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When finished with this document please recycle it. Reach your goals at Southampton by combining your ambition, your talent and our support. Choosing the right place to study is an important decision, with many factors to think about. Join us, an institution in the top one per cent of world universities* and a founding member of the Russell Group of research- intensive UK universities. At Southampton you are taught by world-leading academics on courses that are designed around you. We get you ready for the global jobs market, while giving you a great student experience. At Southampton, your music degree is about your music. Of all of the Russell Group universities, Southampton offers the most choice: of style, instrument and specialisation, from medieval to pop and from composition to musicology. Music at Southampton is taught by world-leading academics, performers and composers in courses that are designed around you. Our partnerships with arts organisations, starting with our own renowned Turner Sims Concert Hall, will help you have a rich student experience and give you a great start in your future career. CHOOSE SOUTHA MPTON

Contents 04 Choose Southampton 20 Course overview 22 Course information 30 Your student experience 32 Fees, applying, scholarships and bursaries 33 International Students 34 How to find us

*QS World University Ranking 2013 2 3 We are an institution in CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: the top 1% of global A GLOBAL UNIVERSITY universities We have 322 STUDY As the birthplace of the Spitfire and the port the Pilgrim partnerships in ABROAD MAKING Fathers set sail from to discover the New World in 1620, 54 countries around Study for a semester or a HISTORY Southampton has a history of innovation and exploration. the world year in Hong Kong at our exchange partner Chinese Our Professor of Composition As a forward-thinking university, we uphold these values in our Scholarships University of Hong Kong Michael Finnissy wrote a set of education and research; join us to forge a successful future. worth up to pieces for the priceless string instruments of the Chi Mei ââ Our students study at partner institutions across the world £500 for selected students who Culture Foundation in Tainan, ââ Our alumni are part of a network of professionals that covers the globe blog about their study Taiwan—including the world’s ââ Our academics are bringing positive impact to every continent abroad experiences oldest cello in playing ââ Our business, government and non-government organisation condition, the Charles IX partners span the globe Amati of 1566 ââ We are part of the Worldwide Universities Network, a collaboration of knowledge from around the world

GRADUATE PASSPORT Our graduates continue their studies at top global universities like Princeton in the US Our University of Southampton Malaysia Campus offers students the chance to gain a unique ‘Southampton’ education in Malaysia Our composers, INTERNATIONAL combined with two instrumentalists and PARTNERSHIPS years in the UK Turner Sims Professors Our Erasmus exchange partners CROSSING tour from Taipei to include the universities of Paris CULTURAL CONTINENTS Tacoma (Sorbonne), Madrid and Venice COLLABORATIONS Music academics have PhDs from Universities in Taiwan, Canada, the New York University, the University United States, Australia, Spain, Italy, of Helsinki, Princeton, Cornell, France and Germany invite Music staff as visiting scholars and professors Stanford, Cambridge, Oxford Find out more and Southampton www.southampton.ac.uk/global

4 5 To have a successful career as a musician

Kritsada Yubanyong BA Music, previously studied the International Foundation Year Music undergraduate and oboist Kritsada came to study Music from his native Thailand, after successfully completing the International Foundation Year at the University. Kritsada says of his time here ‘I now have the knowledge to develop myself further both in terms of musical skills and English language, as well as socially. I aspire to take some of these valuable skills back to my country and inspire others.’ Kritsada has been heavily involved with Music societies since arriving at Southampton, and regularly performs with the student-run Sinfonietta society, which paired with his academic studies has given him confidence as a performer. He says; ‘There are lots of facilities to support students here, and I have taken advantage of many of these. It is an extremely lively and interesting place, and you will learn a huge amount whilst you’re here. I would highly recommend the course to others’.

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6 7 CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: PASSION, IMPACT,

ADVANTAGE Elizabeth Kenny

Southampton people have a passion WORLD LEADING to change the world through their LUTENIST research and collaborations with Elizabeth Kenny, Head of Early Music, global partners performs frequently across Europe and North America, appearing often on the ââ Our lecturers push the boundaries South Bank and at the Wigmore Hall. of knowledge Her concerts at the Turner Sims ââ You are taught differently; our research in Southampton are highlights of informs your education Southampton’s musical year ââ Studying with our world-leading academics gives you an edge ââ You are involved with important Kat Hattersley research as it unfolds PHILHARMONIC ââ Join us and share our knowledge FUNDRAISER to gain your advantage Music graduate Kat Hattersley worked as a Development Officer at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, before taking up her current role as Charitable Giving Manager at London Philharmonic Orchestra

