Music and Philosophy BA (Hons)

Course Overview - Music and Philosophy BA (Hons)

The BA Music and Philosophy enables you to pursue your interest in both disciplines and explore the fascinating intersection between them. You will be part of two particularly vibrant departments. Located at the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Durham offers the perfect juxtaposition of the ancient and the cutting-edge.

We pride ourselves on combining the traditional and the modern in the study of music, exploring diverse genres from the past and present and developing exciting new approaches in musicology, composition, music and science, analysis, ethnomusicology and...

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Course Information

Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

3 Years

Start Date

29/09/2025

Campus

Durham City

Course Address
Palatine Centre
Durham
DH1 3HP

Application Details

Course Code

WV53

Institution Code

D86

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

Not Accepted

Scottish Higher

A,A,A,B,B

Departments will normally make offers based on Advanced Highers. In the absence of 3 Advanced Highers, where these are not offered by the applicant’s school, offers comprising of Advanced Highers and Highers or a number of Highers may be made on a case by case basis. To include Music at Advanced Higher Level. ABRSM Grade 6 Theory will be accepted as an alternative to Music at Advanced Higher Level alongside the academic grades requested.

Access to HE Diploma

D:30,M:15

We require 60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3 (or equivalent). Applicants may be required to meet additional subject-specific requirements for particular courses at Durham. ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative to Music A Level.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

36

665 in higher level subjects, including Music. ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative to Music Higher Level alongside a completed IB programme.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DDD

To include Music A Level. ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative to Music A Level.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H2,H2,H2,H2,H3

To include Music. ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative to Music.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

DDD

To include Music A Level. ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative to Music A Level.

Scottish Advanced Higher

A,A,B

To include Music. ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative to Music alongside 3 other Advanced Highers.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

D3,D3,M2

To include Music. ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative to Music alongside 3 other Pre-U certificates.

Extended Project

Not Accepted

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)

Not Accepted

A level

A,A,B

General information on subjects/grades required for entry: To include Music A Level. ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative to Music A Level alongside 3 other A Levels. Specific subjects excluded for entry: General Studies and Critical Thinking.

T Level

At Durham we welcome applications from students of outstanding achievement and potential from all educational backgrounds. We will consider applicants studying T level qualifications for entry to many of our courses. Where a course requires subject specific knowledge and this is not covered within the T level being studied, you may need to supplement your T level studies with a suitable qualification to meet this requirement, for example at A level. Where this is needed this will be clearly stated in our entry requirements.

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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland £9,250
EU, International £28,500

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