First-year
- Film, Visual and Performing Arts IA AND IB
- Music Literacies and Skills IA AND IB
- Music Performance Studies IA AND IB
- two BA semester courses
A student is required to complete two semester courses in one of the following languages: isiZulu or Sesotho or South African Sign Language (SASL). If a student is proficient in any two of the three languages (isiZulu, Sesotho or SASL), the student is advised to do one of the following:
- register in a first-language stream for two courses in isiZulu or Sesotho,
- register for two courses in any one of the following: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, or
- formally apply to the Dean for exemption from the requirement to register for a language subject. Where an exemption has been granted, students must add a course/s yielding at least 36 credits in a subject approved by Senate. A student may also be granted a credit if s/he has completed the same or an equivalent course.
Second-year
- Critical Music Studies IIA AND IIB
- Music Literacies and Skills IIA AND IIB
- Music Performance Studies IIA AND IIB
Third-year
Music in History and Society:
- Music and the Theatre
- Community Music
- Musical Modernisms
- Music in Contemporary Lives
- Composition IIIA AND IIIB
- Performance IIIA AND IIIB
If Music Performance Studies OR Music Composition studies were not chosen, select two from the following courses:
- Music Composition Studies IIIA AND IIIB
- Introduction to Cultural Policy and Management
- Funding Context in Cultural and Creative Industries
Fourth-year
- Music Criticism: Research Project
- Music Business Studies
Select one of the following specialisations:
- Composition
- Performance
- Community Music
- Business and the Arts
- Long Essay
Select one course at Fourth-year Level from the following:
- Composition Theory and Analysis (if not taken in the composition specialisation)
- Music Performance Minor Study
- Community Music Minor Studies
- Cultural Entrepreneur
- Arts Marketing: Context, Strategies and Practices
- Selected topic in Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture Studies