David Owen Norris PIANIST AND BROADCASTER Mark Bamping David Owen Norris is a pianist, broadcaster and ADVOCATE FOR composer and Professor of Musical Performance at the MUSIC University of Southampton. He is a world-renowned BA Music graduate Mark Bamping specialist on English music, one of the foremost early joined the management team of piano experts in the UK, and has delighted thousands of the London Symphony Orchestra listeners as a presenter on BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and directly after university. He is now television for more than two decades. Director of Engagement at Aurora Orchestra

Find out more www.southampton.ac.uk/people Copyright English Heritage 8 9 CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: CHANGE THE WORLD

LISTENING IS A SCIENCE Researchers on this project have learned invaluable lessons about MUSIC IS how we all hear EVERYWHERE Cochlear Implant users gain quality of life by improving their ability to listen to music MUSIC RESEARCH Composing for Cochlear Implantees A cochlear implant (CI) can enable severely or profoundly deaf MATTERS people to perceive sounds. Although CIs can provide excellent The Cochlear Implant project shows speech perception in quiet environments, current devices are how our work can make a difference very poor at conveying pitch information and therefore many to people in our community CI users express dissatisfaction when listening to music through their implant. In this project, through the creative process of composition, CI users and researchers gain a better understanding of how music can be appreciated and enjoyed through a CI. The impact of this research is enormous: it brings music back into the lives of people who have been denied it, sometimes for decades.

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10 11 We are a top 20 Become a UK university, community CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: Become volunteer targeted by a student top graduate DESIGN YOUR OWN ambassador recruiters

Experience EDUCATION an internship or work Your courses are developed and taught GET placement by world experts AHEAD Your course offers you breadth as well as depth ââ Be independent and shape your course FOR YOUR Network ââ As well as large lectures and small seminars, you can CAREER with top access many lectures and learning resources on the move Wi-Fi employers at ââ We work with you to make programmes more flexible across all our careers fairs campuses 3 million books, journals and reports in 24 HOUR our libraries Bring music to your ACCESS TO community Found VIRTUAL a band Learn to Meet compose LEARNING 50,000 people from e-books over 130 countries

Study abroad

INNOVATIVE SOCIAL Our Enabling Services provides LEARNING Learn support when you languages LIFE need it Cross over to other disciplines Join one of our 200 clubs and societies

Explore Work with music’s global Socialise with Engage with world-class histories friends in our bars new musical performers and and café cultures academics Find out more www.southampton.ac.uk/choice

12 13 CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: FLEXIBLE LEARNING

We give you the chance to study subjects not directly linked to your degree. There are 20 new modules to give you a broader learning experience if you wish, from business skills tailored towards employability to communication in a global world or sustainability in local and global environments.

“I really enjoy studying music and I love the fact that this course gives you a variety of opportunities to learn about all aspects of music – from music business and teaching, to composing and to performing.”

Maritess Dunn BA Music

Find out more www.southampton.ac.uk/flexible

14 15 Specialise Network CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: further with a with top postgraduate employers degree Careers SHAPE YOUR FUTURE Personal events development programme A degree at Southampton opens doors for career opportunities Southampton fast-tracks your ambitions We can help you build your dream CV Advice from ââ We prepare you for future challenges not ââ Take advantage of our commercial partnerships via work yet imagined and jobs not yet thought of placements, internships and volunteering graduates ââ We are among the top 20 UK universities targeted ââ Gather evidence of your achievements through our by the largest number of top 100 graduate recruiters* programme of personal development to complement BUILD YOUR ââ 90 per cent of our students are in work or further study your academic study DREAM CV six months after graduation (DLHE, 2013) ââ Network with top employers at our careers events ââ We are one of the top 30 UK universities for starting ââ Join us at entrepreneur workshops and competitions salaries according to The Sunday Times University ââ Get advice from our graduates about future careers Guide 2012 ââ Specialise further with one of our postgraduate courses and gain a more in-depth knowledge of your subject, and realise your ambitions Volunteering *High Fliers Research, 2012

Work placements & internships

Southampton music graduates work in a wide variety of fields: arts management, performance, journalism, education, retail, it, finance and many more.

Apple Nottingham University BBC Oxford Knight Bournemouth Symphony Primary and secondary schools across the UK and abroad Channel Four Royal Opera House Dyson Royal Holloway, University of London Durham University Southampton Music Service Fitch Learning The Aurora Orchestra Music Service The Guardian London Philharmonic Orchestra Vision Nine Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Find out more Yomego National University of Ireland, Maynooth Learn how we can help you build your dream CV: www.southampton.ac.uk/dreamcv

16 17 To harness what I love, and create undeniable work

Josh Sneesby BA Music, 2011 Musical Director, ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ Music graduate Josh Sneesby is an actor, musician, composer, and playwright based in London. He is currently Musical Director and front man in ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’, which after a sell-out run at the National Theatre has toured the UK, had a successful transfer to the Adelphi Theatre and is now playing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in the West End. He says “From leading James Corden’s vocal warm ups, to maintaining an open sound when performing eight shows a week in the West End, I use the skills I developed in my degree every day.”

