BA Music
About this course
BA (Hons) in Music. Core topics include Programming, Historical Research, Entrepreneurship, and Design & Creative Practice. The first year includes a shared module exploring disciplines across the creative arts. The course offers an Industry Placement module providing workplace experience, and a year-long Specialist Study portfolio in the final year.
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Entry requirements
A level: BCC to BBC IB: 29 points overall.
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What students say
Based on about 12 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 73%
- Learning opportunities: 74%
- Assessment and feedback: 67%
- Academic support: 79%
- Organisation and management: 54%
- Learning resources: 83%
- Student voice: 62%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 30 students who started
- Continued on course: 80%
- Left higher education: 20%
What graduates do next
Based on about 16 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 75%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 10%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 25%
- Customer service occupations: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 10%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 85%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 60%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 60%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 175 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 3%
- North West: 4%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 25%
- East Midlands: 35%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 15%
- London: 9%
- South East: 6%
- South West: 1%
- Wales: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
- Other qualifications: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Audio Recording Techniques
- Creating Music
- Ensemble Performance
- Exploring 1: The Creative Arts
- Knowing the Score
- Sound Thinking
- Introduction to Prose
- Project Space Plus
- Screen Performance
- Solo Performance
- Staging a Musical 2: Another Opening. Another Show
- Technical Theatre Technology
- The Physical Performer
- Exploring 2: Place and Space
- Music Management and Curation
- Sound and Music in Society
- Specialist Elective
- Specialist Study
- Acting the Song
- Arts and Health
- Contemporary Performance Technologies
- Contemporary Production Practices
- Creative Audio Technologies
- Digital Performance
- Industry Placement
- Lincoln School of Creative Arts Industry Placement Year
- LSCA Study Abroad
- Musical Theatre Futures
- Musical Theatre Lab
- Stage Combat
- Teaching Practices
- The Craft of Creative Non-Fiction
- The Craft of Fiction
- Applied Musicology
- Exploring 3: Investigating Creative Practice
- Musician in Residence
- Your Career
- Arts and Cultural Industries
- Counterculture
- Forming A Company
- Podcasting
- Production Design and Realisation
- Scriptwriting for Stage and Screen
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Music at University of Lincoln earn?
The median salary is £24,500 after 15 months, £18,000 after 3 years, £22,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £17,000 and £26,500. The £22,500 median after five years is £2,000 less than the UK median for Music.
What do graduates of BA Music at University of Lincoln do next?
95% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Music at University of Lincoln?
73% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Music at University of Lincoln?
The typical offer is BCC at A level, or 29 points in the IB. The average entrant had 116 UCAS points.
Does BA Music at University of Lincoln include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year.
How many students continue on BA Music at University of Lincoln?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.