Overview
Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Total Credits: 60
Connected Curriculum: - Civic and Community Engagement
- Employability
- Global Reach
- Inter-and Transdisciplinary
- Research Based Teaching
Graduate Attributes: - Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
- Digitally Fluent
- Effective global citizen
- Independent and creative thinker
- Socially Responsible
Exit Award only
Candidates on the MA (Ethnomusicology) programme who pass at least 60 credits of taught modules may elect to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Ethnomusicology.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| MU6004 | Performance Practice | 15 |
| MU6030 | Research Skills | 5 |
| MU6034 | Multidisciplinary Debates in Musicology and Ethnomusicology | 5 |
| MU6042 | Ethnography of Music | 10 |
| MU6043 | History and Theory of Ethnomusicology | 10 |
| MU6047 | Music Cognition and Perception in Culture | 5 |
| MU6050 | Performance Studies | 10 |
| Total Credits | 60 |
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 Postgraduate Diploma in Ethnomusicology (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate improved knowledge and understanding of the history of ethnomusicological theory and methodology;
- Demonstrate an understanding of fieldwork theory and methodology and apply this knowledge in the course of ethnographic research and representation;
- Apply theories of performance in critical and creative ways to musical performance;
- Demonstrate improved skills in musical performance, improvisation and creativity across a range of music genres and repertories;
- Demonstrate improved skills in written and oral presentation of ethnomusicological concepts and methods.
