Music
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Whether music is your chosen career or your hobby, the OU provides a range of courses to satisfy your interests. Our courses focus on western music over the last 500 years, but you can also study world music, jazz and popular music. You can learn the basic musical skills and will be able to specialise in music at degree level.
Studying music can take you in any number of directions both within and outside the musical world. Many graduates move into performing, teaching, or music publishing. But graduates who have studied music are sought after by employers in all sorts of different areas, from industry to law.
Degrees
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Humanities
This degree allows you to combine modules on different aspects of the arts – what people thought, made and practised – and their meaning and values in the past and today. -
Humanities with Music
This degree allows you to combine modules on different aspects of the arts – what people thought, made and practised – and their meaning and values in the past and today. -
Open degree
The BA/BSc Open Degree is a qualification that gives you a huge choice in terms of subjects and modules that you study to make up your degree.
Diplomas of Higher Education
Certificates of Higher Education
Not sure if you’re ready? Try a short introductory Openings course
If you would like to try Open University study before you commit to a qualification, our Openings courses could be the right place for you to start. These introductory-level courses have been specially designed to help you find out what it’s like to study with the OU, get a taste of a subject area, develop your study skills, and build your confidence. There is also financial support available for these courses. Read more about our Openings courses.
Study a module as a standalone course
You can study a single module on its own for personal interest or to improve your career prospects. See the list of all our individual courses in Music.
Undergraduate
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