BSc Mathematics and Music
Entry requirements
A level: AAB (specific subject requirements) BTEC: BTEC qualifications in relevant disciplines are considered in combination with other qualifications, including grade A in A-level mathematics, or equivalent. IB: 35 points overall with 16 at Higher Level, including 6 in Higher Level Mathematics (Mathematics: Analytics and Approaches is preferred).
About this course
The BSc in Mathematics and Music is an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Music. Core topics include Statistics, Mathematical Modelling, and Research Methods. Students undertake independent project work through a Mathematics Project and an Independent Research Project in the final year. The first year covers introductory foundations through modules such as Core Mathematics, Probability and Statistics, Music Analysis, and Performance. The second year introduces distinct study routes through a Pure Mathematics Pathway and an Applied Mathematics Pathway, alongside compulsory modules like Researching Music and Aesthetics. The final year allows students to tailor their studies through numerous optional modules spanning subjects such as Acoustics, Groups and Symmetry, Digital Marketing, and Contemporary Composition.
Modules
- Music and Society
- Core Mathematics
- Collaborative Performance
- Contemporary Composition
- Film Music
- Music Analysis
- Music Business
- Music Psychology
- Music Technology
- Performance
- Popular Music
- Real Analysis
- Probability and Statistics
- Researching Music
- Pure Mathematics Pathway in areas of mathematics including: Further Linear Algebra and Discrete Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics Pathway: Vector Calculus and Partial Differential Equations
- Aesthetics
- Computational Art
- Conducting
- Contemporary Composition
- Ensemble Performance
- Musicology
- Music Analysis
- Music Marketing
- Music Psychology
- Music Technology
- Performance
- Screen Music
- Music in Our World
- Mathematics Project - You'll receive research skills training, and carry out an independent research project in a topic in mathematics. Project topics will be allocated according to your preferred choices.
- Mathematics Project
- Independent Research Project - This module gives you the chance to explore an area of music of your own choosing. You’ll identify and apply appropriate research methods to contextualise and answer your research questions through either a portfolio of practice (eg a performance, compositions or orchestrations, something in the area of music technology, musicology, a recording project, etc.) with contextual materials, or an extended dissertation. Whichever approach you choose, you’ll work with a supervisor who will offer you guidance as you devise, manage and produce your independent project.
- Independent Research Project
- Acoustics
- Aesthetics
- Contemporary Composition
- Digital Marketing
- Ensemble Performance
- Music Analysis
- Musicology
- Music Psychology
- Music Technology
- Performance
- Groups and Symmetry
- Metrics Spaces and Measure Theory
- Numbers and Codes
- Proof and Computation
- Graph Theory and Combinatorics
- Differential Geometry
- Methods of Applied Mathematics
- Entropy and Quantum Mechanics
- Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos
- Mathematical Biology
- Fluid Dynamics
- Mathematics in Social Context