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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2022/2023
- ARCHIVE as at 1 September 2022

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.
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Degree Programme Table: Music (BMus) (UTMUSIC)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

Notes:
1. Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have spoken with your Personal Tutor.
2. Students can select up to 40 credits of Level 7 elective courses, across Years 1 and 2 (not per year).
3. To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 80 credits by the end of Year 1. Total credits per year must equal 120.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Topics in Popular Music

Must be taken during Semester 1

MUSI08078 20 credits
Thinking about Music

Must be taken during Semester 1

MUSI08075 20 credits
Creative Musicianship

Must be taken during Semester 2

MUSI08077 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

BMus Music_Year 1 options

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Fundamentals of Music Theory - This course is compulsory for students who do not have an A in Music at Advanced Higher or A Level.
Performance 1 - Students taking this course should have Grade VIII ABRSM or equivalent on their first instrument or will have passed an audition.
Fundamentals of Music Theory
MUSI07001 20 credits
Sound Recording
MUSI08054 20 credits
Music 1A: Psychology of Music
MUSI08069 20 credits
Performance 1
MUSI08073 20 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 60 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Please exclude Centre for Open Learning courses with codes beginning LLL.

Year 2 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
1. Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have spoken with your Personal Tutor.
2. Students can select up to 40 credits of Level 7 elective courses, across Years 1 and 2 (not per year).
3. To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 200 credit points by the end of Year 2. Total credits per year must equal 120.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Understanding Music History 1: Critical Approaches to Art Music in Europe, c800-1800

Must be taken during Semester 1

MUSI08084 20 credits
Understanding Music History 2: The Idea of Western Art Music from Romanticism to the Late Twentieth Century

Must be taken during Semester 2

MUSI08082 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

BMus Music_Year 2 option group 1

Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Sound Recording - Only if students have not already taken course in Year 1.
Sound Recording
MUSI08054 20 credits
Creative Music Technology
MUSI08057 20 credits
Music Analysis
MUSI08076 20 credits
AND

BMus Music_Year 2 option group 2

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Performance 2 - If students have passed Performance 1 in Year 1of Degree Programme.
Performance 2
MUSI08074 20 credits
Composing for Voices and Instruments
MUSI08080 20 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 60 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Please exclude Centre for Open Learning courses with codes beginning LLL.

Year 3 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
1. Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have spoken with your Personal Tutor.
2. Students are permitted to take 40 credits across Year 3 and Year 4 in an outside subject (Traditional Music & Traditional Song courses from the Scottish Ethnology department are not considered as outside subjects).
3. To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 360 credit points by the end of Year 3.

After successful completion of 360 credits as outlined above, students may be eligible to exit with an Ordinary degree. See general DRPS regulation 53 for further details.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 120 credits in this group.

Music Level 10 courses

Select between 60 and 120 credits from Music Level 10 courses
Notes:
Some of these courses have compulsory prerequisite courses as an entry qualification.
AND

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 60 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Year 4 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
1. Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have spoken with your Personal Tutor.
2. Students are permitted to take 40 credits across Year 3 and Year 4 in an outside subject (Traditional Music & Traditional Song courses from the Scottish Ethnology department are not considered as outside subjects).
3. To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 480 credit points by the end of Year 4.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Courses from the Edinburgh College of Art- Music (Bmus)- Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Dissertation in Music
MUSI10016 40 credits
Recital
MUSI10021 40 credits
Creative Practice Music Project
MUSI10092 40 credits
Portfolio of Compositions
MUSI10115 40 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Music Level 10 courses

Select between 40 and 80 credits from Music Level 10 courses
Notes:
Some of these courses have compulsory prerequisite courses as an entry qualification.
AND

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
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