Calendar: 1980-1981 Page 127

Faculties and Courses of Study 137 The Faculty is prepared to consider undergraduate applications more than one year ahead Places are not normady offered without interview Further information and full details of the courses outlined below may be found in the prospectus of the Faculty of Music Undergraduate Courses ADMISSION OF STUDENTS Details of procedure to be followed by students seeking admission to the undergraduate courses leading to the degree of Mus and to the combined studies degree of in Theology and Music are given on page 73 Applicants are admitted by the Sub-Dean of the Faculty on behalf of the Dean of the Faculty of Music Full conditions are set out in the General Prospectus of Under- graduate courses available from the Registrar COURSES FOR MUS DEGREE The course for the Mus degree extends over three years The initial terms of study are concerned with the development of student's skdls on broad front By Ins second Christmas vacation he should have firm grounding in several basic aspects of the practice and theory of music so that he is in position to see how his future career may develop and begin to specialise accordingly The syllabus comprises courses in melody harmony and counterpoint 1575- 1850 general repertory three short periods of musical history studied in greater detail aural tests musical analysis keyboard musicianship twentieth-century and non-Western music Attention is also paid to performing and composing skdls where these are offered The student's second and third years are spent in preparing for the Mus examinations which are taken at the end of his second and third years These consist of two stages Common core minor options -each student follows five courses in which he or she is examined generady towards the end of the second year by written and practical examinations portfolio submission and current assessment with viva-voce These are Musical Techniques Musical Analysis Composition Musical History and General Musicianship Each student then chooses two of the foUowing courses leading to major option