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18 19 98% of our students say that staff are enthusiastic about what they are teaching (NSS, 2013) 90% Course structure Connecting to communities We teach almost every kind of music from a wide variety Our music crosses boundaries. Regional and national of our students are in of perspectives. You will be taught by world-leading outreach projects aim to inspire you as a young musician, work or further study six researchers, composers and performers, and can tailor providing opportunities for music-making in the months after graduation your degree with additional optional modules to suit your community and enabling you to help people benefit from (DLHE, 2013) interests and career ambitions. A mixture of styles is the therapeutic effects of music. Modules in music therapy positively encouraged. are among our most popular. We work hard in our local Individual modules listed in this brochure may vary from community to give something back to our neighbourhood year to year, but these examples demonstrate some of the while enriching your experience and career prospects. different topics you might explore as part of your degree. Outreach activities include the Southampton University Symphony Orchestra schools outreach programme (‘Baby Performance excellence SUSO’), primary and secondary school placements, our student-led Music in Care Homes project and innovative Performance is our passion. Our student-led societies, Cochlear Implant research. from the Southampton University Symphony to the funky Jazzmanix singers, are a key part of the university’s cultural Excellent facilities scene, in residence at the Turner Sims Concert Hall and on tour. We offer an imaginative curriculum, flexible course Southampton enjoys extensive music facilities structure and superb teaching from internationally incorporating well-equipped teaching spaces and renowned performers and recording artists. Performance rehearsal rooms. You will have access to 18 practice rooms at Southampton is about giving you the space to try new in addition to larger rehearsal spaces both within the things: you will never be tied down to one style. You can department and at Turner Sims, as well as practice facilities choose to focus on solo or ensemble performance in some of our halls of residence. Our electronic and throughout your course in any musical style from classical computer music studios–completely refurbished and to pop and beyond. There will be many opportunities to expanded in 2014–are state-of-the-art. Our department perform at Turner Sims and further afield. The university resources include a dedicated music computing cluster of instrument collection includes concert-quality pianos, networked multimedia workstations with internet access historical keyboard instruments, several fine violins and and music software. You can also access facilities and bows, historical strings and wind instruments and a fully expertise at Southampton’s world-leading Institute for equipped percussion room. These are complimented by a Sound and Vibration Research and Web Science Institute. new state-of-the-art electronic music studio. COURSE Study abroad Understanding musical worlds We positively encourage you spend part of your degree OVERVIEW From medieval polyphony to global hip hop, our music soaking up a different musical culture at one of our growing degree courses provide a broad musical education number of study abroad partners. You can easily study abroad for an academic year or a semester at many Music at Southampton is at the leading edge of research and practice worldwide. covering history, culture and society taught in exciting universities around the world, including the University of We share your passion for creating, performing and appreciating music. research-led modules. Our course does not favour one kind of music over another, and our flexible approach Paris (Sorbonne), the University of Madrid, the University means that you can choose modules from any other of Venice, the University of Texas at Austin, Chinese Choose Southampton discipline to complement your music studies. In addition, University of Hong Kong and Ewha Womans University –– Academic and performance bursaries for outstanding students you can study modern languages, web science, (Seoul). More partners are added yearly. –– The most impressive series of concerts and workshops of any management, mathematics, acoustics, philosophy and UK university, hosted at the Turner Sims concert hall many other subjects. You will be taught in tutorials, seminars –– Flexible course with an innovative range of options across and lectures by world-class academics: our staff have PhDs performance, composition and academic study from Princeton, New York University, Cornell, Stanford, Find out more Oxford, Cambridge, Sussex and Kings College London. Music at Southampton was ranked in the top two in the +44 (0)23 8059 9339 UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Email: [email protected] Our skills-oriented training will provide valuable www.southampton.ac.uk/music transferable skills to prepare you for any career that requires critical thinking, teamwork and writing skills. Our award-winning concert hall, Turner Sims 20 21 BA Music W300 BA Music & Management WN32 Choose Southampton Programme structure Choose Southampton Programme structure –– Learn flexibly across all forms of music and music Core modules –– Learn flexibly across all forms of music and music Core modules making, including composition in all styles. –– Antique Musical Roadshow 1 &2 (survey of music history making, including composition in all styles. –– Management analysis –– Pursue your interests in other subjects from Acoustics and styles) –– Pursue your interests in other subjects from Acoustics –– Managerial Decisions to Web Science. to Web Science. –– Music in Contemporary Culture –– Organisations and Management –– Perfect your performing skills: all first-year students –– Experience all kinds of music at the Turner Sims –– Fundamentals of Counterpoint and Harmony Optional modules have access to instrumental or vocal lessons. Concert Hall, one of the UK’s leading music venues. Optional modules –– Antique Musical Roadshow 1 &2 –– Exciting research-led teaching by world-class academics –– Develop your understanding of key –– Global Hip Hop (survey of music history and styles) (ranked top 3 in UK in 2008 RAE). management functions. –– Mozart in Vienna –– Music in Contemporary Culture –– Spend a semester abroad at an Erasmus or overseas –– Study managerial decision-making processes, partner (Paris, Madrid, Hong Kong, USA). –– Monteverdi investigate commonly used management science –– Fundamentals of Counterpoint and Harmony –– Experience all kinds of music at the Turner Sims Concert –– Jazz History techniques and assess the means by which people –– Orchestration and Arranging Hall, one of the UK’s leading music venues. –– Italian Nineteenth Century Opera and systems can be managed to improve –– Global Hip Hop organisational performance. –– Bring music to the local community through placements –– Solo and Ensemble Performance –– Flappers to Rappers: Girl Singers in 20th-Century in schools. –– Orchestration and Arranging Content Popular Music –– The Profession of Music Content –– Commercial Composition Our BA Music and Management develops your understanding of key management functions in addition –– Business Simulation This course includes performance, composition and BA Music with Year Abroad to a musical education and gives you the opportunity to –– Problem Structuring Methods musicology and embraces an exciting and eclectic range of apply skills such as problem-solving, teamwork, numeracy musical styles. We also offer options in the music business, W301: 4 years –– Operations Management and self-management. You will take a core programme of music therapy and community music. The focus is on These four-year courses give undergraduates the –– International Entrepreneurship management sciences in years one and two, with a free three main themes – History and Criticism, Performance, opportunity to study for an academic year at a university choice of music options, and can choose from a wide range –– Project Management and Composition – and you may specialise or construct a in another part of the world. Current partner institutions of options in both subjects in year three. You may choose to –– Marketing in the Digital Age rounded programme of all three. You may choose to take 25 include University of Texas at Austin, University of Paris take 25 per cent of your programme in an alternative subject. per cent of your programme in an alternative subject. (Sorbonne), University of Madrid, University of Venice, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ewha Womans University BA Music & Management Science Key information Key information (Seoul). Others to be added in 2014-15. with Year Abroad Duration: 3 Years : 4 years Duration: 3 Years WN33 These four-year courses give undergraduates the Typical entry requirements Typical entry requirements opportunity to study for an academic year at a university in another part of the world. Destinations include Europe, –– A levels: AAB, including grade B in music, plus GCSE –– A levels: ABB, including grade B in Music, plus grade 8 Asia and North America mathematics at grade B; grade 8 music practical in music practical in ABRSM, Rockschool or Trinity (grade ABRSM, Rockschool or Trinity may be required for 8 in Theory of Music plus grade 8 in Music. Practice may certain optional modules be accepted in lieu of A level music as long as three other A levels are taken) –– IB: 34 points, 17 at higher level, including 6 in music, plus GCSE mathematics at grade B; plus a grade 8 pass from –– IB: 32 points, 16 at higher level, including 6 in music, plus ABRSM, Rockschool or Trinity may be required for grade 8 pass from ABRSM, Rockschool or Trinity certain optional modules Applicants from outside the UK who do not meet current Applicants from outside the UK who do not meet current entry requirements may be able to join the International entry requirements may be able to join the International Foundation Year www.southampton.ac.uk/ify Foundation Year www.southampton.ac.uk/ify Find out more Find out more Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 9339 Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 9339 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.southampton.ac.uk/music www.southampton.ac.uk/music

