Programme structure: Music (BA) - what's running in 2021/22

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
List A
Approaches to Music History I	MUSI20142	20	Mandatory		TB-1
List B - Choose 20 CP from this list. Across Lists B, C and E, you must choose at least one of MUSI20099, MUSI20056, MUSI20141, MUSI20058, MUSI20126, MUSI20124 and MUSI20047
Further Technical Studies	MUSI20099	20	Optional		TB-1
Writing for Orchestra	MUSI20141	20	Optional		TB-1
Composing Live Electronics	MUSI20126	20	Optional		TB-1
African-American Music in the 20th Century	MUSI20066	20	Optional		TB-1
List C - Choose 20 CP from this list. Across Lists B, C and E, you must choose at least one of MUSI20099, MUSI20056, MUSI20141, MUSI20058, MUSI20126, MUSI20124 and MUSI20047
Performance	MUSI20058	20	Optional		TB-4
Transcription and Editing	MUSI20056	20	Optional		TB-2
Composing Live Electronics	MUSI20126	20	Optional		TB-1
Hip-hop Music and Culture	MUSI20071	20	Optional		TB-2
From Silent Films to YouTube: Opera on Screen	MUSI20128	20	Optional		TB-1
Music in National Cinemas	MUSI20127	20	Optional		TB-1
Music, Technology and Cultural Change, 1900 - present day	MUSI20117	20	Optional		TB-2
Music and Migration in the 20th Century	MUSI20085	20	Optional		TB-2
Art and Music in the Medieval West	MUSI20129	20	Optional		TB-1
African-American Music in the 20th Century	MUSI20066	20	Optional		TB-1
Art and Music in the Medieval West	MUSI20129	20	Optional		TB-1
List D
Approaches to Music History II	MUSI20143	20	Mandatory		TB-2
List E - Choose 20 CP from this list. Across Lists B, C and E, you must choose at least one of MUSI20099, MUSI20056, MUSI20141, MUSI20058, MUSI20126, MUSI20124 and MUSI20047
Performance	MUSI20058	20	Optional		TB-4
Compositional Strategy	MUSI20047	20	Optional		TB-2
Transcription and Editing	MUSI20056	20	Optional		TB-2
Music recording and production	MUSI20124	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Hip-hop Music and Culture	MUSI20071	20	Optional		TB-2
From Silent Films to YouTube: Opera on Screen	MUSI20128	20	Optional		TB-1
Music in National Cinemas	MUSI20127	20	Optional		TB-1
Further Technical Studies	MUSI20099	20	Optional		TB-1
Music, Technology and Cultural Change, 1900 - present day	MUSI20117	20	Optional		TB-2
Music and Migration in the 20th Century	MUSI20085	20	Optional		TB-2
Art and Music in the Medieval West	MUSI20129	20	Optional		TB-1
Writing for Orchestra	MUSI20141	20	Optional		TB-1
List F - in choosing a unit in List F, we strongly recommend that you ensure your credit points are divided between teaching blocks 60/60, 50/70 or 70/50.
20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists B, C or E above	OPEN	20	Optional
Students who have been accepted on the Study Abroad programme music take MUSI20114. Students on the Study Abroad programme wishing to take a Performance Unit should select that within MUSI20114. Students must take at least one of the following units: MUSI20099, MUSI20141, MUSI20126, MUSI20056, MUSI20047. Students going abroad in TB1 must take MUSI20143, and students going abroad in TB2 must take MUSI20142.
Study Abroad	MUSI20114	60	Optional		TB-1,TB-2
Diploma of Higher Education		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Additional progress information

Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular unit or units provided this meets the conditions in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.