Bachelor of Arts (BA) Courses
CERTIFICATION GOALS / LEARNING OUTCOMES (LOS) AND STUDY PROFILES; POLIFONIA/ DUBLIN DESCRIPTORS (PDDS)
LOS AND PDDS FOR POLIFONIA BA INSTRUMENTS, VOCAL, CONDUCTING, COMPOSITION AND MUSIC THEORY
BA Qualification Goal
The BA represents practice-oriented training as a musician or music educator.
Instrumentalists and singers are considered to have acquired appropriate artistic and educational skills and in-depth knowledge of their professional goals. Graduates are considered to have developed a diverse artistic repertoire and be able to convey it in a pedagogically appealing manner.
As BA graduates, conductors and composers must have an artistic, recognizable, and convincing individuality; accordingly, music theorists must have the ability to analyze, present, and convey works from different eras.
BA Study Profile
In addition to artistic and educational skills, a broad range of knowledge in different other fields of music is imparted, such as in musicology, music theory, and improvisation.
The compulsory area is supplemented by a wide range of electives. Specialist features include:
Language skills play a major role for singing majors.
Conductors acquire solid skills in the field of baton technique, rehearsal methodology, accompaniment, and program planning.
Composers acquire basic knowledge of, and critical examination skills about, composition techniques and aesthetics as well as professional relationships such as commercialization and market analysis.
In addition to typesetting techniques and aspects of analysis, music theorists learn self-evident approaches to new media.
LOS AND PDDS FOR PO BA MULTIMEDIA / BROADCASTING AND MUSIC JOURNALISM
BA Qualification Goal:
Training as qualified cultural journalists for basic tasks in traditional television and radio broadcasts and in new media online, video, and audio.
BA Study Profile:
- Culture module (music / literature / art)
- Journalism module ( presentation, contributions)
- Module technology (transmission / production technology, digital editing audio / video)
- Projects module
LOs und PDDs zur PO BA Musikwissenschaft / Musikinformatik
LOs und PDDs zur PO BA Musikwissenschaft / Musikinformatik
BA Qualification Goal:
Graduates are considered to have acquired knowledge of the basics, current research results, problem areas and ongoing questions of musicology as well as music informatics through three possible courses in the combined subjects of musicology / music informatics. They should be able to independently find relevant data on any topic, integrate it into larger contexts, and prepare it for the media.
BA Study Profile:
In addition to mastering musicological methods, depending upon the degree program, different degrees exist in learning basic concepts of music informatics in the areas of software and research, multimedia conception and implementation, and mediation.