Taught in collaboration with the Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow and is accredited by the General Teaching Council for Scotland; graduates are qualified to teach in Scotland but many have gone on to teach around the world as GTCS standards are widely recognised internationally; it is the only music degree programme which offers a teaching qualification with integrated school experience throughout all four years of study; the Honours programme, which leads to an award of the RSAMD, is designed for students wishing to become classroom teachers of music in schools; successful completion leads to an award of the degree together with a Teaching Qualification (Secondary Education); the programme has three strands (Music Studies, Education Studies and School Experience), which run in parallel throughout all four years; within Music Studies, and keeping with current and projected needs in schools, students pursue a Principal Performance Study throughout the programme, as well as developing skills in keyboard playing and voice and other creative and contextual subjects; there are also opportunities for students to participate in RSAMD ensembles and choirs; principal study includes baritone; bassoon; button accordion; cello; cello (Scottish traditional music); clarinet; composition; cornet; double bass; euphonium; fiddle; flugelhorn; flute; flute (Scottish traditional music)Gaelic song; guitar (classical); harp; highland bagpipes; horn (French) horn (tenor); oboe; organ; percussion (orchestral) and timpani; piano; piano (Scottish traditional music); piano accordion;saxophone; Scots song; Scottish harp; snare drum; trombone (alto); trombone (bass); trombone (tenor); trumpet; tuba; viola; violin; voice (baritone; bass; bass-baritone; contralto; counter-tenor; mezzo-soprano; soprano; tenor.