COURSE: BA IN MUSIC

The B.A. (Music) degree offers a wide choice of modules, enabling students to prepare for a variety of careers. These include teaching at schools, music centres or privately; performing as a soloist at intermediate level, in an orchestra or ensemble, as a session musician; and acting as a choral director and music advisor.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 year full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subject:

• Historical music studies


• Systematic music studies


• Applied music studies

Second year subjects:

• Applied music studies


• Historical music studies


• Systematic music studies


• Music education and practice


• Jazz theory, improvisation and arrangement


• Music technology


• Composition and orchestration


• Instrumental subject teaching


• Choral directing

Third year subjects:

• Applied music studies


• Historical music studies


• Systematic music studies


• Music education and practice


• Jazz theory, improvisation and arrangement


• Music technology


• Composition and orchestration


• Instrumental subject teaching


• Choral directing


• Music management


• Practical teaching

Careers: choral director, composer, music educator, conductor, musician.

Source: www.ufs.ac.za

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