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Degree Programme Table: Music (BMus) (UTMUSIC)


Year 1, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Director of Studies.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 7 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    MUSI08025 Inventing 1 As available 10
    MUSI08026 Style Studies 1 As available 10
    MUSI08048 Performance and Keyboard 1 As available 20
    MUSI08024 Introductory Musical Acoustics As available 10
    MUSI08051 Listening and Musicianship 1 As available 10
    MUSI08040 Music Analysis 1 As available 10
    MUSI08027 Set Works 1 As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) A - Music (1BMus) - Level(s) 8' (ROU_A_UTMUSIC1_8) , as available.
            
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    MUSI08011    Music 1A: Music in Social Contexts   20  
    MUSI08012    Music 1B: Music and Technologies   20  
    MUSI08053    Music 2D: Theory and Practice of Music Technology   20  

    Notes:Credits must be equally distributed throughout the year - 20 credits in Semester One and 20 credits in Semester Two.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_8) , as available.

    Notes:Credits must be equally distributed throughout the year - 20 credits in Semester One and 20 credits in Semester Two.
     



    Year 2, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: At the end of Second Year, students who achieve an average mark of 50%, and who have gained a pass in all courses, will be admitted to Junior Honours. Students who do not achieve an average mark of 50%, or who are carrying courses from First or Second Year, will be admitted to Third Year. Entry into Third Year does not, however, preclude students from eventual progression to Senior Honours. Students will be allowed to progress from Third Year to Senior Honours if they achieve an average mark of 40% at the end of their Third Year, and have passed all outstanding courses by the August examination diet of that year of study.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 7 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    MUSI08029 Style Studies 2 As available 20
    MUSI08030 Composition 2 As available 20
    MUSI08049 Performance and Keyboard 2 As available 20
    MUSI08044 Orchestration 2 As available 10
    MUSI08052 Listening and Musicianship 2 As available 10
    MUSI08031 Music 2A: Music and Ideas As available 20
    MUSI08033 Music 2B: Set Works As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

    Year 3, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: At the end of Second Year, students who achieve an average mark of 50%, and who have gained a pass in all courses, will be admitted to Junior Honours. Students who do not achieve an average mark of 50%, or who are carrying courses from First or Second Year, will be admitted to Third Year. Entry into Third Year does not, however, preclude students from eventual progression to Senior Honours. Students will be allowed to progress from Third Year to Senior Honours if they achieve an average mark of 40% at the end of their Third Year, and have passed all outstanding courses by the August examination diet of that year of study.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    MUSI10066 Research Methods in Music As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 100 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Music Honours Options Group One' (ROU_A/G/Q_UTMUSIC1_9-10) , as available.
            
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    MUSI10013    History of Instruments   20  
    MUSI10055    Musical Applications of Fourier Theory and Digital Signal Processing   20  
    PHYS10074    Musical Instruments   20  

    Notes:All students must choose at least ONE course from at least THREE of the course groups.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Music Honours Options Group Two' (ROU_A/G/Q_UTMUSIC2_9-10) , as available.
               
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    MUSI10020    Applied Keyboard Skills   20  
    MUSI10001    Counterpoint 3   20  
    MUSI10002    Harmony 3   20  
    MUSI10019    Keyboard Skills   20  

    Notes:All students must choose at least ONE course from at least THREE of the course groups.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Music Honours Options Group Three' (ROU_A/G/Q_UTMUSIC3_9-10) , as available.
                        
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    MUSI10011    Special History in Music: Bach's Sacred Cantatas   20  
    MUSI10007    Special History in Music: Music in the Age of Louis XIV   20  
    MUSI10040    Special History in Music: The Origins and Early Development of Opera   20  
    MUSI10054    Special History in Music: Scottish Art Music from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment   20  
    MUSI10045    Special History in Music: Film Music   20  
    MUSI10008    Special History in Music: Music Since 1945   20  
    MUSI10050    Special History in Music: Wagner - Music, Philosophy and Culture   20  

    Notes:All students must choose at least ONE course from at least THREE of the course groups.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Music Honours Options Group Four' (ROU_A/G/Q_UTMUSIC4_9-10) , as available.
                  
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    MUSI10018    Aesthetics of Music   20  
    MUSI10062    Algorithmic Composition and Signal Processing   20  
    MUSI10036    Composition 3   40  
    MUSI10042    Electroacoustic Composition 3   40  
    MUSI10004    Orchestration 3   20  

    Notes:All students must choose at least ONE course from at least THREE of the course groups.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Music Honours Options Group Five' (ROU_A/G/Q_UTMUSIC5_9-10) , as available.
               
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    MUSI10067    Music and Human Communication   20  
    MUSI10038    Music in the Community 3   40  
    SCET10025    Traditional Song - Gaelic   20  
    SCET10024    Traditional Song - Scots   20  

    Notes:All students must choose at least ONE course from at least THREE of the course groups.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School Collection schedule A to Q and T and W 9 or 10' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_9/10) , as available.

     


    Year 4, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Arts, Culture & Environment- Music (Bmus)- Level 10' (ROU_A_UTMUSIC_10) , as available.
               
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    MUSI10037    Composition 4   40  
    MUSI10016    Dissertation in Music   40  
    MUSI10015    Edition   40  
    MUSI10021    Recital   40  

     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following "Music" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Music level 10' (SUB_MUSI_10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    (MUSI10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Music'   (as selected)  

     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) Q/A/G - Music (BMus) - Level(s) 9-10' (ROU_Q/A/G_UTMUSIC1_9-10) , as available.
            
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHYS10074    Musical Instruments   20  
    SCET10025    Traditional Song - Gaelic   20  
    SCET10024    Traditional Song - Scots   20  

    Notes:Courses in another subject only available if this option has NOT been taken in Year 3.
     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School Collection schedule A to Q and T and W 9 or 10' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_9/10) , as available.

    Notes:Courses in another subject only available if this option has NOT been taken in Year 3.
     


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