Degree Name

Under Graduate

• • Music (BMus) UCAS code: W302
    This programme is the ideal choice if you want to focus solely on music. It will allow you to specialise and develop your own musical interests whilst acquiring a solid, broad-based education in aesthetics, analysis, composition, ethnomusicology, music history and performance.Of all our courses, the BMus offers the most in-depth study, allowing you to spend all your time specialising in music. It also enables you to take composition and/or recital as major projects in year three, which are available only as minor projects on our BA programmes. As well as studying a range of academic modules, you will also be encouraged to join our School-led musical ensembles, representing a wide range of musical repertoires and traditions.
  
  

• • Music with a Year of Study Abroad (BMus) UCAS code: G85D
    This programme is the ideal choice if you want to focus solely on music. It will allow you to specialise and develop your own musical interests whilst acquiring a solid, broad-based education in aesthetics, analysis, composition, ethnomusicology, music history and performance.Of all our courses, the BMus offers the most in-depth study, allowing you to spend all your time specialising in music. It also enables you to take composition and/or recital as major projects in year three, which are available only as minor projects in our BA programmes. You will spend the third year of this four-year course studying abroad, taking modules in music and other subjects where available. At your host university, you will learn different perspectives and approaches to studying music. You will complete your studies in Cardiff in the fourth year.
  
  

• French and Music (BA) UCAS code: WR31
  Our aim at the School of Modern Languages and Music is to develop and educate our students to become ‘global citizens’. By combining French and Music you will gain a variety of transferable skills and knowledge beneficial to the world of employment, making you competitive and attractive in an increasingly global workforce and opening the doors to a variety of career paths.

• • • German and Music (BA) UCAS code: WR32
  Germany is a major actor on the European and world stage, possessing a rich and sophisticated culture. German is one of the official working languages of the European Union and of the United Nations

• • • Italian and Music (BA) UCAS code: WR33
  Italy is a major actor on the European and world stage, possessing a rich and sophisticated culture. Italian is one of the official working languages of the European Union and of the United Nations.

• • • Mathematics and Music (BA) UCAS code: GW13
  The time spent on each subject is effectively equal, enabling you to benefit from developing your musical understanding and skills while studying the fascinating and challenging subject of Mathematics. You will be encouraged to actively pursue your own areas of interest through the highly flexible modular courses.

• • • Mathematics and Music with a Year Abroad (BA) 
  This Joint Honours degree programme enables students to combine the study of Music and Mathematics with an adventure-packed year studying at one of our partner universities abroad.

• • • Music (BA) UCAS code: W300
  As well as the key foundations of an education in music, this programme offers you a flexible and diverse range of modules. You may also be able to study topics in other Schools, subject to availability. If you would prefer to focus solely on music, consider our BMus course (which includes composition and performance as third-year major projects) as an alternative.

• Music and English Literature (BA) UCAS code: WQ33
  The School of Music and the School of English, Communication and Philosophy offer challenging courses of modules in each subject. The flexibility of the course allows you to specialise and develop your own interests, while acquiring a solid, broad-based education and developing transferable skills. English Literature at Cardiff University offers access to the whole span of English literature, from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 21st century. Nor is the curriculum restricted to the printed word – we are intrigued by the connections between literature and film, art, music, history, language, and popular culture, and our teaching reflects these interests.

• • Music and History (BA) UCAS code: WV31

Many students find joint honours both stimulating and rewarding for the similarities and differences they encounter between the two subjects. Often there are complementary issues and perspectives as well as skills that link the subjects, be they critical analysis, historical contexts or the ability to experience and contribute to cutting–edge of research.

• • Music and Philosophy (BA) UCAS code: VW53

The School of Music and the School of English, Communication and Philosophy offer challenging courses of modules in each subject. The flexibility of the course allows you to specialise and develop your own interests, while acquiring a solid, broad-based education and developing transferable skills.

• • Music with a Year of Study Abroad (BA) UCAS code: G84D

This flexible and challenging programme allows you to specialise and develop your musical interests while developing a solid, broad-based education in aesthetics, analysis, composition, ethnomusicology, music history and performance.

• • Religious Studies and Music (BA) UCAS code: VW63

The School of Music and the School of History, Archaeology and Religion offer challenging and fascinating suites of modules in their respective subject areas. The flexibility of the course allows you to specialise and develop your own interests, while acquiring a solid, broad-based education and developing transferable skills.

• • Welsh and Music (BA)UCAS code: QW53

The Joint Honours degree in Music and Welsh provides the opportunity to specialise in two university honours subjects. By combining Welsh and Music, you will gain a wealth of transferable skills and knowledge, opening the doors to a variety of career paths. You may find a joint honours degree both stimulating and rewarding as you observe similarities and differences between the two subjects. Often there are complementary issues and perspectives that link the subjects, be they critical analysis, historical context or recent research.

Graduate

• • MA in Music programme
    This MA is an opportunity to challenge yourself academically and musically, while developing a specialism.

Post Graduate

• • Composition (PhD/MPhil)
    It aims to offer knowledge and expertise for a career in professional music composition.It aims to offer knowledge and expertise for a career in professional music composition.
    
    Composition students also get to hear their music rehearsed and recorded in workshops with professional performers and ensembles. This offers an unmatched experience of working with practitioners to realise your compositional ideas in a constructive and friendly atmosphere.
    
    Composition seminars take place regularly (either weekly or fortnightly) through the academic year. Aspects of compositional technique, new repertoire and interviews with visiting composers will be offered as opportunities arise.
    
    There will also be opportunities to conduct your music with the University’s Contemporary Music Group and visiting professional ensembles.
  
  

• • Musicology (Thesis) (PhD/MPhil)
    Critical Musicology: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Music, especially in modern times.Ethnomusicology: African (including African diaspora); Celtic and Islamic regions, especially from an anthropological perspective; other areas may be considered.
    
    Historical Musicology: Contemporary British Music, Music and Musical Life in Vienna 1750-1830, Music and Aesthetic Debate in the C18th, Opera in France in the C19th, Music and Society in C19th Britain, Performance Practice, Popular Music, Post-war French Music. Other areas may be considered.
  
  

• • Performance (PhD/MPhil)
    This scheme is suitable for graduates in Music who wish to combine practical and academic musical study to doctoral level.We offer a broad range of expertise, but the following areas are of particular strength: Keyboard instruments, especially piano, harpsichord and organ