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Exchange students at the Department of Popular Music

At the Department of Popular Music we educate musicians, composers, musicologists, music teachers, and specialists in music technology. We engage in all aspects of popular music as a genre, and our aim is to provide a creative environment for musical diversity. Read more about the Department of Popular Music.  

Courses for exchange students

As an exchange student in the Department of Popular Music, you can take courses within the following programs (click on the hyperlinks and get the detailed course description):

Bachelor's Programme in Music Performance – Popular Music or Electronic Music

For Autumn semester: 

  • MUR209 Major Instrument and Ensemble  (30 ECTS)
  • MUR252 Major Instrument and Ensemble (15 ECTS) 
  • MUR202 Electronic Music Specialisation (15 ECTS) 
  • MUR206 Making Music (15 ECTS) 
  • MUR207 Producing Music (15 ECTS) 
  • MUR208 Performing Music (15 ECTS) 
  • MUE106 Live Remix (5 ECTS) 
  • MUE107 Mixing & Mastering (5 ECTS) 
  • MUR133 Touring & Project Planning (5 ECTS) 
  • MUR130 Instrument II (5 ECTS) 

For Spring semester: 

  • MUR209 Major Instrument and Ensemble  (30 ECTS)
  • MUR252 Major Instrument and Ensemble (15 ECTS) 
  • MUE105 Designing Instruments (5 ECTS)
  • MUR130 Instrument II (5 ETCS)
  • MUR131 Arranging for strings: Pop  Music (5 ECTS)
  • MUR132 Advanced Reharmonization  (5 ECTS)
  • MUR134 Scoring to Picture (5 ECTS)
  • MUR135 Composing Music (5 ECTS)
  • MUE108 Music Producer (5 ECTS)
  • MUR136 Building a Visual Profile for Musicians (5 ECTS)

There might be changes. Other courses from our curriculum might also available and can be taught in English, but it requires a closer agreement and that the schedule does not collide.

Master's Programme in Music Performance - Popular Music

The course code in the different specializations are the same, but in the course description, you can read about what the different specializations emphasize. The courses listed below are taught in English.

Within the Performance- based Music specialization:

(Popular Music Performance, Electronic Music, World Music, Songwriting)

For autumn semester:

  • MUR402 Individual performance and Interpretation I (15 ECTS) 
  • MF-404 Aesthetics (5 ECTS)
  • MF- 405 Audience Development and Marketing (5 ECTS)
  • MF-406 Concept Development and Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
  • MUR401 Major Instrument and Interpretation (15 ECTS)

For spring semester: 

  • MUR403 Individual performance and Interpretation II (15 ECTS) 
  • ME-426 Musicological theory and Method (15 ECTS) 
  • MUR401 Major Instrument and Interpretation (15 ECTS)

For two semesters (semester start fall):

  • MUR402 Individual performance and Interpretation I (15 ECTS) (autumn)
  • MF-404 Aesthetics (5 ECTS)
  • MF- 405 Audience Development and Marketing (5 ECTS)
  • MF-406 Concept Development and Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
  • MU-402 Aesthetics Workshop(15 ECTS) (spring)
  • ME-426 Musicological theory and Method (15 ECTS)
  • MUR403 Individual performance and Interpretation II (15 ECTS) (spring)

Specialization Music Business and Management

For autumn semester:

  • MU-400 Music Business I  (15 ECTS) 
  • MF-404 Aesthetics (5 ECTS)
  • MF- 405 Audience Development and Marketing (5 ECTS)
  • MF-406 Concept Development and Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)

For spring semester:

  • MU-401 Music business II  (15 ECTS) (spring)
  • ME-426 Musicological theory and Method (15 ECTS)
  • MU-502 Music Business III (15 ECTS)
  • MU-409 New Technologies (15 ECTS)

For two semesters (semester start from fall):

  • MU-400 Music Business I  (15 ECTS) 
  • MF-404 Aesthetics (5 ECTS)
  • MF- 405 Audience Development and Marketing (5 ECTS)
  • MF-406 Concept Development and Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
  • MU-401 Music business II  (15 ECTS) (spring)
  • ME-426 Musicological theory and Method (15 ECTS)

There might be changes. Other courses from our curriculum might also be available and can be taught in English, but it requires a closer agreement and that the schedule does not collide.

Application requirements

If you are applying for courses within the Specialization Music Business and Management: please follow the instructions on this page - How to apply - exchange students.  

If you are a performance-based music student applying for courses at our Department of Popular Music, we do have some additional requirements beyond what is mentioned on the page - How to apply - exchange students. 

Requirements:

  • A motivation letter containing the information listed in the document below. You will upload the motivation letter to the ApplicationWeb ("Søknadsweb") - please see this page for more information: How to apply - exchange students. Please use this template to fill in your motivation letter: 
  • Working links to an audition recording – approximately 7- 15 minutes duration. The recording can be either audio or video – or a combination – and must be uploaded to for example Vimeo, Dropbox, or YouTube.You will put the links to your recordings in the motivation letter above. 
  • After we have received your application, and if you are qualified, we will invite you to a 10–15-minute digital Zoom meeting (in November/December for an exchange in the spring semester or May/June for an exchange in the fall semester or a full year) with representatives within the area you are applying to. 

Please note!

Contact me

linnjse
Linn Jeanett Simonsen Eriksen
International Coordinator
+47 977 72 915
linn.eriksen@uia.no
G3011 (Universitetsveien 25, Kristiansand)

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