BA Music and Hispanic Studies

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• Objectives
  The BA in Music and Hispanic Studies is a Dual Honours four-year course, which allows you to combine the study of two subjects. Music: An extensive range of modules in level one allows you to define your own modular programme through levels two and three. You may wish to specialise at level three in composition, dissertation or performance. A personal tutor will work with you over three years to help you make the most of your studies and encourage you to excel. Lectures, seminars and group tutorials are reinforced by individual supervision or feedback. Most of the degree is assessed through projects, performances and coursework, giving you a chance to develop your own skills and interests in an independent and creative manner. The Performance module at level one is assessed by a short recital; the level three Instrumental or Vocal Recital is given in public. While following a recital track you are given tuition on your principal instrument. Hispanic Studies: About a third of teaching time is devoted to developing your written and oral fluency in Spanish, supported by language laboratory, video and satellite TV facilities and regular classes with native-speakers. Level one provides a grounding in the language, culture, history and society of Spain and Latin America. Suitably qualified students can also take Portuguese or Catalan. Levels two and three allow you to plan your work to suit your particular interests, offering a broad coverage of Spanish and Latin American culture, history and society. Level Three also includes practically-based modules on Interpreting, Translating, and Teaching. We offer a large number of year abroad options in Spain and Latin America, and are flexible in making arrangements to suit your interests.
• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements GCE/VCE A Levels - BBB-BBC Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - BB+BB Scottish Highers - AABB-ABBB Irish Leaving Cert. - ABBBB International Baccalaureate - 32-30 points Core Requirements - Grade B in GCE A Level Music plus Grade B in GCE A Level language (not necessarily Spanish)
• Academic title
  BA Music and Hispanic Studies
• Course description
  Our students usually select from a range of compulsory and optional modules to add up to 120 credits.
  
  Some departments offer courses that don't feature optional modules whereas other courses are fully flexible.
  
  Important notice :
  This is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
  
  This information is provided for illustration only and you should check with the department directly when applying to confirm module options.
  
  Typical First Year Modules
  
  Module/Unit Credits
  Spanish Advanced: Language and Culture I  20
   
  Spanish Advanced: Language and Culture II  20
   
  Spanish Beginners: Language and Culture I  20
   
  Spanish Beginners: Language and Culture II  20
   
  Case Studies in Western Music  10
   
  Composition  10
   
  Critical Responses to Music  10
   
  Individual Project  10
   
  Introduction to Harmony and Counterpoint  10
   
  Introduction to Studio Techniques  10
   
  Listening Skills  10
   
  Music History  10
   
  Music of the World  10
   
  Performance  10
   
  Popular Music Studies  10
   
  Stylistic Harmony  10
   
  Typical Second Year Modules
  
  Module/Unit Credits
  Advanced Spanish Language I  10
   
  Advanced Spanish Language II  10
   
  Analytical Approaches to Music  20
   
  Ballet Music in the Twentieth Century  20
   
  Baroque Counterpoint  20
   
  Classical Harmony  20
   
  Contemporary Popular Music  20
   
  Creative Applications of Music Technology  20
   
  Early Nineteenth-Century Harmonic Styles  20
   
  Ensemble Class  20
   
  Ethnomusicology  20
   
  History of Popular Music  20
   
  Intermediate Composition  20
   
  Jazz History  20
   
  Messiaen and His Times  20
   
  Music Perception  20
   
  Music and Arts Administration  20
   
  Music and the Recording Industry  20
   
  Music in Culture and Society  20
   
  Music in Education  20
   
  Music in Paris 1900-45  20
   
  Music in the Community  20
   
  Musical Culture in East Asia  20
   
  Nineteenth-Century Symphonic Thought  20
   
  Orchestral Technique  20
   
  Practical Skills  20
   
  Practice and Concepts of Improvisation  20
   
  Psychological Approaches to Performance  20
   
  Sound Recording Practice  20
   
  Studies in Music since 1945  20
   
  The American Experimental Tradition  20
   
  The Late Baroque  20
   
  The Operas of Mozart  20
   
  The String Quartet, 1770-1828  20
   
  Wagnerian Music Drama  20
   
  Contemporary Latin America (Cuba)  10
   
  Contemporary Latin America (Mexico)  10
   
  Cuban Culture and the Revolution  10
   
  Further Portuguese: Language and Culture I  10
   
  Further Portuguese: Language and Culture II  10
   
  Hispanic Film and Human Rights  10
   
  Intensive Catalan I  10
   
  Intensive Catalan II  10
   
  Intensive Portuguese I  10
   
  Intensive Portuguese II  10
   
  Linguistic Developments in Modern Spain  10
   
  Narrative Perspectives on Post-Civil War Spain  10
   
  Spain and Enlightenment  10
   
  Spanish American 20th-Century Literature I  10
   
  The Novels of Benito Perez Galdos  10
   
  Troubled Times: Writers and Social Conflict in the Spain of the 1930s  10
   
  Typical Third Year Modules
  
  Module/Unit Credits
  Hispanic Studies Year Abroad  40
   
  Hispanic Studies Year Abroad  40
   
  Hispanic Studies Year Abroad (Project)  20
   
  Hispanic Studies Year Abroad (Project)  20
   
  Typical Fourth Year Modules
  
  Module/Unit Credits
  Advanced Spanish Language III  10
   
  Advanced Spanish Language IV  10
   
  Extended Dissertation  40
   
  Extended Portfolio of Compositions  40
   
  Extended Prepared Instrumental or Vocal Recital  40
   
  Dissertation  20
   
  Dissertation  20
   
  Portfolio of Compositions  20
   
  Prepared Instrumental or Vocal Recital  20
   
  Spanish Language Teaching  20
   
  Catalan Advanced: Language and Culture I  10
   
  Catalan Advanced: Language and Culture II  10
   
  Contemporary Argentina  10
   
  Dissidence and Debate in Early 20th-Century Spain  10
   
  Genesis and Genre: From Novel to Play to Screen: Galdos Today  10
   
  Interpreting Skills  10
   
  Law and Culture in the Hispanic World  10
   
  Media Ethics in the Hispanic World  10
   
  Modern Peru  10
   
  Modern Uruguayan Narrative  10
   
  Popular Culture and Society in Latin America  10
   
  Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture I  10
   
  Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture II  10
   
  Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture III  10
   
  Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture IV  10
   
  Spain Since 1975  10
   
  The Politics and Fiction of Crisis: 1868 - 1898  10
   
  The Spanish-American New Narrative  10
   
  Translation Studies  10
   
  Writers Under Franco  10
   
  Writing in Exile  10

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