Music BA (Hons)

Course Overview - Music BA (Hons)

BA Music combines 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 (acoustic and electroacoustic), analysis, ethnomusicology, music and science, and performance.

The department is located at the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Durham City – an extraordinarily beautiful place. But it is the juxtaposition of ancient and cutting-edge that makes Durham so unusual and inspiring; within the old buildings we strive to forge fresh interpretations and cr...

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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

W300

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. If Music Theory cannot be taken to a high enough level, ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative.

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.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

36

General information on subjects/grades required for entry: Seventeen points (6, 6, 5) in Higher Level subjects. Music is required. ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative.

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

DDD

Plus Music A level or ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative.

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

H2,H2,H2,H2,H3

Including Music or ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

DDD

Including Music or ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative.

Scottish Advanced Higher

A,A,B

Including Music or ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

D3,D3,M2

Including Music or ABRSM Grade 6 Music Theory will be accepted as an alternative.

Extended Project

Not Accepted

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

Not Accepted

A level

A,A,B

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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