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Music: Popular Music and Recording with Foundation Year BA Hons
The foundation year of this four-year programme aims to provide you with an understanding of the subject to allow you to progress on to the BA (Hons) Music: Popular Music and Recording course.
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Points of entry for Music: Popular Music and Recording with Foundation Year BA Hons
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Entry requirements for Performing Arts and Music at University of Salford
Entry requirements are the formal requirements students need to meet to be considered for a place on a university course. But, each year many universities accept students with lower grades. The bar chart below shows the actual UCAS tariff points of students currently on this course.
Required subjects for Music: Popular Music and Recording with Foundation Year BA Hons at University of Salford
72 UCAS Tariff points to include a Music subject.
General Studies not accepted.
UCAS points for current students on Performing Arts and Music at University of Salford
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72 UCAS Tariff points
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