BA Music with Political Studies
Royal Holloway, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: ABB-BBB (Required subjects: A-level Music or Grade 7 Music Theory at pass plus Grade 7 Music Performance Applicants without A-level Music or pass in Grade 7 Music Theory may be eligible for the Intensive Theory entry. This requires Music GCSE grade A/7 or equivalent, plus performance at Grade 7 level. In term 1 you will be required to take Fundamentals of Music Theory, an intensive music literacy course. Students wishing to take Solo Performance options will need to be of Grade 8 level in performance at point of entry. We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 (C) In some cases, a theory test may need to be completed and performance sample provided upon request in order to meet specific Music requirements) IB: 6,5,5 at Higher Level or 32 points overall, including Music at Higher Level or Grade 7 Music Theory plus Grade 7 Music Performance.
About this course
BA in Politics and International Relations and Music, combining political studies with music. Core topics include Programming, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Policy Analysis, and Historical Research. The degree is weighted 75% music and 25% politics. Later years offer specialisation in areas such as European integration, democratic theory, and political communication.
Modules
- Introduction to Politics and Government
- Theory and Analysis
- Creative Composition Techniques
- A Very Short History of Music
- Introduction to Historical Musicology
- Introduction to World Music
- Contemporary Debates in Music
- Solo Performance
- Creative Ensemble Performance
- Introduction to Composing with Music Technology
- Studies in Music Analysis
- Studies in Composition
- Studies in Music History
- Studies in Ethnomusicology
- Studies in Music, Media and Technology
- Practical Performance I
- Ensemble Performance
- Composition Portfolio
- Practical and Creative Orchestration
- Practical Conducting (Choral and Orchestral)
- Composing with Technology 1
- Introduction to Jazz: Theory, Practice and Contexts
- Popular Music and Musicians in Post-War Britain and North America
- Korean Percussion Performance
- Practical Ethics
- Musical Aesthetics
- Mozart's Operas
- Issues in Sound, Music and the Moving Image
- Intercultural Performance: Theory and Practice
- Music and Society in Purcell's London
- Contemporary Music Performance
- Music, Power and Politics
- Ideas of German Music from Mozart to Henze
- Music and Gender
- Hearing the Orient: Critical and Practical Approaches to the Middle East
- Understanding the European Union: Politics and Theory
- Democracy in Britain
- Contemporary Political Theory
- Modern Political Thought
- Introduction to Political Communication
- Politics Outside the West
- Practical Performance 2
- Composing with Technology 2
- Special Study: Dissertation
- Special Study: Theory and Analysis
- Special Study: Solo Performance
- Special Study: Composition
- European Union Public Policy
- Radical Political Theory I: Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche
- Young People's Politics
- Leadership, Power and the British Prime Ministership
- Visual Politics
- American Political Development
- The Politics of Russia and Eastern Europe
- The Politics of International Development
- Issues in Democratic Theory
- Political Theories of Freedom
- Comparative Political Leadership
- Global Environmental Politics
- Parliamentary Studies
- Latin American Politics
- Social Diversity and Political Representation
- Politics of South Asia