BA Popular Music
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with no score less than 4 or pass the IB Diploma plus 6,5,5 in 3 HL subjects. BTEC: BTEC applications are encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits and may make offers at DDM.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Music. Core topics include Project Management. Students have access to dedicated practice rooms and studios.
Modules
- INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR MUSIC HISTORY
- MUSIC WORLDS: CULTURE, PRACTICE AND INDUSTRY
- WRITING FOR INSTRUMENTS
- INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MUSIC HISTORY
- FOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC THEORY
- CLASSICAL COMPOSITION 1
- POPULAR COMPOSITION 1
- SAMPLING & SYNTHESIS
- INTRODUCTION TO SOUND AND MUSIC IN AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA
- THEORY IN PRACTICE: EXPLORING MUSIC’S CONSTRUCTION
- CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE 1
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE 1
- INTRODUCTION TO SOUND AND RECORDING
- MUSIC GENRES AND DIGITAL CULTURES
- MUSIC, POWER, AND IDEAS
- LIVE SOUND
- SOUND RECORDING AND PRODUCTION 2
- WORKING IN MUSIC INDUSTRY
- MUSIC IN GAMING
- CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE 2A
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE 2A
- MAX AND ABLETON LIVE
- INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC PSYCHOLOGY
- POPULAR MUSIC COMPOSITION 2
- EXPLORING HARMONY, CHORD PROGRESSION AND PITCH
- FOLEY AND SOUND DESIGN
- MIXING AND MASTERING
- ORCHESTRATION
- CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE 2B
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE 2B
- INTRODUCTION TO CONDUCTING
- LIVE IMPROVISATION WITH ABLETON
- MUSIC AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE
- CLASSICAL COMPOSITION 2
- MUSIC IN WORLD CINEMA
- COMPOSITION FOR FILM, TELEVISION AND GAMES
- MUSIC, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY
- BECOMING ENTREPRENEURIAL
- JAZZ
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE CONTEXTS
- ADAPTIVE AND GENERATIVE AUDIO FOR GAMES
- RECORD LABEL RECORDING, PRODUCTION AND PROJECT PLANNING
- SELF-MANAGEMENT FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRIES
- FROM HARDWARE-HACKING TO HYPER-INSTRUMENTS
- MUSICAL THEATRE
- WHAT IS GOOD MUSIC?
- SOUND STUDIES
- COMPOSING ELECTRONIC MUSIC
- POPULAR MUSIC COMPOSITION 3
- RECORD LABEL MANAGEMENT, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
- LIVE SOUND 2
- THE FILM MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS
- CURATION AND HERITAGE
- EXPLORING RHYTHM, FORM, AND MUSICAL TIME
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: POPULAR COMPOSITION
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: COMPOSITION
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: POPULAR PERFORMANCE
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: RESEARCH
- SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WORK PLACEMENTS MODULE