BMUS Music with Foundation Year (MUSU13) FT

2019 - 2020

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (70 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
MUS125	Music of the World	AUT SEM	20 credits
MUS132	Technologies for Music	AUT SEM	10 credits
MUS133 + A level Music and/or grade V theory or equivalent. A level Music and/or grade V theory or equivalent.	The Materials of Music	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
MUS126	History of Western Music	SPR SEM	20 credits
MUS134	Harmony and Counterpoint	SPR SEM	10 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (50 credits)

A student will take 50 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MUS129	Introduction to Music Psychology	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
MUS117	Popular Music Studies	SPR SEM	10 credits
MUS130 + Available to all students participating in University Symphony Orchestra, Sheffield University Wind Orchestra, or Chamber Choir. Successful recruitment to module is by audition - ensemble auditions are held in week 1 of semester 1..	Ensemble Participation	SPR SEM	10 credits
MUS131	Composing Electronic Music	SPR SEM	10 credits
MUS140	Folk Music Participation	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
MUS127 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MUS362 MUS362 MUS362 (when the module is running)	Composition	ACAD YR	20 credits
MUS128 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MUS214 MUS215 (when the module is running) + Student must be Grade 8 standard or equivalent for non classical genres in standard or audition for the module upon entry to the university and course. Acceptance via audition at the direction of the module lead. .	Performance	ACAD YR	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted F4 units to the value of 40 credits.

NOTE

In respect of regulation 1B

a student may only take up to 30 credits from MUS128, MUS130 and MUS140

Year 2

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (60 credits)

A student will take a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 120 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MUS3002 + Non-Music students will need Grade 8 Music Theory (or have passed MUS133 Materials of Music as unrestricted credits).	Musicology	AUT SEM	20 credits
MUS3003	Psychology of Music: methods and applications	AUT SEM	20 credits
MUS355 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MUS333 (when the module is running)	Creative Applications of Music Technology	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
MUS354	Ethnomusicology	SPR SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
MUS215 ⇐PPre-requisites: MUS128 + Must be diploma standard or equivalent if not passed MUS128. Any student not having taken and passed MUS128 must audition for this module..	Intermediate Performance	ACAD YR	20 credits
MUS362 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MUS127 Is a pre-requisite for: MUS302 MUS333 (when the module is running)	Intermediate Composition	ACAD YR	20 credits
MUS3889	Music Promotions	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units

A student will take up to 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MUS3001 + Successful recruitment to the module is by audition. Auditions are held towards the end of semester 2 in the preceding academic year..	Ensemble Performance Skills	AUT SEM	20 credits
MUS3015	Community, Music and Education	AUT SEM	20 credits
MUS3120	World Music Performance	AUT SEM	20 credits
MUS370 + The unit is available to students in the providing department within the Faculty of Arts. The unit is subject to an approximate limit of 12 participants.	Sound Recording Practice	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
MUS3000 + A lack of familiarity with staff notation will seriously hamper a student's performance within some elements of the module. In some circumstances it may be possible to work around this through a careful selection of roles for assessment..	Baroque Music	SPR SEM	20 credits
MUS3008	Music Placements	SPR SEM	20 credits
MUS3011	Music Psychology in Everyday Life	SPR SEM	20 credits
MUS340	Sound and Moving Image	SPR SEM	20 credits
MUS374 + A-level Music advisable; musical literacy essential. Restricted to students in the Department of Music. Limited to 30 students.	The Broadway Musical	SPR SEM	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted F5 or F6 units to the value of 20 credits.

Year 3

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MUS3041 XCannot be taken with: MUS3040 + Available to students registered on Music programmes only, by negotiation so as not to conflict with Composition, Performance, Dissertation and other Level 3 modules..	Extended Special Project	ACAD YR	40 credits
MUS332 XCannot be taken with: MUS301 MUS301	Extended Dissertation	ACAD YR	40 credits
MUS333 ⇐PPre-requisites: MUS355 MUS362 XCannot be taken with: MUS302 MUS302	Extended Portfolio of Compositions	ACAD YR	40 credits
MUS334 XCannot be taken with: MUS303	Extended Prepared Instrumental or Vocal Recital	ACAD YR	40 credits

A student will take a total of 80 credits from group 3B. A student may only choose one module from 3Bi

