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JS2050

Bachelor of Music (Hons) in Creative Industries 創意產業音樂學士(榮譽)

BMUSIC(CI)

Short Description

The Bachelor of Music (Hons) in Creative Industries Programme offers professional training and new articulation pathway for students with two options: Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games, and Popular Music Performance and Songwriting. Students are given opportunities to study and develop skills in the two areas which aim to nurture their skills, techniques, and creativity in music production for popular music, visual media, music technology, and media production.

Unique Features

The Bachelor of Music (Hons) in Creative Industries Programme provides comprehensive training to aspiring composers, vocalists, and instrumentalists for careers in creative and entertainment industries. Students are given plenty of opportunities to hone their skills in music technology, composition, performance, production, and entrepreneurship. The programme offers a new career pathway for students with the following two concentrations:

  • Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games
  • Popular Music Performance and Songwriting

Students in Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games concentration will develop musical skills and knowledge to function as composers, orchestrators, music supervisors, music editors, conductors, and music producers in various entertainment industries. Students in Popular Music Performance and Songwriting concentration will develop capabilities to enter the music industry as performer-songwriters, lyricists, instrumental and/ or vocal performers, arrangers, and music producers.

Within the framework of a liberal arts university, apart from the professional training they receive through their major, students will gain insights into the larger issues of science, society, human community, and global cultures – knowledge that is essential for the education of professional artist-musician in music and media.

Career Opportunities
Graduates will be prepared for a wide range of career opportunities in the creative and entertainment industries, functioning as film and video games composers, songwriters, contemporary music performers, and music producers.

Remarks:
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Requirements

  • Programme Entrance Requirements
  • General Entrance Requirements
Same as General Entrance Requirements

Notes for elective subjects:

1) One of the electives must be any Category A subjects excluding Extended Part of Mathematics (Module 1 or Module 2);

2) The other elective can be any of the following subjects:
a) Category A subjects including Extended Part of Mathematics (Module 1 or Module 2);
b) Category B (Applied Learning) subjects with "Attained with Distinction (I)" or above;
c) Category C (Other Language) subjects.

Please refer to the following link for the details of General and Programme Entrance Requirements: http://admissions.hkbu.edu.hk/ug/jupas_requirement

Remarks on other requirements:


1) Music qualifications to be determined by the Academy.

2) Applicants are required to submit portfolio and/or to attend an examination/ interview/ audition. Please refer to the programme website for more details: https://mus.hkbu.edu.hk.

Core Subjects Minimum Level
CHINESE LANGUAGENote1 3
CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Attained
ENGLISH LANGUAGENote2 3
MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY PART 2
Elective Subject(s) Minimum Level
ANY 2 SUBJECTSNote3 3

Note 1: For Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) students, alternative Chinese Language qualifications deemed acceptable by the University (except for Bachelor of Chinese Medicine and Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Biomedical Science (JS2410) and Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) in Chinese Medicine (JS2420)) are listed in the website: https://admissions.hkbu.edu.hk/ug/jupas_chineserequirement

Note 2: Equivalences to Level 3 in HKDSE English Language are listed in the website:
https://admissions.hkbu.edu.hk/ug/jupas_eng_requirement

Note 3:

  • One of the elective subjects must be Category A subjects excluding Extended Part of Mathematics (Module 1 or Module 2). Another elective subject can be all Category A subjects including Extended Part of Mathematics (Module 1 or Module 2).
  • Individual programmes may consider Category B subjects (Applied Learning) with “Attained with Distinction (I)” or above and/or Category C subjects (Other Languages) for fulfilment of the second elective requirement
  • Category B subjects under the study area of “Applied Learning Chinese” are recognised as an alternative Chinese language qualification for non-Chinese speaking students. These subjects are not for fulfilment of the second elective subject requirement.
  • In general, the scores for Category A subjects are converted as follows:
    5**=7, 5*=6, 5=5, 4=4, 3=3, 2=2, 1=1
  • The scores for Category B subjects are converted as follows:
    Attained with Distinction (II) =4, Attained with Distinction (I) =3
  • The scores for Category C subjects are converted as follows:
    HKDSE Category C Subjects Conversion Scores
    7 5.5 4 2.5 1
    Japanese N1 N2 N3 -- --
    French, German and Spanish C1, C2 B1, B2 A2 -- --
    Korean Level 6 Level 4, 5 Level 3 -- --
    Urdu A++, A+, A B++ B+, B C,D E

Note 4: “Attained” in Citizenship and Social Development (CSD) will not be included in the admission score calculation. Applicants with Level 2 or above in Liberal Studies subject attained in 2023 or before would be accepted in lieu of CSD for fulfilling the GERs. Following the handling of CSD, results of Liberal Studies subject would not be given any score in score calculation starting from the 2024 entry.

Remarks on admissions score: Please refer to the following link for the updated score calculation and subject weights of our programmes for 2027 entry: https://admissions.hkbu.edu.hk/ug/jupas_weighting 


Calculation of scores for applicants with more than 1 sitting in HKDSE Examination

HKBU accepts combined results and will count the best results for meeting the entrance requirements and for the calculation of admissions scores.

First Year Tuition Fee

HK$ 49,500

Contacts

Academy of Music

Email: bmci@hkbu.edu.hk

Tel: (852) 3411 6697

Statistics

Application Statistics (after Modification of Programme Choices)

Year Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Total
2021 131 98 113 149 158 649
2020 135 97 141 176 186 735
2019 203 140 185 186 194 908

Offer Statistics (as at the Announcement of the Main Round Offer Results)

Year Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Total
2021 7 0 0 0 0 7
2020 7 0 0 0 0 7
2019 7 0 0 0 0 7