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

Module List

Code	Title	Credits
Students take 90 credits.
Part I
Students take 60 credits as follows - all listed core modules (55 credits) and 5 credits of elective modules:
Core Modules
MU6030	Research Skills	5
MU6031	Sound Studies and Musicology	5
MU6034	Multidisciplinary Debates in Musicology and Ethnomusicology	5
MU6036	Music and Popular Culture	10
MU6037	Music and Cinema	10
MU6046	Musicology: History and Trends	10
MU6050	Performance Studies	10
Elective Modules
Select one 5 credit module selected from all modules available to final year undergraduates or postgraduates studying Music. 1		5
Part II
Students take 30 credits as follows:
Core Modules
MU6012	Research Project in Music and Cultural History	30
Total Credits		90

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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.