Detail of award:
MAJOR, MINOR AND JOINT AWARDS involving POPULAR MUSIC: 2018 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 |
DAW 1 |
20 |
Compulsory |
None |
|
Popular Music Studies 1 |
20 |
Compulsory |
None |
|
Performance 1 |
20 |
Compulsory |
None |
Students
must take the compulsory modules. Students who are studying Law as their other subject
must take MUS1124 and MUS1127 only to total 120 credits at Level 4
STAGE 2
Code |
Title |
Credits |
Status |
Pre-Requisites |
Performance 2 |
20 |
Designated |
None |
|
Popular Music Studies 2 |
20 |
Designated |
None |
|
DAW 2 |
20 |
Designated |
None |
|
Performance with Technology |
20 |
Designated |
None |
|
Composition and Theory 2 |
20 |
Designated |
None |
|
Cultural Theory 2 |
20 |
Designated |
None |
|
Professional Practice |
20 |
Designated |
None |
Major
students must take four designated modules making 80 credits and must take 40
credits from their minor subject to total 120 level 5 credits.
Joint students must take three designated modules making 60 credits and must take
60 credits from their other subject to total 120 level 5 credits.
Minor students must take two designated modules making 40 credits and must take
80 credits from their major subject to total 120 level 5 credits.
∞ MUS2125 is the research methods module for this subject. Please
note that only one research methods module can be undertaken as part of a Joint
Honours award. If your other chosen subject offers a research methods module an
additional designated module must be taken in its place from the second award
map.
OPTIONAL PLACEMENT YEAR
Code |
Title |
Credits |
Status |
Pre-Requisites |
The Placement Year Experience: Organisations in Context |
40 |
Compulsory |
None |
Students must have
successfully completed 100 credits at Level 5 in order to undertake
placement
STAGE 3
Code |
Title |
Credits |
Status |
Pre-Requisites |
Professional Project 40 1 |
40 |
Designated for Mj |
Any two level 5 Popular Music modules or equivalent |
|
Professional Project 20 2 |
20 |
Designated for Jt |
Any two level 5 Popular Music modules or equivalent |
|
Popular Music Dissertation ³ |
40 |
Designated for Mj |
Compulsory Level 5 modules from appropriate Award Map. |
|
Popular Music Short Dissertation ⁴ |
20 |
Designated for Jt |
Compulsory Level 5 modules from appropriate Award Map. |
|
Popular Music Joint Interdisciplinary Dissertation ⁵ |
20 |
Designated jt |
Compulsory Level 5 modules from applicable Award Map |
|
Pop and the State |
20 |
Designated |
None |
|
The Philosophy of Music# |
20 |
Designated |
None |
|
Music
and Sound Design for Media |
20 |
Designated
|
None |
|
Performance 3 |
20 |
Designated |
None |
|
The Record Label 6 |
20 |
Designated |
None |
|
Advanced Recording and Production⁷ |
20 |
Designated |
MUS1128 or equivalent |
|
Music Education |
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.
Students who do not complete the
Honours Degree will be eligible for an Ordinary Degree in the named subjects
upon successful completion of a minimum of 60 Level 6
credits. These can be from any Level 6 modules, whether identified as
compulsory or designated. Where the completed Level 6 credits are from one
subject area only, the award title will be Ordinary Degree X WITH Y.
Where the completed Level 6 credits are from both subject areas, the award
title will be either Ordinary Degree X WITH Y or Ordinary Degree X AND Y
depending on the degree on which the student registered.
1 Cannot be
taken with MUS4122 or MUS4125 or MUS4126 or MUS4127
2 Cannot be taken with MUS4121 or MUS4125 or MUS4126 or MUS4127
3 Cannot be taken with MUS4121 or
MUS4122 or MUS4126 or MUS4127
4 Cannot be taken with MUS4121 or
MUS4122 or MUS4125 or MUS4127
5 Cannot be taken with MUS4121 or MUS4122 or
MUS4125 or MUS4126 and must
be taken with the joint module from a second subject.
6 Cannot be
taken with MUS3129
⁷ Cannot be taken with MUS3121
#module recoded due to title change
Chpop18
10/2/2020