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BA History And Music

Bangor University

Institution
Bangor University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History And Music
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
VW13
Typical offer
UCAS 104-128

Entry requirements

For all Music courses the ability to read staff notation is required. Points from grade examinations are taken into consideration where appropriate, but are not normally included in the offer. Offers are tariff based, 104 - 128 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.: A Levels: including grade B Music.** History or Archaeology preferred but not required. General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted. BTEC National Extended Diploma in Music: DMM - DDM (including a unit demonstrating the ability to read staff notation - or see**) Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma**: DMM- DDM City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080)**: considered on a case-by-case basis International Baccalaureate Diploma: including grade H5 in Music** Access to HE**: pass required Welsh Baccalaureate**: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications T Levels**: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.

About this course

BA (Hons) in History and Music, combining the study of the past with musical analysis and performance. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Design & Creative Practice. The programme offers flexible module choices across both subjects, and includes a Community Arts Placement requiring at least 40 hours of community work. The department has close links with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Modules

  • Adventures in the Creative Arts
  • Wales in the Modern World
  • Principles of Politics: Studying the political world
  • The Six Lives of Henry VIII
  • Britain: Blitz to Brexit, UK Politics and the Post-war World
  • Wales: Princes to Tudors
  • Wales: From the Princes to the Tudors
  • Introduction to Modern History, 1815-1914
  • Introduction to Modern History
  • Year 1 Solo Performance
  • Solo Performance
  • Music Since 1850
  • Studio Composition I
  • Cyfansoddi I
  • Composition I
  • Introduction to Harmony and Counterpoint
  • Melody and Harmony
  • Orchestration Today
  • Interactive Sound and Music
  • Ensembles and Groups A
  • Community Arts Placement
  • Genres and Composers A
  • Victorian Britain, 1837-1901
  • Victorian Britain
  • History of the Holocaust in 10 primary sources (1939-1945)
  • The World Turned Upside Down: Civil War, Regicide, and Revolution in England and Wales, 1600 - 1700
  • History Through Objects
  • Twentieth Century Dictatorships
  • Twentieth Century Ideas and Movements
  • A (dis)United Kingdom? Early Modern Perspectives On The Makeup Of Britain, 1485-1707
  • The Story of America, 1607-1867: On Film and Television
  • The Holy Wars of 1095-1197
  • Holy Wars, 1095-1197
  • Hot Wars of the Cold War: Korea and Vietnam
  • War, Colonialism, and Resistance: European Empires in the Early Modern World
  • Work Placement
  • Making History
  • The Craft of the Historian
  • Britain in the Jazz Age
  • The Jazz Age: Culture, Scandal and Poverty
  • Solo Performance
  • Composition II
  • Understanding Popular Music
  • Notation and Editing
  • Acousmatic Composition
  • The Craft of Songwriting
  • Notation and Editing
  • Music Teaching in Context
  • Ensembles and Groups B
  • Genres and Composers C
  • Arts Project
  • School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences BA Dissertation
  • BA Dissertation School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences
  • The United States, 1877-1945
  • The Tudors: Politics, Society, and Culture in Britain and Ireland, 1485-1603
  • Europe, 1945-1992
  • Anarchism in Europe: Movements, Activism, and Political Thought in an Age of Centralised Authority
  • The Great War through the Eyes of the Welsh
  • Emperors, Shoguns, and Trading Companies: Early Modern Asia and the British Empire, 1600 - 1800
  • Wales and Europe in the Renaissance: Image, Language, Identity and the Role of the Gentry, c.1450-1630
  • The Age of Reform: Britain 1770-1835
  • The Age of Reform, 1770-1835
  • Work Placement
  • Re-igniting the Dragon: Wales since 1939
  • Reawakening the Dragon
  • Under the Hammer: Edward I
  • Edward the Conqueror