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Popular and Commercial Music - BA (Hons)

University of South Wales

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    Cardiff Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    14-SEP-26

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

This degree is based at USW’s purpose-built campus, in the creative centre of Cardiff. The Popular and Commercial Music degree encourages you to develop your own voice and musical identity. Your studies will embrace popular and commercial music in its many forms and sub-genres, from electronica to folk, urban, rock and cutting edge-pop. With an emphasis on original work, our music degree will teach you how to collaborate with your fellow students in performance, songwriting and production. We welcome diversity, collaboration and experimentation. So whatever your musical interests, you can extend your practice to gain skills relevant not only to employment in the music industry, but also to the wider creative industries. Staff are experienced and high-profile professionals in their own right and many have worked as producers and songwriters. You’ll also learn from regular visits and masterclasses from high-level music industry professionals such as Greg Haver, producer of Manic Street Preachers Amy Wadge, Ed Sheeran’s co-writer Gruff Rhys, Super Furry Animals and Steve Sidelnyk, Madonna’s drummer. Studying Popular and Commercial Music in Cardiff, you will develop links with studios, record industry professionals and music companies in this thriving capital city.By the time you graduate from the Popular and Commercial Music degree, you will have the skills for a wide range of careers in the music, media and entertainment industries, including performance, composition, administration, promotion, multi-media production, and studio work. We have graduates working in the music industry as performers, composers, writers, promoters and administrators, teachers and musicians in the community, as well as those working in new media such as the computer games industry.

Tuition fees

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£ 14,950per year

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QUALIFICATION TYPE

GCSE/National 4/National

GCSE/National 4/National 5 : The University normally requires Mathematics/Numeracy and English at Grade C/4 or above, or their equivalent, but consideration is given to individual circumstances.

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University information

University of South Wales

University of South Wales

University of South Wales

  • University League Table

    77th

  • Campus address

    University of South Wales, Llantwit Road, Treforest, Pontypridd, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, CF37 1DL, Wales

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Drama, Dance & Cinematics

    59th out of 94 8

    52nd out of 80

  • Entry standards

    / Max 210
    146 70%

    18th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    55.0 55%

    63rd

    4

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.98 74%

    69th

    12

  • Entry standards

    / Max 223
    133 60%

    44th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    65.0 65%

    48th

    17

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.21 80%

    22nd

    28

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