Music (BTEC Single Award)
Shelley College
Huddersfield Road, Shelley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 8NL
Available start dates
Available start dates
Course Summary
Why study Music?
If you want to study Music at post-16 it is like that Music already plays a big part in your life.
You will be a keen performer and listener, who is hungry for more knowledge and understanding. You will get a great deal of satisfaction from really understanding how music and the music industry work. Music is a subject which allows you to express yourself as a performer and composer while learning about the purpose of music and what it takes to create music, productions and events.
You will get an opportunity to create your own music in a variety of styles, using music software and instruments. You will be able to challenge yourself by performing on your instrument or singing and develop your practice and rehearsal techniques. Whether you are a rock guitarist or classically trained instrumentalist, you will be able to perform in the style which best suits you.
Across the modules of the course, you will be able to analyse the process of creating music and events, from composing to marketing, as well as studying the music industry. You will gain an insight in to the role that music can play in communities as well as its place in cultures from around the world.
At the end of the course you will be much more than a performer or composer of music. You will be someone with a rich understanding of how music and the music industry work.
Course Details
How will it be delivered and assessed?
Entry requirements
The aim of our entry criteria policy is to ensure students are taking courses they are well suited to and are able to make progress in. We seek to provide courses well matched to the needs of our students, helping them to follow their chosen progression pathway.
Our main College entry requirements are as follows;
Entry Requirements
A minimum of five 9-4 grades at GCSE, including English and Maths (at least to Level 4) from five different subject areas.
Purely vocational pathway require a minimum of four 9-4 grades at GCSE, including English and Maths (at least to Level 4) from four different subject areas.
There will be three pathways which students can follow based on an average grade produced from their seven best GCSE results. The calculation being used for this van be seen overleaf.
Pathway
Average Grade
Programme of study
1
Average grade of 7 or higher
3 or 4 A Levels
2
Average grade of 5 to 6.9
3 A Levels or a mixed A Level and Vocational pathway
3
Average grade of less than 5
Mixed (A Level and Vocational) or Vocational pathway
The method for calculating your average grade and additional subject requirements are within our full entry criteria document which can be found on the Sixth Form section of our website:
http://home.shelleycollege.org/sixth-form/how-to-apply
As well as our general entry requirements, there are certain subjects which hold individual expectations based on GCSE outcomes.
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