Bachelor'S Degree in the History and Science of Music

University center Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Credit framework
  • Total credits: 240
  • Optional credits: 60

First academic year

First semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Fundamentals of Musical Expression and Its Evolution 1 Core course 6
Literary Genres Core course 6
Technical English for Musicology Core course 6
Introduction to History Core course 6
Introduction to Musicology: Methods and Techniques Core course 6
Second semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Social and Cultural Anthropology Core course 6
Fundamentals of Musical Expression and Its Evolution 2 Core course 6
History of Artistic Styles and Iconography Core course 6
Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin Core course 6
Key Philosophical Themes Core course 6

Second academic year

First semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
History of Music from Al-Andalus Compulsory course 6
History of Musical Notation 1 Compulsory course 6
History and Musical Thought 1: Antiquity and the Middle Ages Compulsory course 6
Introduction to Ethnomusicology Compulsory course 6
Music and New Technologies 1 Compulsory course 6
Second semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Analysis 1: from Antiquity to Baroque Compulsory course 6
History and Methodology of Music Teaching Compulsory course 6
History and Musical Thought 2: Renaissance and Baroque Compulsory course 6
Spanish and Ibero-American Music: History and Heritage 1 Compulsory course 6
Theory and Practice of Musical Interpretation 1 Compulsory course 6

Third academic year

First semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Analysis 2: Classicism and Romanticism Compulsory course 6
Flamenco and Popular Music Compulsory course 6
History and Musical Aesthetics 3: Classicism and Romanticism Compulsory course 6
Spanish and Ibero-American Music: History and Heritage 2 Compulsory course 6
Theory and Practice of Musical Interpretation 2 Compulsory course 6
Second semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Musical Acoustics Elective course 6
Analysis 3: 20Th and 21St Centuries Compulsory course 6
History and Musical Aesthetics 4: 20Th-21St Centuries Compulsory course 6
Jazz and Popular Urban Music Elective course 6
Music and Audiovisual Media Compulsory course 6
Music and New Technologies 2 Elective course 6
Music, Criticism and Communication Elective course 6

Fourth academic year

First semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Gender Studies Applied to Music Elective course 6
History of Music in Film Elective course 6
History of Musical Notation 2 Elective course 6
Italian Language and Music Elective course 6
Music and Secondary Education Elective course 6
Music and Present-Day Society Elective course 6
Music Programming, Production and Management Compulsory course 6
Spanish Opera and Zarzuela Elective course 6
Second semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Music and Culture Elective course 6
Music and the Stage Elective course 6
Work Placement Elective course 12
Undergraduate Dissertation Compulsory course 6