Taught by staff members who are active composers or researchers, this degree integrates theory and practice, offering you the opportunity to explore this relationship through specialist studies in musicology, analysis and creative music technology. The creative mix of theoretical and practical work, coupled with the vocational experience of LICA's placement module, equips you with the skills you need for your future career in music or beyond.

The first year offers you a way of re-thinking music, a foundational course that combines elements of classical, popular and experimental music. In Music Theory and Practice lectures, you'll learn about the intellectual underpinning of the subject. In seminars and workshops, you'll explore thinking and writing about music, creative practice and associated skills. The LICA-wide module, Modernism in the Arts, looks at the arts from 1850 to the 1970s, from Wagner to Punk. This module will provide you with an interdisciplinary approach that enables you to become an informed practitioner in the contemporary arts. You will also choose another first year subject. This can be a LICA subject, such as Film, or one of a wide range of options across the University.

In your second year, you'll study Contemporary Arts Theory and Creative Music Practice and can also choose from a range of options.

In the third year, you'll write a Dissertation, which may take the form of a software project. Your course in Creative Music Practice includes various compositional disciplines, such as writing music to pictures, real-time audio processing and studio composition, as well as other practical elements, including orchestration and improvisation.

You can choose additional options from a range of research-led Music modules or the LICA-wide Arts Theory module, which aims to provide all the Department's students with a common language that promotes interdisciplinary work and collaboration with other LICA students taking degrees in Art, Design, Film and Theatre Studies.