Overview

The MA (Music and Cultural History) may be taken full-time over 12 months or part-time over 24 months from the date of first registration for the programme.

Postgraduate Diploma in Music and Cultural History

Candidates who pass at least 60 credits of taught modules may elect to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Music and Cultural History.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements. 

Programme Requirements

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In special circumstances, students may be able to select courses offered by other departments which they have not previously completed. The student makes their selection in consultation with the programme director. The elective module should complement those already being studied elsewhere in the programme and offer the student a significant addition to their skillset that is pertinent to the overall aims of the degree. Module choice may be constrained by timetabling and capacity factors.

Examinations

Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.

Programme Learning Outcomes

Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in Music and Cultural History (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the intellectual and international history and theories of musicology, and identify key trends and developments in recent musicology;
• Apply a range of critical methodologies to notated, performed, and recorded music;
• Identify salient features of music and communicate their findings effectively;
• Reflect critically on the engagement between musicology and related disciplines; and on the relationship between music, musicology and select Sustainable Development Goals;
• Display critical research, writing and presentation skills, in connection with musical scholarship;
• Exhibit fluency in discussing and writing about music and its cultural contexts.
• Demonstrate fluency with the skills required to carry out research at MA level.