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units

3Bi

A student will take up to 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MUS301 XCannot be taken with: MUS332	Dissertation	ACAD YR	20 credits
MUS302 ⇐PPre-requisites: MUS362 XCannot be taken with: MUS333	Portfolio of Compositions	ACAD YR	20 credits
MUS303	Prepared Instrumental or Vocal Recital	ACAD YR	20 credits
MUS3040 XCannot be taken with: MUS3041 + Available to students registered on Music programmes only, by negotiation so as not to conflict with Composition, Performance, Dissertation and other Level 3 modules..	Special Project	ACAD YR	20 credits
MUS3041 XCannot be taken with: MUS3040 + Available to students registered on Music programmes only, by negotiation so as not to conflict with Composition, Performance, Dissertation and other Level 3 modules..	Extended Special Project	ACAD YR	40 credits
MUS332 XCannot be taken with: MUS301 MUS301	Extended Dissertation	ACAD YR	40 credits
MUS333 ⇐PPre-requisites: MUS355 MUS362 XCannot be taken with: MUS302 MUS302	Extended Portfolio of Compositions	ACAD YR	40 credits
MUS334 XCannot be taken with: MUS303	Extended Prepared Instrumental or Vocal Recital	ACAD YR	40 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

3Bii

A student will take a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 80 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MUS3001 + Successful recruitment to the module is by audition. Auditions are held towards the end of semester 2 in the preceding academic year..	Ensemble Performance Skills	AUT SEM	20 credits
MUS3002 + Non-Music students will need Grade 8 Music Theory (or have passed MUS133 Materials of Music as unrestricted credits).	Musicology	AUT SEM	20 credits
MUS3003	Psychology of Music: methods and applications	AUT SEM	20 credits
MUS3015	Community, Music and Education	AUT SEM	20 credits
MUS3120	World Music Performance	AUT SEM	20 credits
MUS355 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MUS333 (when the module is running)	Creative Applications of Music Technology	AUT SEM	20 credits
MUS370 + The unit is available to students in the providing department within the Faculty of Arts. The unit is subject to an approximate limit of 12 participants.	Sound Recording Practice	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
MUS3000 + A lack of familiarity with staff notation will seriously hamper a student's performance within some elements of the module. In some circumstances it may be possible to work around this through a careful selection of roles for assessment..	Baroque Music	SPR SEM	20 credits
MUS3008	Music Placements	SPR SEM	20 credits
MUS3011	Music Psychology in Everyday Life	SPR SEM	20 credits
MUS340	Sound and Moving Image	SPR SEM	20 credits
MUS354	Ethnomusicology	SPR SEM	20 credits
MUS374 + A-level Music advisable; musical literacy essential. Restricted to students in the Department of Music. Limited to 30 students.	The Broadway Musical	SPR SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
MUS362 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MUS127 Is a pre-requisite for: MUS302 MUS333 (when the module is running)	Intermediate Composition	ACAD YR	20 credits
MUS3889	Music Promotions	ACAD YR	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted F6 units to the value of 20 credits.

NOTE

In respect of regulation 3A and regulation 3Bi:

If a student takes MUS301 they cannot also take MUS332

If a student takes MUS302 they cannot also take MUS333

If a student takes MUS303 they cannot also take MUS334

If a student takes MUS3040 they cannot also take MUS3041

Year 0

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (100 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
ACE0351	Introduction to the Humanities	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
ACE0349Y	Extended Project (MUS)	SPR SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
ACE0340	Academic Literacy and Communication Skills	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0345	Maths and Statistics	ACAD YR	20 credits
MUS001	Foundations of Music	ACAD YR	20 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Full academic year
ACE0343 + Only available to students on DLL FY programmes. .	Foundations of Psychology	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0344	Foundations of Sociology	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0346	Foundations of History	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0347	Foundations of Geography	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0348	Foundations of English	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0353	Foundations of Time and Humanity	ACAD YR	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted F4 Level ACE or MLTC Languages for All units to the value of 20 credits.

Before proceeding to Level 1, a candidate will attain 120 credits and a weighted mean grade of 60.0 or above; a student with 120 credits and a weighted mean grade of between 57.0 and 59.9 may be permitted to proceed at the discretion of the Board of Examiners and the receiving department.

⇐P	-	This module has pre-requisite(s).
P⇒	-	This module is a pre-requisite for other modules.
C	-	This module has co-requisite(s).
X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
+	-	Additional information about requirements for studying this module.

Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2019/20 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.