Undergraduate Music Brochure PDF - University of Nottingham

Department of Musicwww.nottingham.ac.uk/musicDepartment of Musicwww.nottingham.ac.uk/musicJoint honours degree coursesBA Music and PhilosophyUCAS code: WV35Course descriptionThis course provides opportunities to study thetheory and practice of music and to acquire agrounding in philosophy. It is equally weightedbetween the two subjects.In philosophy, you will be introduced to thesubject through a series of core modules incentral philosophical problems. A wide range ofoptional modules will allow you to tailor the degreeto suit your own interests and passions. On themusic side, the course develops key practical andacademic skills, and permits choice from a widerange of specialist modules, including modules inPerformance and Composition.Year oneIn music, you will take three or four modules,including the compulsory modules Elements ofMusic (fundamentals of theory and harmony;taught in sets according to previous experience)and Interpreting Tonal Music (fundamentalsof style and form in music from 1650–1850).Further optional music modules may includeperformance or composition. In philosophy, youwill be introduced to the subject through a seriesof core modules: Reasoning and Argument: anIntroduction to Philosophical Method; Introductionto Ethics; Self, Mind and Body; Locke,Appearance and Reality; and Elementary Logic.You will also be able to choose from a range ofoptional modules.Year twoIn music, alongside the compulsory CriticalThinking II you choose modules from optionssuch as Composition, Creative Orchestration,Performance, Performance and Performers,Medieval Studies, Notation and Transcription,Narrative and Emotion in Art and Music,Opera and Politics, Beethoven and Schubert,Romanticism, 20th-Century Studies, Film Music,Jazz, Approaches to Popular Music, Philosophyand Aesthetics of Music, Studying MusicalRecordings. In philosophy, there is a further coremodule, The Nature of Meaning, and a variety ofoptional modules that allow you to develop andbroaden your philosophical skills and knowledge.Year threeThe final year allows you to specialise further.Music options include Performance, Composition,Analysis, Notation and Editing, Sound Technologyand Recording, and specialised research seminarson such topics as Rap, Britten and Sondheim,Can Classical Music Change Lives?, Music andEthics, Jazz Fusions, Shakespeare and Music,and Music, Creativity and Cities. In philosophy, youmay choose from a wide variety of more advancedmodules. In both subjects, you may choose towrite a dissertation.For more information about the philosophyelement of this course, please seewww.nottingham.ac.uk/philosophyBA German/Beginners’ Germanand MusicUCAS code: RW23/RW2HCourse descriptionYou will normally divide your time equallybetween German and music. While developingyour language skills, you will also study areasof German literature, history, politics, society,media and linguistics. If you are a beginner inGerman, you will take an intensive languagecourse which will enable you to capitalise on yourproven language-learning ability and develop yourGerman to degree level. On the music side, thecourse develops key practical and academic skills,and permits choice from a wide range of specialistmodules, including modules in performance andcomposition.Year oneIn German, you will begin a structured languagecourse appropriate to your level and will alsobe introduced to aspects of German cultureand history. In music, you will take three or fourmodules, including the compulsory modulesElements of Music (fundamentals of theory andharmony; taught in sets according to previousexperience) and Interpreting Tonal Music(fundamentals of style and form in music from1650-1850). Further optional music modules mayinclude Performance or Composition.Year twoYour German language studies will beconsolidated to prepare you for the year abroad.In German, you will take modules in literature andhistory and may opt to take modules in politics,linguistics, media and film. In music, alongsidethe compulsory Critical Thinking II module youwill choose from options such as Composition,Creative Orchestration, Performance, Performanceand Performers, Medieval Studies, Notationand Transcription, Narrative and Emotion in Artand Music, Opera and Politics, Beethoven andSchubert, Romanticism, 20th-Century Studies,Film Music, Jazz, Approaches to Popular Music,Philosophy and Aesthetics of Music, and StudyingMusical Recordings.Year threeYou will spend your third year in Germany orAustria as a language assistant in a school, or onan approved course of study or work placement.Year fourYou will develop your command of German to ahigh level and use it in increasingly sophisticatedcontexts. You will also study optional modulesdrawn from the areas of literature, history, politics,society, media and linguistics. Music optionsinclude Performance, Composition, Analysis,Notation and Editing, Sound Technology andRecording, and specialised research seminars onsuch topics as Rap, Britten and Sondheim, CanClassical Music Change Lives?, Music and Ethics,Jazz Fusions, Shakespeare and Music, and Music,Creativity and Cities. In both subjects, you maychoose to write a dissertation.For more information about the German elementof this course, please seewww.nottingham.ac.uk/german1112