Music BMus

at King's College London

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.
 

This is a three-year degree course in which you will take a combination of required and optional modules to total 360 credits.
 

Year 1

Required modules

You are required to take the following modules:
 

• Issues & Topics in Music 1 (15 credits)

• Issues and Topics in Music 2 (15 credits)

• Issues and Topics in Music 3 (15 credits)

• Issues & Topics in Music 4 (15 credits)
   

Year 2
 

Required modules
 

In your second year, there are no required modules.
 

Optional modules
 

You are required to take 120 credits from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:

• Musical Analysis (15 credits)
• Composition Studies 1
• Composition Studies 2
• Musical Performance 2
   

A set of 15-credit modules on musicological and ethnomusicological topics that vary from year to year. Recent topics include:
 

• Ethnographic Methods in Music Studies

• Love Song: The Troubadours and their Legacy

• Post-War Jazz;

• Film Music

• Music and Islam

• Italian Opera in the 19th Century.

• You are also free to choose up to 30 of your 120 credits in modules offered by other departments at King’s or the Music Department at SOAS. Please note: there are prerequisites for all performance and composition modules.
   

You may apply to spend the second semester of this year studying abroad at one of our partner universities. Our current partner institutions include (subject to change): · University of Hong Kong · University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA · University of Melbourne, Australia · Monash University, Australia · University of Auckland, New Zealand · Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, German

Year 3

Required modules
 

• There are no required modules in your third year.

 

Required subjects:

Music; or Grade 6 Pass in Music Theory
 

A-Levels
 

Required grades:

AAB
 

Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels.
 

Must include Music A level, or be in addition to a Grade 6 Pass in Music Theory (e.g. through ABRSM examinations or similar). Unfortunately we are unable to accept ABRSM Grade 6 in an Instrument or Singing as an alternative to Grade 6 Music Theory. Students studying only two A levels: We are aware that some students at specialist musical schools and conservatoires are only able to study two A levels alongside their performance training. In such circumstances we may be able to consider a student for entry to the BMus programme, following an academic interview with our Admissions Tutor. Notes: If you are taking linear A-levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all Science subjects. This is with the exception of private candidates who are unable to take the practical component. We do not consider the EPQ at any point of the assessment process.

Contextual A-Level information
 

BBB Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels. Must include Music A level, or be in addition to a Grade 6 Pass in Music Theory (e.g. through ABRSM examinations or similar). Unfortunately we are unable to accept ABRSM Grade 6 in an Instrument or Singing as an alternative to Grade 6 Music Theory. Students studying only two A levels: We are aware that some students at specialist musical schools and conservatoires are only able to study two A levels alongside their performance training. In such circumstances we may be able to consider a student for entry to the BMus programme, following an academic interview with our Admissions Tutor. Notes: If you are taking linear A-levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all Science subjects. This is with the exception of private candidates who are unable to take the practical component. We do not consider the EPQ at any point of the assessment process.

International Baccalaureate
 

35 points including 665 at Higher Level
 

Must include Higher Level Music, or be in addition to a Grade 6 Pass in Music Theory (e.g. through ABRSM examinations or similar). Unfortunately we are unable to accept ABRSM Grade 6 in an Instrument or Singing as an alternative to Grade 6 Music Theory. Notes: The total point score of 35 includes TOK/EE.
 

Contextual International Baccalaureate information
 

32 points including 555 at Higher Level Must include Higher Level Music, or be in addition to a Grade 6 Pass in Music Theory (e.g. through ABRSM examinations or similar). Unfortunately we are unable to accept ABRSM Grade 6 in an Instrument or Singing as an alternative to Grade 6 Music Theory. Notes: The total point score of 32 includes TOK/EE.
 

You will also need:
 

Practical Requirements
 

We value practical skills highly and offer many performance opportunities. Applicants wishing to take Performance modules and to receive individual tuition at the Royal Academy of Music need either to have passed ABRSM Grade 8 in their main instrument or voice by the time they arrive at King’s or to demonstrate an equivalent level of achievement in a short audition.

If ABRSM exams are not being taken, then we will consider equivalent qualifications. For example: 
 

* Trinity College London Music grades

* London College of Music grades

* Similar graded music examinations from other countries

Full time tuition fees UK:

The UK tuition fee for the 2022-2023 academic year is currently £9,250 per year. This is based on the UK Government’s cap.

Full time tuition fees International:

The International tuition fee for the 2022-2023 academic year is £28,050 per year.

Please note that the International tuition fee is subject to annual increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.

All International applicants to Undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of £2,000 against their first year’s tuition fee. This deposit is payable when you firmly accept an unconditional offer to study with us, and will be offset against your tuition fees when you join King’s.

If you choose the study abroad option with one of King’s partner universities, you will not be charged tuition fees by the host university (although some partners do charge a small administration fee for applying). King’s will continue to invoice for a proportion of King's tuition fees. You should also budget to pay for the associated subsistence costs, such as travel, visas, accommodation and food as well as any vaccination/immunisations required by the country to which you are travelling. 

Our former students can be found in schools all over the country, in leading British and American universities and conservatoires, working at the BBC, in arts management and as composers and conductors with international reputations. Amongst our recent graduates there is a professional opera director, an award-winning tenor, a freelance editor, a television producer, a house manager for a concert hall trust, a promotion manager for a music publisher, and many teachers and freelance musicians. Other BMus graduates go on to pursue higher degrees in music or other fields, or to professional training in law or business, among a rich variety of possibilities.
 

Destinations
 

Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:
 

• A professional opera director with recent productions staged at the Juilliard School (New York), Nevill Holt Opera (UK) and Wexford Festival Opera (Ireland)

• An award-winning freelance tenor and former Britten-Pears Young Artist

• A freelance editor for Lexis Nexis

• An assistant producer at the BBC

• A house manager for a concert hall trust

• International production operations coordinator for a music company.

• An editorial assistant for a major UK music publication

• International production operations coordinator for a music company.