The MA in Music and Cultural History may be taken full-time over 12 months or, subject to the agreement of the School, part-time over 24 months from the date of first registration for the programme.

In order to be permitted to proceed to the MA Degree in Music and Cultural History, a candidate must hold a primary honours degree in Music (or one in which Music is a major subject) with at least a Second Class Honours grade or higher. Applicants with an appropriate professional equivalent will also be considered. All applicants will be required to attend an interview with members of the programme team. Final acceptance is subject to approval by the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC.

Students take 90 credits as follows:

Part I
MU6003 Performance Studies (15 credits)
MU6011 Musicology and Theory (15 credits)
MU6013 Musicology and Text 1 (15 credits)
MU6014 Musicology and Text 2 (15 credits)

Part II
MU6012 Dissertation in Music and Cultural History (30 credits)

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules 2015/2016.

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 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:

• Identify key trends and developments in recent musicology;
• Apply a range of critical methodologies to notated and performed music;
• Identify salient features of musical texts and communicate their findings effectively;
• Reflect critically on the engagement between musicology and related disciplines;
• Demonstrate fluency with the skills required to carry out research at MA level.

Programme Learning outcomes for Postgraduate Diploma 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 history and theories of the discipline of musicology with reference to Western music and culture.
• Display critical research, writing and presentation skills, in connection with musical scholarship.
• Engage critically and in depth with Western music notation.
• Exhibit fluency in discussing and writing about music and its cultural contexts.
• Apply a wide range of theories and models to explorations of performance in musical culture.