Newcastle University

Popular and Contemporary Music BMus Honours UCAS Code: W301 (2 years)International Centre for Music Studies

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This degree starts at Stage 3. It is a creative and intellectually challenging course that is designed to follow on from a Higher National Diploma or Foundation Degree that provides suitable preparation for this two-year programme.

Newcastle College currently offers suitable Foundation Degrees for students living in the North East (for more information please contact the College direct on 0191 200 4000).

Applications are, of course, also welcomed from applicants with other suitable Foundation Degrees and HND courses.

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• MUS2056 Music Skills (Vernacular)
• MUS2059 Contemporary Music Practice 1
• MUS1013 Understanding Modern and Postmodern Musics
• MUS2065 Studying Vernacular Musics

Optional modules

You choose 40 credits from the following optional modules:

• MUS2074 Renaissance Music
• MUS2077 The Classical Style
• MUS2087 Hearing the Individual in Traditional Music
• MUS3034 Mediterranean Musics
• MUS3032 The Roots of Hip Hop
• MUS3106 Entrez dans la Danse
• MUS2020 Techniques of Harmony
• MUS2041 Contemporary Compositional Techniques
• MUS2045 Indian Music in Practice 1
• MUS2058 Performance Studies 2
• MUS2059 Contemporary Music Practice 1
• MUS2064 Collective Performance
• MUS2098 Noises, Sounds, and Gestures: Experimental Improvisation and Electroacoustic Composition
• MUS3083 Conducting Studies
• MUS3095 Music Enterprise

Stage 4

Compulsory modules

• MUS3054 Music and Cultural Theory

Optional modules

You take 40 credits from the following list:

• MUS3012 Major Specialist Study: Composition
• MUS3013 Major Specialist Study: Dissertation
• MUS3014 Major Specialist Study: Performance
• MUS3015 Major Specialist Study: Project
• MUS3023 Independent Composition Project in Post Vernacular Composition 
  And: MUS3087 Contemporary Music Practice 2

You choose at least 20 credits from the following list:

• MUS3017 Minor Specialist Study: Dissertation
• MUS3019 Minor Specialist Study: Project
• MUS2060 Ethnomusicology: Issues and Applications
• MUS2074 Renaissance Music
• MUS2077 The Classical Style
• MUS2087 Hearing the Individual in Traditional Music
• MUS3034 Mediterranean Musics
• MUS3032 The Roots of Hip Hop
• MUS3106 Entrez dans la Danse

You choose your remaining modules from the following list:

• MUS3016 Minor Specialist Study: Composition
• MUS3018 Minor Specialist Study: Performance
• MUS2044 Practising Music Analysis
• MUS2046 Indian Music in Practice 2
• MUS2020 Techniques of Harmony
• MUS2041 Contemporary Compositional Techniques
• MUS2045 Indian Music in Practice 1
• MUS2058 Performance Studies 2
• MUS2059 Contemporary Music Practice 1
• MUS2064 Collective Performance
• MUS2098 Noises, Sounds, and Gestures: Experimental Improvisation and Electroacoustic Composition
• MUS3083 Conducting Studies
• MUS3095 Music Enterprise

Please Note

The modules listed here are those currently being taught in this academic year and may vary for your year of entry.