22 23 BA English & Music QW33 BA French & Music RW13 Choose Southampton Programme structure Choose Southampton Programme structure –– Inspiring range of modules in both English and Core modules –– Modern languages at Southampton is consistently Core modules Music, combining breadth of understanding with the –– Narrative and Culture ranked in the top five in the UK by the Guardian –– French Language opportunity to specialise academically and creatively as University Guide. –– Critical Theory –– Modern French Culture your interests develop. –– 97 per cent student satisfaction (NSS, 2013). Optional modules –– The Making of Modern French –– First class teaching by top academics and hands-on –– Many areas of linguistics taught by world- In the Second and Final Years you can opt for any module –– Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité practitioners in English and Music. leading experts. of the many on offer, though in English we ask that at some –– Module options make connections between different –– Approaches to German-Jewish Literature point during the two years you take at least one in Medieval/ –– Teaching and learning supported by three research cultural forms, including film and visual culture, –– Antique Music Roadshow 1: Materials of Music History Renaissance literature, one in Eighteenth/Nineteenth centres: Transnational Studies; Global Englishes; Applied performance and creative work. c.1500-1750 Century, and one in Twentieth/Twenty-First Century Language Research. –– Our graduates develop a wide range of skills which make culture, to guarantee that you have covered a good range –– Learn another language, such as Arabic, Chinese, –– Performance Tuition them highly employable in the arts sector, education, of areas. German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian or –– Introduction to Jazz Popular Music business and industry. Modules which might be of particular interest to English/ Spanish, from scratch. –– Introduction to Ethnomusicology Content Music Combined Honours students, facilitating an active –– Introduction to Twentieth Century Music link between both sides of the degree, include: Content –– Tonal Composition This innovative programme explores the interconnections –– Shakespeare: Text, Print and Performance In year one, you will study compulsory language modules between the two disciplines, such as the lyric, opera, Typical final year modules include: –– Film Adaptation: Literature and Culture and a range of optional modules. In your second and fourth musicals and film. The study of English literature years, you will develop your practical language skills and –– Flaubert’s France complements the music element, which combines –– Fantasy Film and Fiction choose options according to your interests. Music options –– An Ambivalent Asylum: The Histories and Memories technical studies with historical and critical perspectives –– Early Film embrace a wide range of musical styles and traditions and of Refugees of Early Twentieth-century France and includes modules on the music business. Grade 8 –– American Cinema since 1965 allow you to develop your studies in performance, ABRSM, Rockschool or Trinity may be required for certain –– Sex, Gender and Desire in French Literature and Culture –– Victorian Bestsellers composition and musicology. In addition to technical, optional modules. historical and critical studies, there are opportunities to –– Fragmented France: Cultures and Identities in transition –– Modern Drama since World War II engage with a varied programme of practical music –– Literacy as Social Practice in the French-speaking World Key information –– Scriptwriting activities both on and off campus. You will spend year three –– Empire and After: France and Algeria, 1830 to the Duration: 3 Years –– Introduction to Ethnomusicology in a French-speaking country. Grade 8 ABRSM, Rockschool Present or Trinity may be required for certain optional modules. –– Performance Tuition –– Language Teaching Theory and Practice Typical entry requirements –– Foundations in Analysis, Counterpoint and Harmony Key information –– Commercial Composition –– A levels: AAB, including grade A in English literature. –– Conducting –– Composition Portfolio Duration: 4 Years Or combined English literature and language, grade B –– Songwriting –– Approaches to Ethnomusicology in Music and grade 8 pass from ABRSM, Rockschool or –– Composition Trinity (grade 8 in Theory of Music plus grade 8 in Music Typical entry requirements –– Music and Rhetoric Practice may be accepted in lieu of A level music as long –– A levels: AAB, including AB in French and Music, plus as three other A levels are taken) BA English & Music with Year Abroad grade 8 music practical in ABRSM, Rockschool or Trinity –– IB: 34 points, 17 at higher level, including 6 in Music –– IB: 34 points, 17 at higher level, including 6 in French and grade 8 Music practical from ABRSM, Rockschool QW34: 4 years and Music, plus grade 8 Music practical from ABRSM, or Trinity These four-year courses give undergraduates the Rockschool or Trinity Applicants from outside the UK who do not meet current opportunity to study for an academic year at a university Applicants from outside the UK who do not meet current entry requirements may be able to join the International in another part of the world. Destinations include Europe, entry requirements may be able to join the International Foundation Year www.southampton.ac.uk/ify Asia and North America. Foundation Year www.southampton.ac.uk/ify

