| Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Teaching Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Music pathway - Mandatory units: (unavailable for 2012/13) | ||||
| Source Study, Paleography and Editorial Practices | MUSIM0014 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Research Skills for Musicians | MUSIM0035 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Portfolio / Dissertation | MUSIM0021 | 60 | Optional | AYEAR |
| British Music pathway - 40 credit points of optional units: (unavailable for 2012/13) | ||||
| Readings In Musicology | MUSIM0036 | 40 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Contemporary Compositional Ideas and Techniques | MUSIM0006 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Special Study 1 | MUSIM0028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Special Study 2 | MUSIM0031 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Composing With Electronics | MUSIM0027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Harmony and Harmonic Analysis | MUSIM0140 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Further Written Techniques | MUSIM0139 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Writing for Orchestra | MUSIM0141 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Transcription and Editing | MUSI20056 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Aesthetics and Criticism | MUSI30029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Tudor Music | MUSIM0039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Medieval Music Pathway - Mandatory units: | ||||
| Readings In Musicology | MUSIM0036 | 40 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Introductory Latin | AFACM1003 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Research Skills for Musicians | MUSIM0035 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Dissertation | MUSIM1000 | 60 | Optional | AYEAR |
| Medieval Music Pathway - 40 credit points of optional units: | ||||
| Harmony and Harmonic Analysis | MUSIM0140 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Further Written Techniques | MUSIM0139 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Writing for Orchestra | MUSIM0141 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Analytical Techniques I: Schenkerian Approaches | MUSI20060 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Advanced Written Techniques (Romantic Styles) | MUSI30062 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| From Notation to Performance | MUSI30104 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Musics of Asia: Turkey | MUSI39006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Source Study, Paleography and Editorial Practices | MUSIM0014 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Composing With Electronics | MUSIM0027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Special Study 1 | MUSIM0028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Special Study 2 | MUSIM0031 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Transcription and Editing | MUSI20056 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Aesthetics and Criticism | MUSI30029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Persecution and Toleration: Dealing with Difference in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe | HISTM2012 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Society | SOCIM3135 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Tudor Music | MUSIM0039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| 20th-Century Opera: From 'Tosca' to Turnage | MUSIM0037 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Critical Analysis of Media Music | MUSIM0020 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Technical Studies II: Introduction to Baroque Composition | MUSIM0143 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Politics in Postwar Britain | MUSI30091 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Composers as Film Figures | MUSI30083 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Intertextuality in Music | MUSI30106 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Musicology Pathway - Mandatory units: | ||||
| Readings In Musicology | MUSIM0036 | 40 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Research Skills for Musicians | MUSIM0035 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Dissertation | MUSIM1000 | 60 | Optional | AYEAR |
| Source Study, Paleography and Editorial Practices | MUSIM0014 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Musicology Pathway - 40 credit points of optional units: | ||||
| Harmony and Harmonic Analysis | MUSIM0140 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Writing for Orchestra | MUSIM0141 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Advanced Written Techniques (Romantic Styles) | MUSI30062 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| From Notation to Performance | MUSI30104 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Musics of Asia: Turkey | MUSI39006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Composing With Electronics | MUSIM0027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Special Study 1 | MUSIM0028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Transcription and Editing | MUSI20056 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Aesthetics and Criticism | MUSI30029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Society | SOCIM3135 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Tudor Music | MUSIM0039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| 20th-Century Opera: From 'Tosca' to Turnage | MUSIM0037 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Critical Analysis of Media Music | MUSIM0020 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Technical Studies II: Introduction to Baroque Composition | MUSIM0143 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Politics in Postwar Britain | MUSI30091 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Composers as Film Figures | MUSI30083 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Intertextuality in Music | MUSI30106 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Composition Pathway - Mandatory units: | ||||
| Research Skills for Musicians | MUSIM0035 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Introduction to Professional Composing | MUSIM0002 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Contemporary Compositional Ideas and Techniques | MUSIM0006 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Composition Portfolio | MUSIM0011 | 60 | Optional | AYEAR |
| Composition Pathway - 40 credit points of optional units: | ||||
| Readings In Musicology | MUSIM0036 | 40 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Harmony and Harmonic Analysis | MUSIM0140 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Writing for Orchestra | MUSIM0141 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Advanced Written Techniques (Romantic Styles) | MUSI30062 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| From Notation to Performance | MUSI30104 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Musics of Asia: Turkey | MUSI39006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Source Study, Paleography and Editorial Practices | MUSIM0014 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Composing With Electronics | MUSIM0027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Special Study 1 | MUSIM0028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Transcription and Editing | MUSI20056 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Aesthetics and Criticism | MUSI30029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Society | SOCIM3135 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Tudor Music | MUSIM0039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| 20th-Century Opera: From 'Tosca' to Turnage | MUSIM0037 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Critical Analysis of Media Music | MUSIM0020 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Technical Studies II: Introduction to Baroque Composition | MUSIM0143 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Politics in Postwar Britain | MUSI30091 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Composers as Film Figures | MUSI30083 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Intertextuality in Music | MUSI30106 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Performance Pathway - Mandatory units: | ||||
| Readings In Musicology | MUSIM0036 | 40 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Research Skills for Musicians | MUSIM0035 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Performance Studies | MUSIM0022 | 60 | Optional | AYEAR |
