BA (Hons) Music Bachelor's degree at Brunel University of London

This module builds your understanding of how different musical genres took shape and the social and historical moments behind them, while giving you the chance to analyse influential works across a wide range of styles. You'll get to grips with the core research and study skills you'll use in musicological work, and you'll grow your confidence in critical writing and in communicating about music in different ways.

This module gives you a solid grounding in the principles behind sound recording for studio work, live music and sonic arts, while helping you get familiar with the software and hardware used in audio production and production‑based song‑writing. You'll also build confidence with essential computer concepts and start exploring basic Digital Signal Processing techniques through practical, hands‑on applications.

This module builds the core skills you'll use in events production and collaborative projects, from confident communication and creative thinking to teamwork, self‑reflection and independent research. You'll develop a professional approach to practical musicianship, both as an individual performer and as part of a coordinated team, and you'll gain the administrative know‑how you need for self‑promotion, career development and event planning - including promotional strategies, logistics and proje

This module supports you if most of your experience is in DAW‑based music making and you're new to notation and its language. You'll learn how to collaborate confidently in a group, developing your communication, teamwork and musical interaction skills, while creating original music through group songwriting and collaborative composition. You'll build a practical vocabulary of musical terms and concepts to help everyone work together smoothly, and you'll develop a broad understanding of common m

This module gives you the chance to gain confidence in live performance by working in both student‑led and tutor‑led ensembles, exploring how different performance skills develop and how to present work in public. You'll build an understanding of collaborative performance processes, learn how to work practically with others, and start developing professionalism, rehearsal discipline and early leadership skills. You'll be part of a creative team that shares decisions and solves problems together,

This module helps you collaborate confidently in a group, developing your communication, teamwork and musical interaction skills. You'll create original music through group songwriting and collaborative composition, building a shared creative identity. You'll also develop a practical vocabulary of musical terms and concepts to support smooth, effective collaboration across diverse ensembles.

This module helps you build on your live performance experience by working in both student‑led and tutor‑led ensembles, exploring how performance skills develop and how to present work in public. You'll deepen your understanding of collaborative performance, develop professionalism, rehearsal discipline and early leadership skills, and work as part of a creative team that shares decisions and solves problems together. You'll also develop your improvisation, stylistic range and technical skills,

This module extends the professional skills you began at Level 4, strengthening your communication, teamwork, use of technology, creative thinking, self‑reflection and personal research. You'll develop confident teaching, communication and leadership skills, and build practical knowledge in self‑promotion and career development. You'll also deepen your understanding of how to use technology in audio, film and podcast work, and explore areas of music that focus on diversity and access.

This module develops your practical skills with the software and hardware used for songwriting, recording, editing and production, helping you create professional‑quality demo tracks. You'll take an academic and technical look at production processes across contemporary genres so you can understand, analyse and adapt to different styles. You'll explore creative sound design, arrangement and production techniques that support expressive, genre‑appropriate songwriting, and you'll build the workflo

This module develops your creative and technical skills for capturing, editing, transforming and organising sound for non‑linear and installation‑based composition. You'll take an exploratory, experimental approach to sound projects, working in imaginative and process‑driven ways. You'll build personal creative methods using both digital and physical tools for recording, composition and production, and you'll strengthen your problem‑solving skills as you design systems, structures and workflows

This module gives you the chance to explore a topic that genuinely interests you, whether through a dissertation, a composition portfolio, a performance or a combination of these. You'll apply and further develop the critical skills you built at Levels 1 and 2, using them to shape a focused, independent piece of work.

This module explores how music and culture shape one another across historical, political and global contexts, examining how identities - including race, gender and power - are expressed through sound. You'll investigate music's role in social and political movements, from revolution to resistance, and deepen your understanding of non‑Western and marginalised musical traditions. You'll also apply musicological theories and methods to analyse music and its cultural meanings with confidence and cl

This module builds on Materials I and II by giving you the space to focus on the specific techniques and areas of knowledge that matter most for your future specialism and employment. You'll spend extended time developing the key skills you've identified from your studies so far, strengthening your self‑learning and research abilities and building the professional, self‑managing habits you'll need in your career. You'll isolate and deepen your chosen specialisms - from text‑writing and musical a

This module builds on Ensemble I and II by giving you the chance to design and deliver a series of performance projects - from solo work to directing large