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24 25 BA German & Music RW23 BA Philosophy & Music VW53 Choose Southampton Programme structure Choose Southampton Programme structure –– Modern Languages at Southampton is consistently Modules –– Wide range of options in both courses, with overlap Year 1 ranked in the top five in the UK by the Guardian –– German language in areas such as aesthetics and music and rhetoric, –– Performance Tuition University Guide. with extensive options in musical performance –– German History, Politics and Society –– Foundations in Analysis, Counterpoint and Harmony –– 95 per cent student satisfaction (NSS, 2013). and composition. –– Approaches to German-Jewish Literature –– Introduction to Ethnomusicology –– Highly skilled and committed language teachers –– Flexible curriculum allows you to focus more on one or –– Introduction to German Cinema –– Tonal Composition promote rapid and effective language learning. other subject, and to take optional outside modules. –– Media Perspectives on Post-1968 Germany –– Ethics –– Stimulating and engaging teaching in areas of linguistics, –– Teaching from world-leading academics and music history, culture and society. –– Metropolitan Cultures: Vienna and Berlin professionals in a vibrant and supportive environment. –– Reason and Argument –– Learn another language, such as Arabic, Chinese, Italian, –– Language and Society in the German-speaking World –– Composition activities include extensive project work, –– Knowledge and Mind Japanese, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish, from scratch. –– Antique Music Roadshow 1: Materials of Music History workshops with professional performers and advanced –– Puzzles about art and literature c.1500-1750 studio techniques, leading to the submission of a collection of original compositions. Year 2 Content –– Introduction to Jazz Popular Music –– Benefit from Philosophy’s research specialism in the –– Conducting This course is a particularly suitable combination, given the –– Foundations in Analysis, Counterpoint and Harmony philosophy of music. –– Songwriting rich musical tradition linked to the German speaking world. –– Introduction to Ethnomusicology –– Jazz Techniques You will develop your practical language skills and choose Content options according to your interests in both subjects. –– Introduction to Twentieth Century Music –– Music and Rhetoric Music options embrace a wide range of musical styles –– Antique Music Roadshow 2: Materials of Music History, There are deep connections between philosophy and –– The Rise of Modern Philosophy: Empiricism and traditions and allow you to develop your studies in 1750-1900 music that go back to the Ancient Greeks. Philosophy –– Aesthetics performance, composition and musicology. Typical final year units include: at Southampton has particular research strengths in In addition to technical, historical and critical studies, there aesthetics, making it the ideal place to take this –– Freedom and Responsibility –– Final-Year Modern Languages Dissertation are opportunities to engage with a varied programme of combined degree. This is reinforced by the substantial –– Applied Ethics –– Minorities and Migrants: Exploring Multicultural practical music activities both on and off campus. element of theoretical reflection in the music course. Year 3 You will spend year three in a German-speaking country. Germany –– Studio Techniques Grade 8 ABRSM, Rockschool or Trinity may be required –– Second Language Acquisition Theory Key information for certain optional modules. –– Commercial Composition –– Language Teaching Theory and Practice Duration: 3 Years –– Music Therapy and Community Music –– Commercial Composition Key information –– Research Project –– Research Project Typical entry requirements Duration: 4 Years –– Self-knowledge –– Flappers to Rappers: Girl Singers in 20th Century –– A levels: AAB, including grade B in music, grade 8 Popular Music –– Happiness and Wellbeing Typical entry requirements music practical in ABRSM, Rockschool orTrinity may –– Song Writing be required for performance optional modules –– Fiction and Fictionalism –– A levels: AAB, including A in German and B in Music plus –– 19th Century Italian Opera: Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti –– IB: 34 points, 17 at higher level, including 6 in music, plus –– The Ethics of Belief grade 8 music practical in ABRSM, Rockschool orTrinity and Verdi a grade 8 pass from ABRSM, Rockschool or Trinity may –– Philosophy of Emotion –– IB: 34 points, 17 at higher level, including 6 in German –– Music and Rhetoric be required for performance optional modules and Music, plus grade 8 Music practical from ABRSM, –– Sixteenth Century Sacred Music Applicants from outside the UK who do not meet current BA Philosophy & Music with Year Abroad Rockschool or Trinity entry requirements may be able to join the International Applicants from outside the UK who do not meet current –– Approaches to Ethnomusicology Foundation Year www.southampton.ac.uk/ify QW54: 4 years entry requirements may be able to join the International These four-year courses give undergraduates the Foundation Year www.southampton.ac.uk/ify opportunity to study for an academic year at a university in another part of the world. Destinations include Europe, Asia and North America. Find out more Find out more Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 9339 Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 9339 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.southampton.ac.uk/music www.southampton.ac.uk/music

