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Popular Music – (B.A.)
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus
Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences| Application Deadline: | January 15 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 10,220 - ≈ € 12,070 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Cambridge / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | January, September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus
Our Foundation Degree/BA (Hons) Popular Music (Top-up) is an exciting and innovative course that investigates popular music through a focus on performance, music technology and production, and 'world' musics. You will explore the history, genres and cultures of popular music and acquire practical experience of current techniques in live, and studio production. Our 'hands-on' learning is supported by contextual studies relating to the industrial, aesthetic and cultural frameworks of contemporary popular music. If you are a talented pop musician seeking to develop creative skills in composition, performance and music technology, then our degree is for you.
We value 'learning by doing' and an important feature of our course is the performance of student work in public venues, both in Cambridge and further afield. We provide opportunities to experience, at first hand, examples from the range of music studied throughout the course. The vibrant student atmosphere and rich cultural environment of Cambridge includes première gig venues such as The Junction, with whom we have longstanding, and extremely productive, links.
Performance activities lie at the heart of our popular music course and our department organises an extensive and varied programme of events to complement your academic studies. A team of visiting specialists of national, and international repute provide individual instrumental and vocal tuition throughout the course, and visiting performers, composers and academics provide additional workshops, masterclasses and lectures.
Much of our course is taught using our department's rehearsal facilities, teaching rooms, and extensive suite of computer music studios, which include workstation laboratories, digital production and editing studios, and recording facilities. There are also online resources, and a range of media support facilities.
Additional course information
Individual instrumental and vocal tuition is included within our course if you are enrolled on performance modules. These are delivered by a large team of visiting tutors of international reputation.
Contents
Module guide
Year one core modules
* Composing and Improvising
* Graduate Skills
* Music Business
* Music Performance Studies 1 (Music)
* Music and Technology
* Popular Music in Context 1
Year two core modules
* Live Music Event Management
* Music in Context 2A and 2B
* Music Performance Studies 2 (Music)
Year three core modules
* Enterprise in the Creative Arts
* Intertextuality in Music
* Major Project
Year one optional modules
* Anglia Language Programme
* Introduction to World Musics and Ethnomusicology
* Recording Techniques
Year two optional modules
* Anglia Language Programme
* Composing and Improvising 2A and 2B
* Practice of Music Education
* Studio Project
* World Music Regional Studies
Year three optional modules
* Anglia Language Programme
* Art, Music and Performance
* Composition 3
* Music Performance Studies 3A and 3B
* Principles of Music Therapy
* The Global Marketplace in Music
Assessment
Assessment is carried out via a very broad mix of methods including: essays, creative projects, aural examinations, presentations, public performances, portfolios and a Major Project, which may include creative work.
Assessment is also used as a learning tool, and you will gain the ability to improvise, sight-read and generally 'think on your feet', whilst also developing skills in reflective preparation, drafting and revision of work. All students are encouraged to use self-help packages, particularly for aural training, and to undertake an extensive listening programme. We also affirm the view that music provides a most effective and flexible discipline within which transferable interpersonal skills can be developed. To support learning and assessment a range of module resources is available online, enabling the access of course materials off-campus.
Progressing to the BA (Hons)
Students who commence a Foundation Degree in September 2011, with the intention of progressing to the final year of the equivalent full degree, in September 2013, on successful completion of their Foundation Degree, will be eligible to pay the existing tuition charge for the final year of the degree rather than having to pay the new tuition charge introduced in September 2012.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
UCAS Tariff points: 160
Additional Requirements: Non-Academic Conditions: Interviews GCSE(s) Required: 5 GCSEs at C Grade or above including English and Maths
Please note AS level points are not counted towards the tariff required for this programme.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | High School diploma |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 570 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 230 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 88 |
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