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Popular Music (BA) - Single Honours Full Time - Course Map
For current students who started their course in 2012/13 academic year and later.
- Course Code: POMDG
- Course Leader: Thomas Soper
- Senior Tutor(s): Paul Shaw
Each module taken by a student has a credit value (measured in Credit Accumulation and Transfer [CAT] points). Approximately 10 hours of total study time is required per CAT credit. A full-time year is equivalent to 120 CATs for students on an Undergraduate course.
To achieve an undergraduate award a student must accumulate a particular number of CATs at Level 4, 5 or 6 as illustrated below:
Bachelors Degree without Honours: 300 CATs
Bachelors Degree with Honours: 360 CATs (or 480 with year-long placement)
Level 4
| Module | CATs |
|---|---|
| To complete your programme you must pass the following compulsory modules: | |
| MD4301: Mapping the Music Industry | 15 |
| MD4302: Studio Production
Restrictions: Available to Popular Music students only |
30 |
| MD4303: Songwriting
Restrictions: Available to Popular Music students only |
30 |
| MD4304: Critical Approaches to Popular Music 1 | 15 |
| MD4305: Music and the Media | 15 |
| MD4306: Selling Music | 15 |
Level 5
| Module | CATs |
|---|---|
| To complete your programme you must pass the following compulsory modules: | |
| MD5301: Production Skills And Techniques
Restrictions: Available to Popular Music students only Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass MD4302 or pass POM113 |
30 |
| MD5302: Producing Music For Film, Television and Computer Games
Restrictions: Available to Poular Music Students Only. |
15 |
| MD5303: Critical Approaches to Popular Music 2 | 15 |
| MD5304: Song Writing and Performance
Restrictions: Available to Popular Music students only Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass MD4303 or pass POM114 |
15 |
| MD5934: Work Placement | 15 |
| To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 30 credits from the following: | |
| LE5104: Planning Music and Cultural Events
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with EVM221 or EW202 Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass LE4100 or pass MD4301 |
15 |
| MD5208: Law for music and media management
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with MUM208 |
15 |
| MD5403: Turn It Up: Making & Presenting Music Radio
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with RAP211 |
15 |
Level 6
| Module | CATs |
|---|---|
| To complete your programme you must pass the following compulsory modules: | |
| MD6301: From Production to Retail
Restrictions: Available only to student taking Popular Music and Music and Media Management Cannot be counted with POM302 |
30 |
| MD6302: Applied Studio Practice
Restrictions: Available to Popular Music students only Cannot be counted with POM303 Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass MD5301 |
30 |
| MD6303: The Live Event
Restrictions: Available only to students taking honours degrees in Popular Music or Music and Management Cannot be counted with POM311 |
15 |
| To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 45 credits from the following: | |
| MCC328: Subcultures | 15 |
| MD6201: Global Issues in Music and Media
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with MUM301 |
15 |
| MD6402: Experimental Audio
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with RAP303 Available only to Radio Production, Popular Music Creative Media, and Journalism students |
15 |
| MD6932: Extended Essay
Restrictions: Not to be counted with FLP333 |
15 |
| MD6933: Dissertation | 30 |
| MD6935: Collaborative Practice | 15 |
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