- UCAS course code
- PW30
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA Film Studies and Music
Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: PW30 / Institution code: M20
- Typical A-level offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: ABC including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: BBC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 35 points overall with 6,5,5 at HL
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £26,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
- Find out more from student finance
- Eligible UK students can apply for bursaries and scholarships
- Funding for EU and international students is on our country-specific pages
- Many students work part-time or complete a student internship
Course unit details:
Recital
| Unit code | MUSC30600 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 40 |
| Unit level | Level 3 |
| Teaching period(s) | Full year |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
Practical component: students follow an individually tailored programme of study designed to enhance their technical and musical skills as solo performers.
Pre/co-requisites
| Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo Performance II | MUSC20600 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
| Pre-requisite units | MUSC 20600 |
Aims
To extend to a high standard the technical and interpretative skills in musical performance developed in MUSC 20600 Solo Performance II, within an increasingly self-directed environment, such that the student will have a secure foundation for further development, if appropriate.
Knowledge and understanding
Demonstrate through performance a highly developed understanding of how music works and the contexts in which it is performed.
Intellectual skills
Show a well-developed ability to analyse and interpret musical materials, together with a critical awareness of the contexts of and problems associated with these processes.
Practical skills
Demonstrate increasingly advanced technical skills on one instrument or voice, with sensitive artistry and musicianship, strong projection and personal expression.
Transferable skills and personal qualities
- Produce high-quality performances with a disciplined approach to time management, self-motivation and critical self-awareness
- Demonstrate the confidence and interpersonal skills to work effectively in small groups, showing skills relating to teamwork, negotiation, decision-making and leadership
Employability skills
- Analytical skills
- Surveying repertoire, analysing and showing understanding of the repertoire you are performing)
- Innovation/creativity
- Inventing a creative concept and putting it into motion, coming up with your own ideas, and not relying on your teacher to do the thinking for you
- Leadership
- Being responsible for overseeing a creative product from inception through to final performance)
- Project management
- Time management (developing effective and efficient practicing habits, setting and achieving goals, effective collaboration with other musicians as appropriate)
- Other
- Self-awareness (knowing your strengths and skills and having the confidence to put these across through performance) Willingness to learn (being inquisitive about such issues as repertoire and performance practice, enthusiastic and open to new ideas, making decisions, assessing progress and making changes if necessary)
Assessment methods
| Performance | 100% |
Feedback methods
Verbal feedback will be provided throughout the academic year by vocal/instrumental tutors; written feedback for the end-of-year recital will be provided at the end of Semester 2.
Recommended reading
- Davies, Stephen, Musical Works and Performances: a Philosophical Exploration (Oxford, 2001)
- Dunsby, Jonathan, Performing Music: Shared Concerns (Oxford, 1995)
- Godlovitch, Stanley, Musical Performance: A Philosophical Study (London and New York, 2003)
- Rink, John (ed.), Musical Performance: A Guide to Understanding (Cambridge, 2002)
- Rink, John (ed.), The Practice of Performance: Studies in Musical Interpretation (Cambridge, 2005)
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Practical classes & workshops | 20 |
| Project supervision | 20 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 360 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Alexander Gagatsis | Unit coordinator |
| Eleanor Ryan | Unit coordinator |