The Bachelor of Music (Hons) provides opportunities to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas:

1. Subject Knowledge and Understanding of:
1. a broad knowledge in the various areas of music studied, including a detailed grasp of appropriate repertoires, texts and resources, and familiarity with associated concepts and issues,
2. a broad knowledge relevant to music studies, including the relationship to wider historical, philosophical, cultural and social contexts, and an understanding of the historic or current debates on such issues,
3. the relationship between theory and practice,
4. how music, through whichever area studied, relates to cognate disciplines in the arts,humanities, social and physical sciences, as appropriate,
5. the position, function and value of music in contemporary society with special attention to its relation to educational, professional, institutional or community perspectives,
6. the role of the audience: the performance and production skills necessary to communicate with audiences,
7. a range of musical concepts about music as perceived globally.


2. Intellectual Development and Skills
1. to recognise and analyse musical organisation, style, genre or tradition, whether aurally, or by studying a written score,
2. to demonstrate elements of personal expression, imagination and creativity in practice-based projects or activities (whether this takes the form of performing, improvising, composing, arranging, recording or authoring), and the ability to communicate effectively, employing appropriate technical and interpretative means,
3. to demonstrate the acquisition and application of appropriate research skills,
4. to analyse, manipulate, and interrogate or create musical materials (texts, scores, audio/visual media) and present results or findings in a coherent and communicable form,
5. to recognise and identify, by aural acuity, essential components of a musical language, such as mode, metre and sonorities (timbre, texture, instrumentation etc.) and to notate them if and where appropriate,
6. to use relevant techniques and methods to explain and demonstrate the interrelationship between musical theory and practice,
7. to develop ideas and construct arguments in written form and to evaluate such ideas and arguments critically,
8. to use computers, digital equipment and software for creating and recording music, and for musicrelated tasks such as notation, sound analysis and synthesis, composition and editing.


3. Key / Transferable Skills
1. develop a broad range of musical skills, but also intellectual and practical skills of reasoning and independent thought, of reflection and self-criticism,
2. develop essential transferable skills in computing and information technology, in musical and written communication, and in enquiry and research,
3. work collaboratively with others, utilising a variety of team structures and working methods, and understanding group dynamics and handling interpersonal issues,
4. develop and pursue creative projects within specified resource constraints of time, space, and/or budget, thus developing problem-solving skills,
5. manage workloads to meet deadlines, and sustain focus for extended periods working on independent creative projects, developing autonomy and self-management,
6. identify a proper lifestyle that supports the wellbeing of a professional in music,
7. negotiate effectively with a variety of agencies (inside and outside the programme) thus developing interpersonal skills,
8. communicate effectively, to a professional standard, coherent arguments and propositions in a variety of media, verbally and in writing, using appropriate communication and presentation technologies;
9. develop marketing skills.


4. Other Skills relevant to Employability and Personal Development
1. to comprehend, analyse, and critically interpret texts, policy documents, funding and job applications, as well as being equipped to generate the same, especially but not exclusively in the creative industries,
2. to appraise and produce informed and specialised documentation about public events,
3. to trace, assess, and synthesise information and data from a range of sources, both primary and secondary, printed, electronic, and other,
4. to use archives, texts, electronic technology, and other knowledge resources,
5. to support creative work with research, appropriate documentation, and conceptual consideration,
6. to communicate effectively across a wide range of socio-cultural scenarios and expectations, spanning from local, town-level activities, to national popular culture events (e.g. religious and secular celebrations), to 'High culture' events;
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