First year
The English section of the course can be split between two pathways: Literature and Language. This pathway is decided in the first year and remains the same throughout the remainder of the degree.
English Literature Pathway
A maximum of 80 credits can be selected from English Literature modules, which includes 40 credits of core modules.
English Language Pathway
A maximum of 60 credits can be selected from the English Language modules, which includes 20 credits of core modules.
Music
For music, dual honours programmes are very flexible. Music modules for combined honours students are the same as those for BMus students except that there are no compulsory modules. You can choose to split your 120 credits per year equally 60:60 between your two subjects, or you can choose a ‘major/minor’ split of 80:40.
English literature pathway core modules:
- Renaissance to Revolution
Second year
English Literature
A maximum of 80 credits can be selected from English Literature modules, which includes 40 credits worth of core modules from within the School of English. You might choose to take one or both of the following core modules in their entirety, or you might take 20 credits from each core module in the Autumn semester.
English Language
A maximum of 80 credits can be selected from the English Language modules. There are no core module requirements. At least 40 credits must be used on optional English Language modules.
Music
For Music, optional modules across our seven areas of expertise are available to students in Years 2 and 3. These modules are taught on a two-year rotation, with the exception of Intermediate Performance, Intermediate Composition and Creative Applications of Music Technology which run every year. This enables the majority of students to select from the greatest possible range of module options across two years of study.
For students on a 4 year programme where the 3rd year is spent away from the Department (i.e. as a year studying abroad as part of a Dual programme with languages, or to take up a work placement via the 'BMus Music with employment experience'), the two year module rotation means that you will be out of the department when some options are running. However, since your third year involves a high proportion of modules with a self-directed focus (including dissertation and special project), you should still have plenty of opportunities to pursue your specialist interests.
Core English literature modules:
- Literature and Critical Thought (a)
- Romanticism to Modernism (a)
- Literature and Critical Thought (b)
- Romanticism to Modernism (b)
Third year
English Literature
A maximum of 80 credits can be selected from the English Literature modules. There are no core module requirements. At least 40 credits must be used on optional English Literature modules.
English Language
A maximum of 80 credits can be selected from the English Language modules. There are no core module requirements. At least 40 credits must be used on optional English Language modules.
Music
For music, you must take at least 20 credits from among the Final Year Project modules. Optionally, you can also take a second Final Year Project module at 20 or 40 credits.
Optional modules across our seven areas of expertise are available to students in Years 2 and 3. These modules are taught on a two-year rotation, with the exception of Intermediate Performance, Intermediate Composition and Creative Applications of Music Technology which run every year. This enables the majority of students to select from the greatest possible range of module options across two years of study.
For students on a 4 year programme where the 3rd year is spent away from the Department (i.e. as a year studying abroad as part of a Dual programme with languages, or to take up a work placement via the 'BMus Music with employment experience'), the two year module rotation means that you will be out of the department when some options are running. However, since your third year involves a high proportion of modules with a self-directed focus (including dissertation and special project), you should still have plenty of opportunities to pursue your specialist interests.
