The University of East London’s Music Industry Management B.A. (Hons) degree is a career focussed programme whose aim is to ensure that our students graduate fully equipped to build themselves a future within the Music industry. The programme is designed to enable you to become an economically active member of the Music Business sector through establishing your own business, obtaining employment within the industry or by more successfully managing and monetizing your own musical creativity.

The programme will also help you develop a depth and width of knowledge that will prove appropriate to working within and across a wide range of the broad Cultural Industries sector.

• 280 UCAS tariff points or equivalent
• Pass in a recognised Access Course or International Foundation Programme

In addition to the above, we require GCSE Maths grade C and English grade C or equivalents, unless competency is part of the qualification gained.
We also welcome mature student applicants and those with relevant professional and vocational qualifications, and these will be dealt with on an individual basis and may require an interview.

Students that apply to enter Year 2 or 3 of the programme may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL)) processes.

In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent) is required. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education undergraduate programmes.

Music Industry Management is a B.A. (Hons) programme offered by the Royal Docks Business School at the University of East London. The programme has a broad first year of study that introduces the new student to an understanding and contextualisation of the contemporary Music Business. It provides three enjoyable, informative and exciting music industry focussed modules that will equip you with a broad historical and practical understanding of the music industry; where it’s been, where it is today and where it’s going in the future; all of which will give you a solid foundation for the rest your studies on this programme. The design of the programme draws upon a mixture of applied, practical and business centered Music Industry studies, covering such areas as recorded music marketing , contract negotiation, music publishing, the digital music economy, the live music sector, artist management and other Music Industry focussed matters

Music Industry Management at UEL

The BA (Hons) Music Industry Management programme is offered as a single honours, major, joint or minor award. The degree is normally studied over three years in the full-time mode or four and one half to five years in the part-time mode. It is possible to switch between modes, subject to timetabling constraints.

The Music Industry programme comprises eighteen 20 credit modules. Alongside the 11 core Music Industry Management modules the BA (Hons) Music Industry Management shares some modules with other degree awards at UEL.  This allows you to develop wide areas of interest and knowledge and facilitates transfer to another award after level 1 of the programme should you wish.

The programme structure for single honours students is highlighted below.

Music Industry Management (Single honours): Modular Structure

A one year sandwich placement is available between Level 2 and 3 to all students

The programme will be delivered exclusively at the Royal Docks Business School Building at the UEL Docklands campus. We will teach you how to maximise your potential and benefit from the powerful resources provided throughout the Campus. In addition, student learning is supported via UELPlus, our virtual learning environment to develop skills for life.

Additionally you will develop proficiency in information researching using our extensive, subject specific, online databases and interactive media facilities.

We will help and encourage you to use a wide range of contemporary IT based presentation technologies.

By using these Information Technology resources you will enhance your learning and increase your Information Technology skills. Therefore when you enter employment you will have a very wide range of skills that will enable you to effectively demonstrate and apply what you have studied on your degree.

It is the policy of the Royal Docks Business School to include information on assessment criteria in Module handbooks

• Your marks in level two and three modules will determine your final degree classification, level one marks are not used for this purpose.      
• Assignments will take the form of essays, reports, presentations, exams and sometimes, practical work.

Work placement

Between your second and final year you can apply to gain valuable work experience by working full time in a music-based organisation. You should note that

• we support you in finding a placement with a suitable organisation
• the placement should normally be paid, thus reducing the financial burden of degree study.

There are several other major advantages of this placement.

• it enables you to practice the ideas you have previously learnt.
• when you return for the final year you will be able to critically analyse your study in the final year in the light of your own practical experience.

Before the placement year starts, in semester A of Year 2 there are six taught sessions which cover Curriculum Vitae Writing, Sourcing a Placement, Presentation by Past Placement Students, Interview Skills, Written Applications and Health and Safety. The objective of these is to ensure that you are fully briefed on what you should expect on the placement year and how it should interact with and strengthen your studies and employability profile.

You may undertake a project at level three on a topic of your choosing. You will receive specific guidance on its preparation in the preceeding semester, as well as during level two, so you will be well prepared.

