Course summary

This distinctive programme will equip you with the ability to interact and innovate within a vibrant environment, nurturing a specialism in popular music and related industries. You will also study key business and management themes to enhance your understanding of how businesses operate. KEY FEATURES OF THE COURSE

• Combining two subjects boosts your employability and gives you the opportunity to develop knowledge and expertise in two subject areas, making you a more versatile graduate

• Combine Popular Music Production with Business Management to develop your creative and entrepreneurial flair so you can respond to technological and artistic innovations in the industry

• You'll develop your skills on your chosen instrument through group-based learning activities. You'll also develop your expertise in composition and song writing and will study the social and business context of the world of commercial music

• Underpin your studies with key business themes such as logistics, management, marketing and human resources to add a global business context to your studies

• Supercharge your employability with an optional placement year or summer internships to put business theory into practice

• Formal lectures which will at times include expert speakers

• Seminars: These can be tutor-led or student-led and can include discussions critical analysis of reading, presentations, group work, debates and general problem solving, interaction with real businesses, case study analysis, computer lab work, practical analysis and formative assessment

• Tutorials: one-to-one sessions with a tutor to discuss the development of assignments

• Work experience projects

• Self-directed study

• Project management

• Analysis

• Consultancy

• Accountancy

• Operations

• Human resource management

• Marketing

• Sales

• Logistics

• Finance