The MA in 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.

Students take 90 credits as follows:

Part I
MU6030 Research Skills (5 credits)
MU6031 Sound Studies and Musicology (5 credits)
MU6034 Multidisciplinary Debates in Musicology and Ethnomusicology (5 credits)
MU6036 Music and Popular Culture (10 credits)
MU6037 Music and Cinema (10 credits)
MU6046 Musicology: History and Trends (10 credits)
MU6050 Performance Studies (10 credits)

Plus
One 5 credit module selected from all modules available to final year undergraduates or postgraduates studying Music.  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.

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

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2021/2022 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2021/2022.

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:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the intellectual history and theories of the discipline 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;
• 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.

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 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;
• Display critical research, writing and presentation skills, in connection with musical scholarship;
• Exhibit fluency in discussing and writing about music and its cultural contexts;