| Source Study, Paleography and Editorial Practices | MUSIM0014 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Performance Pathway - 40 credit points of optional units: | ||||
| Harmony and Harmonic Analysis | MUSIM0140 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Writing for Orchestra | MUSIM0141 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Advanced Written Techniques (Romantic Styles) | MUSI30062 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| From Notation to Performance | MUSI30104 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Musics of Asia: Turkey | MUSI39006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Composing With Electronics | MUSIM0027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Special Study 1 | MUSIM0028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Transcription and Editing | MUSI20056 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Aesthetics and Criticism | MUSI30029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Society | SOCIM3135 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Tudor Music | MUSIM0039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| 20th-Century Opera: From 'Tosca' to Turnage | MUSIM0037 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Critical Analysis of Media Music | MUSIM0020 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Technical Studies II: Introduction to Baroque Composition | MUSIM0143 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Politics in Postwar Britain | MUSI30091 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Composers as Film Figures | MUSI30083 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Intertextuality in Music | MUSI30106 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Music Theory Pathway - Mandatory units: | ||||
| Research Skills for Musicians | MUSIM0035 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Dissertation | MUSIM1000 | 60 | Optional | AYEAR |
| Source Study, Paleography and Editorial Practices | MUSIM0014 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Music Theory Pathway - 40 credit points of optional units: | ||||
| Readings In Musicology | MUSIM0036 | 40 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Harmony and Harmonic Analysis | MUSIM0140 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Writing for Orchestra | MUSIM0141 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Advanced Written Techniques (Romantic Styles) | MUSI30062 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| From Notation to Performance | MUSI30104 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Musics of Asia: Turkey | MUSI39006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Composing With Electronics | MUSIM0027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Special Study 1 | MUSIM0028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Transcription and Editing | MUSI20056 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Aesthetics and Criticism | MUSI30029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Society | SOCIM3135 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Tudor Music | MUSIM0039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| 20th-Century Opera: From 'Tosca' to Turnage | MUSIM0037 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Critical Analysis of Media Music | MUSIM0020 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Technical Studies II: Introduction to Baroque Composition | MUSIM0143 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Politics in Postwar Britain | MUSI30091 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Composers as Film Figures | MUSI30083 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Intertextuality in Music | MUSI30106 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Russian Music Pathway - Mandatory units: | ||||
| Research Skills for Musicians | MUSIM0035 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Readings In Musicology | MUSIM0036 | 40 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Introduction to Russian for Graduate Students | RUSSM0020 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Portfolio / Dissertation | MUSIM0021 | 60 | Optional | AYEAR |
| Russian Music Pathway - 40 credit points of optional units: | ||||
| Source Study, Paleography and Editorial Practices | MUSIM0014 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Special Study 1 | MUSIM0028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Composing With Electronics | MUSIM0027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Harmony and Harmonic Analysis | MUSIM0140 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Writing for Orchestra | MUSIM0141 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Transcription and Editing | MUSI20056 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Aesthetics and Criticism | MUSI30029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Dostoevsky and Native-Soil Conservatism | RUSSM0002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Society | SOCIM3135 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Tudor Music | MUSIM0039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| 20th-Century Opera: From 'Tosca' to Turnage | MUSIM0037 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Critical Analysis of Media Music | MUSIM0020 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Technical Studies II: Introduction to Baroque Composition | MUSIM0143 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Politics in Postwar Britain | MUSI30091 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Composers as Film Figures | MUSI30083 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Intertextuality in Music | MUSI30106 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Music in Soviet Russia 1917-1991 | MUSI30079 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Practical Performance Pathway - Mandatory units: | ||||
| Research Skills for Musicians | MUSIM0035 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Source Study, Paleography and Editorial Practices | MUSIM0014 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Performance Studies | MUSIM0022 | 60 | Optional | AYEAR |
| Practical Performance Pathway - 80 credit points of optional units: | ||||
| Readings In Musicology | MUSIM0036 | 40 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Harmony and Harmonic Analysis | MUSIM0140 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Writing for Orchestra | MUSIM0141 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Advanced Written Techniques (Romantic Styles) | MUSI30062 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| From Notation to Performance | MUSI30104 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Musics of Asia: Turkey | MUSI39006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Composing With Electronics | MUSIM0027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Special Study 1 | MUSIM0028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Transcription and Editing | MUSI20056 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Aesthetics and Criticism | MUSI30029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Society | SOCIM3135 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Tudor Music | MUSIM0039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| 20th-Century Opera: From 'Tosca' to Turnage | MUSIM0037 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Critical Analysis of Media Music | MUSIM0020 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Technical Studies II: Introduction to Baroque Composition | MUSIM0143 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Music and Politics in Postwar Britain | MUSI30091 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Composers as Film Figures | MUSI30083 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Intertextuality in Music | MUSI30106 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| MA Music | 180 | |||
The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.
To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.
To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.
An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.
The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:
Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.
Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.
* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.
** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.
All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.
To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.
To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.
