BMus (Hons) Music

at University of Surrey

Year 1

Module Title
 

• Encountering Music History

• Harmony 1: Common-Practice Harmony

• Music Project 1A

• Pathways In Musicianship A: Performance And Arrangement

• Fundamentals Of Music Technology And Production

• Music Project 1B

• Pathways In Musicianship B: Performance And Composition

• Topic Study: Adele And Popular Music

• Topic Study: Beethoven'S Ninth Symphony

Year 2

Module Title
 

• Arts Policy And Practice

• Composition 2A

• Harmony 2: Jazz And Popular Music Forms

• Music Project 2A

• Musical Theatre

• Performance 2A

• Composition 2B

• Music Project 2B

• Nineteenth-Century Music

• Performance 2B

• Topic Study 2B

• Topic Study: Jazz Studies

Year 3

Module Title
 

• Composition 3A

• Music Project 3A

• Musical Theatre

• Performance 3A

• Composition 3B

• Digital Performance

• Modernism And Postmodernism

• Music Project 3B

• Performance 3B

• Screen Music Studies

• Screen Music Studies

• Topic Study 3B

• Individual Project

A-level:
 

• Overall: BBC.

• Required subjects: Music at grade B. Additionally, ABRSM Grade 5 Theory or equivalent. Applicants taking an A-level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element.

• Please note: A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted.

• GCSE or equivalent: English Language at Grade C(4) and Mathematics at Grade C (4) (or equivalent). 

Minimum standard in English and mathematics

If you are applying for an undergraduate course at Surrey, you must meet our minimum standards for English and mathematics.

English:
 

• Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) / Standard XII , English 70% from CBSE or ISC exam boards 

• Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) / Standard XII, English 80% from the majority of Indian state boards (excluding Andhra Pradesh/Telangana/U.P/Bihar/Gujrat/Punjab).

Mathematics:
 

• Standard XII, Mathematics Pass

• All India Secondary School Examination, C2

• Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination, 6.

English language requirements
 

• IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with 6.0 in Writing and 5.5 in each other element.

If you do not currently meet the level required for your programme, we offer intensive pre-sessional English language courses, designed to take you to the level of English ability and skill required for your studies here.

Annual Tuition Fees:
 

• UK: £9,250

• Overseas: £19,700

Types of placement are varied and can take place anywhere in the country, although many are London-based. Recent students have worked in areas such as:
 

• Music management and administration

• Concert management

• Music education

• Marketing

• Social media and communications

• Music publishing

• Venue management

• Online and offline record labels

• Music retail.

Organisations and companies that have participated in the scheme include:
 

• English National Opera

• London Sinfonietta

• London Symphony Orchestra

• The Control Room Ltd

• Faber Music Publishers

• Signum Records

• Eagle Radio

• Manners McDade

• Music Nation, Hong Kong.