BA (Hons) Music With FoundationYear

Our Music degrees provide the opportunity to studying, create and perform music in a lively, creative environment. With a well-established Music School that embraces both the traditional and the modern in the study of music, our exciting course allows you to explore music through a variety of subject areas including: musicology, analysis, performance, composition, critical theory, genre and more.Our Music (with Foundation Year) BA option is a four-year course with an integrated foundation year which leads to the same qualification as our three-year honours degree. It has been specifically designed for those wanting to undertake degree-level study but who may not meet the entry requirements or have traditional qualifications.
The Foundation Year (Year 0) offers you the chance to expand and strengthen your confidence, skills and knowledge ensuring that you are well-prepared and qualified to progress into Year 1 of the undergraduate degree.
Placement Year and International Experience Year Available

Careers
While many graduates pursue careers in the area of music, these degrees are also good preparation for a wide range of employment in administration, commerce, management, and other professions. Our graduates have become professional performers, composers, university lecturers, researchers, teachers, arts administrators, music therapists, music publishers, librarians, concert managers, community arts officers, stage managers, recording and broadcasting producers, and sound engineers. Many former students have followed these degrees with further musical training, as performers, scholars or composers, and there are opportunities for all these at Bangor.

For all Music courses the ability to read staff notation is required. Points from grade examinations are taken into consideration where appropriate, but are not normally included in the offer.

Offers are tariff based, 48 -88 tariff points, from Level 3 qualifications* e.g.

A Levels (including: AS-levels, General Studies)
International Baccalaureate
Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)
BTEC Diplomas and Certificate are accepted and Cambridge Technical Diplomas / Certificates
Cambridge Technical Diplomas and Certificates
City & Guilds Advanced Technical Diplomas
Welsh Baccalaureate is accepted
Scottish Highers
Irish Leaving Certificate is accepted
T-levels: considered on a case-by-case basis
We also welcome applications from mature learners. Mature students and/or those with other qualifications are considered on individual merit

IELTS - 6.0 (5.5), TOEFL iBT - 75 overall , (L-17, R-18, S-20, W-18)