26 27 BSc Mathematics with Music G1W3 Choose Southampton Typical entry requirements –– Ranked third in the UK for research outputs in applied –– A levels: AAA, including grade B in music plus a grade mathematics and second for research power in statistics 8 pass from ABRSM, Rockschool or Trinity may be and operational research (RAE, 2008). required for performance optional modules –– One of the top universities in Europe to offer exemption –– IB: 36 points, 18 at higher level to include 6 in higher from the CT1–CT8 professional actuarial exams. level mathematics –– Generous scholarship scheme. Applicants from outside the UK who do not meet current –– A wide choice of modules in both music and mathematics. entry requirements may be able to join the International Foundation Year www.southampton.ac.uk/ify Content Programme structure Mathematics and music have a particular affinity, perhaps because they are both concerned with exploring structure Typical modules include: and patterns. This programme will develop your problem- –– Calculus BSc Acoustics & Music HW73 solving skills and build on your musical experience, –– Algebra combining technical studies with historical and critical –– Differential equations Choose Southampton Typical entry requirements work. Grade B in A level music is required. –– Mathematical modelling –– Taught at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research –– A levels: AAB-ABB, including grade B in music plus a Key information –– Probability and statistics (ISVR), one of the world’s leading centres for acoustics. grade 8 pass from ABRSM, Rockschool or Trinity may –– Communicating and researching mathematics –– ISVR has one of the UK’s largest anechoic chambers. be required for performance optional modules Duration: 3 Years –– Antique Musical Roadshow 1 &2 (survey of music –– IB: 34-32 points, 17 at higher level to include –– Flexible courses including small-group teaching and history and styles) project-based work. mathematics, physics and Music minimum grade 5; standard level 5 English –– Music in Contemporary Culture –– ISVR has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize –– Fundamentals of Counterpoint and Harmony for sustained excellence and outstanding achievements. Where either mathematics or physics qualifications (or both) do not satisfy our entry requirements then –– Excellent employment record in recent exit surveys. Find out more applicants may be referred to the University of Southampton’s Engineering Foundation Year. Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 9339 Content Entry through the Foundation Year will usually be Email: [email protected] Acoustics and Music are closely related. Our degree in required for BTEC applicants. www.southampton.ac.uk/music Acoustics with Music is unique in the United Kingdom and combines studies at two internationally renowned Programme structure departments: Music and the Institute of Sound and Typical modules include: Vibration Research (ISVR), one of the world’s leading centres for research, teaching and consultancy in –– Controlling noise and vibration acoustics. –– Sound reproduction and musical instrument acoustics “I have loved being a first-year music student, as There is a wide choice of modules in both music –– Ocean acoustics and sonar and engineering. –– Human perception of sound and vibration well as the varied and flexible course structure, Key information –– Analysis of signals being part of such a fantastic department has –– Mechanical engineering design and computing let me meet and work alongside some brilliant Duration: 3 Years –– Antique Musical Roadshow 1 &2 (survey of music history musicians, as well as the free lunch time concerts and styles) –– Music in Contemporary Culture broadening the style of music I have access to.” Find out more –– Fundamentals of Counterpoint and Harmony Natasha Merritt BA Music Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 9339 Email: [email protected] www.southampton.ac.uk/music

