The aim of the package is to make students musically literate and to develop their practical music-making skills. They also learn to understand and appreciate many facets of the theory and history of music and are trained as capable classroom teachers. Apart from the music aspects of this package, students register for other BA modules in which they acquire the requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes of those disciplines.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Computer literacy
- Academic literacy
- Introduction to the History of music
- General music studies
- Music education
- Practical music
Second year subjects:
- Introduction to the History of music
- General music studies
- Music education
- Practical music
- African music
Third year subjects:
- General music studies
- Choir conducting
- Music education
- Practical music
Careers: musician, music teacher, composer, conductor.
Source: www.up.ac.za