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Music with Placement

Entry requirements


A level

A,A,B-B,B,C

Obtain a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points in an Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

M2,M2,M3

GCSE/National 4/National 5

A minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade C/4 and above including English Language (or grade B/5 in English Literature).

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

29

including SL5 or HL4 in English (if applicant does not have GCSE English grade C or above)

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H3,H3,H3,H3,H4

OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma

DM

in any subject and an A level at grade C

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

DMM

in any subject.

OCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma

M

in any subject with A-levels grade BB

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DM

in any subject and an A level at grade C

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

M

in any subject with A levels grade BB

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DMM

in any subject

Scottish Advanced Higher

B,B,C

T Level

M

UCAS Tariff

112-136

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About this course


Course option

4years

Sandwich | 2024

Subject

Music

Our Music BA degree has been designed to develop your particular interests in music-making. It aims to equip you with a solid grounding in the craft of creativity which reflects the diversity of musical styles and genre in today’s world.

In your first year you will gain a strong understanding of composition, performance and musicology. You will also be introduced to sonic arts and sound recording. Your peer group of musicians will discuss, review and give you constructive feedback on your musical activities.

You can choose from a range of optional modules in your second year and final year. This means you develop your own bespoke pathway during your music course, and this prepares you for your chosen career in the music world. Examples of specialist options you could choose include orchestration and arrangement, and taking sonic art to the stage.

You will be taught by some of the leading figures in today’s contemporary music comprising composers, performers and musicologists. They are performing, composing and writing books, and have strong connections with the music community in London, the UK and in Europe. This opens up opportunities for you to collaborate with them and work together on installation projects.

Our music facilities include a fully sound-proofed recording studio for rehearsals, and performance spaces and practice rooms equipped with grand pianos, drum kits and amps. Access is available to an editing suite with Mac computer workstations where you’ll work on your music using industry standard music making software.

During your time at Brunel, you’ll benefit from guest lectures delivered by leading figures in the music industry who give advice on music promotion and how to get a gig. In addition, you have the advantage of Brunel’s close location to London’s exciting music scene for planned trips to music concerts, festivals, galleries, and museums.

Our music undergraduate degree can be studied full-time over three years, four years with a placement year, or part-time over six years.

We encourage the placement year option. This time in the music industry helps you to further prepare for the world of work and you’ll have a year’s worth of invaluable professional experience when you graduate. If you decide to go on a music work placement year, you could find yourself working at record companies, TV companies, or teaching music in a school.

You’ll have the opportunity to showcase your musical talent before you graduate alongside external musicians. There are a variety of performances hosted by Brunel including concerts, recitals and ensembles where you’ll be able to network and gain feedback on your creativity from the visiting music artists.

Modules

Year 1
Core Modules
Reading Resilience
Perspectives 1: Introduction to Theatre Studies
World Literature, World Literacies
Creative Reading Portfolio
Ensemble Production

Optional Modules
Acting: Essential Skills
Applied Drama Practice 1: An Introduction
Physical Theatre 1: Between Dance and Theatre
Theatre Making 1
Digital Performance 1
Musical Theatre 1

Year 2
Core Modules
Perspectives

Optional Modules
Writing 2: Experiments in Language for Performance
Physical Theatre 2: Performance and Embodiment
Acting Beyond Naturalism
Digital Performance 2
Musical Theatre 2: Histories, Practices and Theories
The Nineteenth-Century Novel
Shakespeare: Text and Performance
Modernism
Romanticism and Revolution
The Women’s Movement: 20th Century and Contemporary Writing
Contemporary British and Irish Fiction
Genre Fiction
Theatre Making 2
Applied Drama 2: Project
Performance as Research: Second Year Production Module
Post-Colonial Writing

Year 3
Core Modules
Final Production (Practical)
Written Dissertation
Project
English Project
Written Dissertation Single

Optional Modules
Perspectives 3: Battling with Ideas
Professional Experience and Development
Advanced Physical Theatre 3
Psychogeography
Advanced Musical Theatre 3
Post War and Late 20th Century Literature 1945-2001
Victorian Literature and Culture
Jane Austen and Her Novels
Writing Ireland
The Creative Industries
Violence
Psychogeography
Advanced Acting
The Canon Re-loaded
New Writing: Page to Stage
Chaucer to Shakespeare
Creative Industries and Labour Practices
Digital Performance and Technology 3
Modern and Contemporary Lesbian Literature
Writing Poetry for Performance

Tuition fees

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Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£19,430
per year
International
£19,430
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Brunel University London

Department:

Arts and Humanities

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

83%
Music

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Music

Teaching and learning

85%
Staff make the subject interesting
85%
Staff are good at explaining things
92%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
92%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

62%
Library resources
92%
IT resources
85%
Course specific equipment and facilities
54%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

71%
UK students
29%
International students
44%
Male students
56%
Female students
88%
2:1 or above
17%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
D
D

After graduation


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Music

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This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£22,000
high
Average annual salary
97%
med
Employed or in further education
43%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

25%
Artistic, literary and media occupations
17%
Teaching and educational professionals
13%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Music

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£16k

£16k

£23k

£23k

£27k

£27k

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