BA (Hons) Music with Professional Placement Year

BA Music is a practical and applied degree designed to give you access to a broad range of careers in music through an artist-first approach to study. On the course, you'll consider how music exists in the world around us today, exploring both how music is not only something to do, but something to do things with. You'll learn to use your musical skill and knowledge to make a difference in the world, starting your career as a creator, manager, educator or leader in the community music and wellbeing sectors. Our Music degree focuses on developing your creative skills as a practitioner in a wide range of musical styles and contexts. You'll have regular music-making opportunities, enhancing your skills as a practical and entrepreneurial musician who understands music as it is made in contemporary society, engaging directly with the music industry and diverse communities. You'll also develop as a music creator, exploring your personal musical identity through making original work.

This optional placement year provides you with the opportunity to identify, apply for and secure professional experience, normally comprising one to three placements over a minimum of nine months. Successful completion of this module will demonstrate your ability to secure and sustain graduate-level employment.

A Level – grades BBB-BCC preferred BTEC – Extended Diploma grades from Distinction Distinction Merit (DDM) to Distinction Merit Merit (DMM) accepted in a related subject. T Levels – grade Merit preferred in a relevant subject. International Baccalaureate – a minimum of 32 points are required IELTS 6.0 - for visa nationals, with a minimum score of IELTS 5.5 in each element. TOEFL iBT- A total of 72, to include a minimum 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking, and 17 in Writing.