28 29 YOUR STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Our six campuses all offer a friendly, vibrant and diverse atmosphere for work and leisure.

Campuses –– Join one of our 180 societies from performing arts caters for most of our academic courses. to politics Incorporating state-of-the-art research and teaching –– Help local people: get involved in community facilities, it boasts new and refurbished student facilities volunteering projects and fundraising such as SUSU, the University of Southampton Student’s –– Socialise with friends in one of our bars or cafés on Union, and the Jubilee Sports Centre. our campuses and in our halls of residences houses a state-of-the-art purpose-built –– See high-profile acts from Pixie Lott to Greg James £3m Archaeology Building and is located on the edge of –– Catch a film in our 330-seat cinema Southampton Common, a short walk from Highfield. –– Dance the night away in our 1,700-capacity nightclub Southampton General Hospital is home to University Hospital –– Become a DJ or director at and SUSUtv Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and is a major centre –– Try out journalism for the or for teaching and research in association with the University. The Edge magazines The National Oceanography Centre Southampton is our waterfront campus and is one of the world’s leading Accommodation research centres for the study of ocean and earth sciences. Get the best out of your student life; stay in one of our 6,000 School of Art is located 12 miles north of student rooms in halls. You can choose from a range of room Southampton, in Winchester city centre. The campus types that includes a new development of over 1,000 rooms provides purpose designed studios and workshops, an in Southampton city centre. extensive specialist library, Students’ Union facilities, a café Live in either self-catered halls of residence with and a well-stocked art supplies shop. well-equipped communal kitchens, or part-catered Our branch campus for engineering is in EduCity, Iskandar accommodation where you enjoy the benefits of breakfast in Malaysia and benefits from innovative world-class facilities and evening meals throughout the week, plus some other for engineering and full access to the learning resources at meals at the weekend. our UK campuses. It offers undergraduate students the If you are a registered first-year undergraduate student new opportunity to study in a safe international environment. to the University, starting a full-time course, with no dependents, you will be guaranteed an offer of halls Social life accommodation as long as you fulfil the full criteria of the Run by students for students, SUSU, the University of guarantee, which includes applying before 1 August. Southampton Students’ Union offers a wide range of To uphold the guarantee, in years of exceptional demand we services and opportunities for you to get the most out may offer accommodation in a twin shared room at the start of your free time. of the academic year for a short, temporary period of time. –– Experience Your Freshers’ – a week full of activities to help you settle in For more information on our guarantee to you, visit www.southampton.ac.uk/guarantee –– Discover a new talent: try some of our 78 sports clubs from archery to Taekwondo Find out more University Residences Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 5959 Email: [email protected] www.southampton.ac.uk/accommodation

You can socialise with friends in one of our bars or cafés on campus and in our halls of residences, as well as in the city of Southampton 30 31 INTERNATIONAL APPLYING AND FUNDING STUDENTS

We realise that going to university is a significant investment, so we’ll ensure you have all the Join us and students from more than 130 different countries at Southampton. information you need to make an informed decision.

