MUSIC BMus at University of Glasgow

The BMus is a single-subject degree for those who are interested in pursuing a career in music. It provides a strong grounding in core disciplines and allows you to pursue your specialist interests in third and fourth years.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

YEAR 1

You will take courses in Performance, Orchestration, Listening in Culture, Listening through Analysis and Musical techniques. You will also take one course from topics such as:

• Analysis
• Aesthetics and philosophy of music
• Musical culture in the long 19th century
• Opera
• Jazz Style and Practice
• Romantic song
• J S Bach.

YEAR 2

You will take courses in Musical techniques and Composition. You will also choose to study other topics such as:

• Analysis
• Aesthetics and philosophy of music
• Musical culture in the long 19th century
• Sonic arts
• Jazz Style and Practice
• Romantic song
• J S Bach

YEARS 3 AND 4

In the latter part of your degree your studies become more specialised.

You can take your composition further or concentrate on performance or pursue the creative use of music technology through sonic arts. If music history and culture is of more interest to you there are courses in 20th-century music, film music, performance practice, and the music of Scotland.

You will write a dissertation on a topic of your choice under one-to-one supervision.

Programme alteration or discontinuation
The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all programmes as advertised. In exceptional circumstances, however, the University may withdraw or alter a programme.

OUR INTERNATIONAL LINKS

You can spend up to a year of your degree studying abroad, normally in the third year. Previous students have chosen to study at the University of Miami, University of British Columbia, University of Illinois, Radford University, University of Melbourne and the University of California LA.