Bachelor of Music at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

This degree gives you an opportunity to experience and learn from multiple music traditions. This pragmatic and philosophical programme exposes you to new and different music domains, skills, and knowledge – all of which better prepares you for a variety of music careers. Students develop their practical skills with a jazz or classical music focus, voice for musical theatre is an additional option. In each of these choices you will encounter music from South Africa as well as international musical genres.

Faculty: Humanities | Department: Wits School of Arts | Duration: 4 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

First-year Film, Visual and Performing Arts IA AND IB Music Literacies and Skills IA AND IB Music Performance Studies IA AND IB Two BA semester courses AND A student is required to complete two semester courses in one of the following languages: isiZulu or Sesotho or South African Sign Language (SASL). If a student is proficient in any two of the three languages (isiZulu, Sesotho or SASL), the stu

Career pathways

Arrangement Composing Conducting Education Entertainment Law Music Journalism Music Therapy Performance Radio/TV/Digital Media Recording Industry

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Application information

Entry requirements

Minimum APS: 34. APS 34+ English Home Language OR First Additional Language Level 5 Wait-listing Applicants with an entry requirement of at least 30-33 APS points are wait-listed, subject to place availability. International applicants Additional Selection Criteria Applicants must attend an interview and audition at the Wits School of Arts. Click here for more information. An extended curriculum provides for BMus students and is determined by academic background and performance.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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