BA in Music Course at University of North London United Kingdom
This is a two year full-time course. You take eight modules in year 1. Year 2 is a professional course of 36 weeks, with 24 weeks spent in school placements. Year 1 focuses mainly on the music subject knowledge needed to teach effectively within the National Curriculum and relevant public examination syllabuses. This includes performance, improvisation and composition, music technology, music notations, world music, contemporary musical styles, analysis of the elements of the school curriculum for music, musical learning and progression in an urban school. You increasingly address issues related to professional practice. Year 2 involves 36 weeks of professional education and training in common with PGCE courses and focuses on the professional requirements for gaining Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) as a teacher of music. The professional year is mostly school-based with University sessions on a wide range of aspects concerned with teaching music in urban schools. Read more about the modules at
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