You will also find that mini projects or group work exercises feature in some of the modules taught in the degree, throughout each of the three years

Knowledge

Thinking skills

Subject-Based Practical skills

Skills for life and work

The expected duration of this programme is 3 years when attended in full-time mode or 4 and a half years in part-time mode. It is possible to move from a full-time mode of study to a part-time mode of study and vice-versa, to accommodate any external factors such as financial constraints or domestic commitments. Many of our students make use of this flexibility and this may impact on the overall duration of their study period.

The teaching year begins in September or February and ends in June or January. A student, normally registering for 6 modules in one year (3 modules in each Semester) would do so in a full-time attendance mode of study and a student registering for up to 4 modules in one year (2 modules in each Semester) would do so in part-time attendance mode of study.

This programme is part of a modular degree scheme. A typical full-time student will take six 20 credit modules per year. An honours degree student will complete six modules at level one, six at level 2 and six at level 3.

It is possible to bring together modules from one subject with modules from another to produce a combined programme. Subjects are offered in a variety of combinations:

• Single - 120 credits at levels one, two and three
• Major - 80 credits at levels one, two and three
• Joint - 60 credits at levels one, two and three
• Minor - 40 credits at levels one, two and three

Modules are defined as:

• Core - Must be taken
• Option - Select from a range of identified modules within the field
• University wide option - Select from a wide range of modules across the University

In order to gain an honours degree you will need to obtain 360 credits including:

• A minimum of 120 credits at level one or higher
• A minimum of 120 credits at level two or higher
• A minimum of 120 credits at level three or higher

In order to gain an ordinary degree you will need to obtain a minimum of 300 credits including:

• A minimum of 120 credits at level one or higher
• A minimum of 120 credits at level two or higher
• A minimum of 60 credits at level three or higher

In order to gain a Diploma of Higher Education you will need to obtain at least 240 credits including a minimum of 120 credits at level one or higher and 120 credits at level two or higher

In order to gain a Certificate of Higher Education you will need to obtain 120 credits at level one or higher.

In order to gain a Foundation Degree you will need to obtain a minimum of 240 credits including:

• A minimum of 120 credits at level one or higher
• A minimum of 120 credits at level two or higher

(A foundation degree is linked to a named Honours degree onto which a student may progress after successful completion of the Foundation degree.)

Assessment

As outlined above BA (Hons) Music Industry Management degree is multi-disciplinary. Therefore it is appropriate that we use many different assessment techniques as different disciplines use different forms of assessment.

It is the policy of the Royal Docks Business School to include information on assessment criteria in Module handbooks

Therefore during your studies and dependant upon the Module you choose, you will be assessed by many different techniques which may include, either conducted either individually or in groups

• essays
• reports
• presentations, (using Powerpoint or a short video)
• preparation of a case study
• analysis of an existing case study
• time constrained tests
• open book tests
• data base searches
• critical self assessment analysis
• role play
• preparation of a portfolio
• preparation of a seminar paper
• multiple choice tests
• A final year project
• closed book examinations
• examinations based upon previously distributed case studies

As appropriate knowledge, thinking skills, practical skills and skills for like and work will be assessed as follows:

Knowledge is assessed by

• evidence of comprehensive reading in the Module being assessed
• the ability to explain, identify, describe, discuss, draw upon (as appropriate) the ideas in the Module in the context of the piece of assessment for the Module

Thinking skills are assessed by

• the ability to compare, examine, contrast, question, debate, distinguish between (as appropriate) the ideas in the Module and how they are relevant to the piece of assessment for the Module.
• the ability to develop, elaborate, redefine, propose alternatives, re-conceptualise, integrate, establish new connections between, (as appropriate) the ideas in the Module in response to the assessment for the Module
• the ability to assess, judge, appraise, criticise (as appropriate) the ideas in the Module in addressing the Module's assessment.

Practical skills are assessed by

• the ability to prepare an assignment using appropriate resources, including Information Technology, to addresses the issue or question in the assessment
• evidence of logical planning and management of time in preparing the assessment.

Skills for life and work (general skills) are assessed by

• evidence of team or group working
• the ability to work in time constrained environments
• the use of appropriate problem solving skills.