all students will be tested on music theory. Any students achieving B+ or above will be exempt from this module and may choose another designated module from this award map.
² Cannot be taken with MUS4122 or MUS4125 or MUS4126 or MUS4127
³ Cannot be taken with MUS4121 or MUS4125 or MUS4126 or MUS4127

⁴ Cannot be taken with MUS4121 or MUS4122 or MUS4126 or MUS4127

⁵ Cannot be taken with MUS4121 or MUS4122 or MUS4125 or MUS4127

6 Cannot be taken with MUS4121 or MUS4122 or MUS4125 or MUS4126 and must be taken with the joint module from a second subject.

7 LEI3003 is not suitable for students studying Events Management


# change to pre req

Chpop13
08/05/2015