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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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4 Years
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Full Time
SEP-25
4 Years
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Our BA Music is a flexible course that enables you to shape your learning around the areas of music that interest and excite you.The course draws on musics from a range of genres, styles, cultural and social contexts, and geographic locations to explore key concepts, theories and approaches. You’ll develop your skills as a creative, critical and reflective thinker, gaining the tools and experience needed to be an independent worker and musician, ready for life after university. You can personalise your course by choosing optional modules from a broad range of areas – including aesthetics, analysis, contemporary composition, film music, the music business, musicology, music psychology, music technology, performance (solo and collaborative) and popular music – enabling you to shape your degree to fit your interests and ambitions.You’ll study with academics who are experts in their fields, receive support from a dedicated technical team, and take lessons with a visiting professional specialist if you study solo performance. Across your course, you’ll engage with the latest musical research, explore a range of theoretical, creative and practical aspects of music, and develop a set of valuable musical and transferrable skills. You’ll have opportunities to work independently and collaboratively, developing and applying your skills and knowledge in contexts that extend beyond the university environment. All these elements combine to provide you with an exciting and dynamic educational experience that’s unique to Leeds.We are one of the largest schools of music in the country, which means you’ll benefit from the impressive range of specialisms within our curriculum, reflecting our ethos that music is music, regardless of genre or style. We attract a diverse body of students from across the UK and internationally, which gives the School a vibrant community and culture. Decolonisation, equality and inclusivity are embedded within our curriculum, so all our students can feel a sense of belonging in the School and can thrive on their course, no matter what their background and musical experience.
Exam type
A levelA level:
AAB Grades / Points required
Scottish Higher:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Access to HE Diploma:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal:
D2,M2,M2 Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
35 Grades / Points required
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):
H2,H2,H2,H2,H3,H3 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DDD Grades / Points required
T Level:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
If these don't include A level Music, we would normally expect an essay/discursive subject and evidence of Musical Literacy.
AB in Advanced Highers and AABBB in Highers, or A in Advanced Highers and AABBB in Highers, or AAAABB in Highers
In Music: 60 credits overall, with 45 credits at level 3 with an overall Distinction and no credits below Merit
D2, M2, M2 or D3, M1, M2 or D2, M1, M3.Pre-U qualifications will also be accepted in combination with other qualifications such as A-levels.
35 overall (6 at higher level in Music)
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
DDD in a music specialism with evidence of musical literacy.
Might be accepted as in combination with other qualifications, please contact admissions teams for further advice and guidance.
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