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BMus Popular Music

Goldsmiths, University of London

Institution
Goldsmiths, University of London
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Music
Duration
3-6 years
UCAS code
W340
Typical offer
A-level CCC, IB 27

Entry requirements

A level: CCC IB: 27 points overall with three HL subjects at 555

About this course

BMus in Music. Core topics include Accounting, Ethics & Professional Practice, Entrepreneurship, and Design & Creative Practice. The degree includes a named Goldsmiths Project and an annual music festival, PureGold, which celebrates student-created music. NX Records, an independent record label based at Goldsmiths, was created in collaboration with Matthew Herbert's Accidental Records.

Modules

  • Creative Popular Music 1
  • Creative Popular Music 2
  • Popular Music Cultures
  • Contemporary Creative Industries
  • Critical Writing
  • The Goldsmiths Project
  • The Goldsmiths Elective
  • Performance: New Contexts
  • Songwriting
  • Global Musics
  • Music and the Moving Image
  • Sonic Art: Contexts and Practices
  • Electronic Music Studio Skills
  • Music Production
  • Ensemble Performance
  • Pitching Creative Businesses
  • Japan, Music and Cultural Identity
  • Major Project
  • Writing to Brief
  • Creative Performance
  • Music Teaching and Outreach
  • Global Musics
  • Sonic Art: Contexts and Practices
  • Music and the Moving Image
  • Music in Focus
  • Psychological Approaches to Music
  • You as Your Future: Developing Creative Careers
  • Improvisation
  • Creative Strategies in Music Production
  • Experimental Musics
  • Performing South-East Asian Music