General entry requirements Tuition fees and funding Living and studying in a different country has its own Meet and Greet To apply for undergraduate study you must satisfy our The University will set fees for the next academic year unique challenges. We make student entry The Meet and Greet service from London Heathrow general entry requirements and any specific requirements when the government establishes limits for tuition fees. straightforward, offer attractive scholarships to eligible Airport is provided free of charge and is designed to get of your chosen programme. Typical entry requirements for For 2014/15, the University set the tuition fee at £9,000, applicants, help you settle into your new life and advise you you to the University in time for the International and EU applicants with GCE A-levels can be found online. but we offer a large number of generous fee waivers and on all aspects of living in the UK. Welcome Programme. You can register for both the bursaries for eligible students. For students from lower Our network of services and advisors ensure that your service and the Programme from July on our website. How to apply income families, these financial packages will be based studies and life at Southampton is as productive and Apply online at www.ucas.com, the Universities and on household income supplied to us by the Student stress-free as possible. Visas Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Our UCAS code Loans Company. Before you join us, find out about the UK’s immigration name is SOTON and our number is S27. All students should Your tuition fee may cover compulsory course costs, such as International Office procedures. Do this well in advance of your arrival in the UK. apply between 1 September and mid-January. If you are an field trips and laboratory clothing; however a contribution Staff from our International Office attend educational Our website provides information on student visas, international student from outside the UK or EU, we may may be necessary towards certain elements. Please check exhibitions around the world as well as making numerous police registration, working in the UK and has links to other consider your application up until the end of June. with the Admissions team for more details. visits overseas and to colleges in the UK. If you are unable useful websites. However, we cannot guarantee there will be vacancies on to visit us in Southampton, make sure you book an Please visit our website for the latest information on our courses after the January deadline. appointment to meet us at one of the exhibitions or join English language requirements tuition fees. us on a virtual open day. If English is not your first language, you will need to If you are a UK student starting a higher education course, you Admissions policy You will find a quick introduction to the University on our demonstrate that you have reached a satisfactory standard can apply for loans to help pay for both fees and maintenance. 1. The University of Southampton will: website, which is available in other languages. You can also in an approved English language test. For the majority of For more details, visit www.southampton.ac.uk/money –– recruit students from a wide range of backgrounds, view web pages dedicated to 50 specific countries. our courses we require an IELTS level of 6.5 or equivalent, who we believe have the potential to complete their Scholarships and bursaries To join us on a virtual open day, visit achieved in the past two years. If you need to improve your programmes successfully English language skills, you can apply to our pre-sessional We offer a variety of scholarships and progression awards www.southampton.ac.uk/virtualopenday –– attract applicants who enjoy the challenge of forward English language courses. For more information on general to the most talented students across our subject areas. English Language requirements please visit our website. thinking, the excitement of research findings and our For full eligibility criteria and up-to-date information, International and EU Welcome Programme high education standards visit our website www.southampton.ac.uk/scholarships In September each year, we arrange an International and EU International Foundation Year –– foster a diverse learning community in which our We also offer a generous range of bursaries designed to Welcome Programme, which helps you settle into life here. students will meet people from different cultures, The programme includes general events to introduce you to The International Foundation Year (IFY) gives help UK undergraduate students in the most financial need. International and EU students the opportunity to study at a thereby enhancing their skills of critical reasoning, For more details and up-to-date information, our facilities, subject-specific events to begin your academic teamwork and communication induction and a range of social and cultural activities. British university. The programme provides a direct route visit www.southampton.ac.uk/bursaries onto a variety of undergraduate degrees at the University of 2. The University is committed to a system of admissions that During the programme, you will meet other undergraduate Southampton for talented students who have had at least 11 ensures fairness, transparency and equal opportunities Extended project qualification (EPQ) students and explore the University and the city, so that or 12 years of full-time education, but do not have the full within the legal framework of the UK and best practice. All applicants undertaking an EPQ will be made an alternative you know where to worship, relax and shop. You will also qualifications to join an undergraduate programme. All reasonable effort will be made to ensure that no offer alongside our traditional offer. The alternative offer will meet current international students who will be able to For more information, visit www.southampton.ac.uk/ify prospective or existing student is unreasonably treated. be one grade reduced from our traditional offer in exchange give you good advice. for an A in the EPQ. For example, the traditional offer for History is AAB. Applicants presenting an EPQ will be made an Find out more alternative offer of ABB, plus an A in the EPQ. Find out more Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 4732 Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 9699 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.southampton.ac.uk/fees www.southampton.ac.uk/international

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