The BMus (Hons) is a four-year honours degree programme.

To be eligible for the award of the BMus (Hons) Degree, a student will be required to have achieved 240 credits by obtaining 60 credits in each of First (Arts-Music), Second, Third and Fourth BMus (Hons). A student may not register for more than 60 credits in one academic year.

Students entering First Year enter through CK104 Arts-Music and take the First Year Arts-Music programme. At the beginning of Second Year, students may opt to register for the BMus (Hons) pathway.

In First Arts-Music students take Music together with two other subjects from the First Arts-Music programme. See here for programme requirements.

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

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2022/2023 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

Students who wish to take the BMus (Hons) pathway from 2016/17 onwards must register for the pathway at the beginning of Second Year. No student may register for Second Music until he/she has passed the First University Examination in Arts - Music.

No student may register for Second Music in 2016/17 until he/she has passed the First University Examination in Music.

In order to be admitted to the Second University Examination in Music a student must have attended in a satisfactory manner, prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits.

Programme Requirements

Students take 60 credits as follows:

You must take MU2001 (5 credits) and MU2017 (5 credits)

and 45 credits to be taken from the following (timetabling restrictions may apply):

Select 4 to 8 of the following 5-credit modules in specialist academic areas:

Classical Music and Musicology:
MU2029 Exploring Early 18th-century Music (5 credits)
Ethnomusicology/World Music:
MU2069 A Survey of Middle Eastern Music (5 credits)
MU2118 Musical Cultures of East Asia (5 credits)
Irish Traditional Music:
MU2036 Collectors, Collections and Fieldwork in Irish Traditional Music (5 credits)
MU2121 The Canon(s) of Irish Traditional Music (5 credits)
MU2122 The Harmonic Language of Irish Traditional Music (5 credits)
Music Education and Community Music:
MU2112 Music Education (5 credits)
MU2113 Music in Community (5 credits)
Popular Music:
MU2081 Planet Rap: Global Hip Hop and Post-colonial Perspectives (5 credits)
MU2201 Punk: Histories and Subcultures (5 credits)

Choose 0-4 of the following Composition Modules:
MU2023 Sounds Like Listening (5 credits)
MU2040 Song-writing 2 (5 credits)
MU2077 Improvisation: Concept, Culture and Practice (5 credits)
MU2087 Loop: Repetition and Variation in Music (5 credits)
MU2107 What can we learn from Beethoven? (5 credits)
MU2109 Creating and Performing Experimental Music (5 credits)

Choose 0-4 of the following 5-credit modules in Musicianship, Applied Musicology, and Music Theory:
MU2073 Applied Musicianship at the Keyboard I (5 credits)
MU2102 Harmony and Counterpoint (5 credits)
MU2105 The Language of Jazz (5 credits)
MU2119 Choral Studies 2 (5 credits)
MU2173 Keyboard Musicianship II (5 credits)

Choose 0-2 of the following Music Technology Modules:
MU2021 Foundations of Music Technology (5 credits)
MU2024 Composing Interactive Music (5 credits)
MU2089 Studio Production Techniques (5 credits)

(For second-year students, MU2089 only allowed with prior permission of the Department due to pre-requisites.)

The following are 5 credit modules in performance. Select ONE, TWO or THREE:

Classical Music: MU2043, MU2044, MU2052
Irish Traditional Music and Dance: MU2042, MU2049, MU2053, MU2054, MU2055, MU2056, MU2057, MU2058, MU2059, MU2061, MU2062, MU2063, MU2094, MU2178
Jazz and Pop: MU2050, MU2051, MU2066, MU2093
World Music: MU2041, MU2048, MU2065, MU2068
Recital: MU2165 (5 credits)

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

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2022/2023 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

No student may register for the Third Year programme until he/she has passed the Second University Examination in Music.

In order to be admitted to the Third University Examination in Music a student must have passed the First and Second University Examinations in Music, and attended in a satisfactory manner, subsequent to attendance at the Second Year programme, prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits.

Programme Requirements

In the final two years of the BMus (Hons) Degree, students are allowed considerable freedom to construct their own programme. Students are advised to discuss their choices with staff in advance.

Students take 60 credits as follows (timetabling restrictions may apply):

Select 4-8 of the following 5-credit modules in specialist academic areas:

Classical Music and Musicology:
MU2029 Exploring Early 18th-century Music (5 credits)
MU3018 Gender and Sexuality in Music (5 credits)
Ethnomusicology/World Music:
MU2069 A Survey of Middle Eastern Music (5 credits)
MU2118 Musical Cultures of East Asia (5 credits)
MU3028 Global Sounds: World Music in the 21st Century (5 credits)
Irish Traditional Music:
MU2036 Collectors, Collections and Fieldwork in Irish Traditional Music (5 credits)
MU2121 The Canon(s) of Irish Traditional Music (5 credits)
MU2122 The Harmonic Language of Irish Traditional Music (5 credits)
MU3031 Revival to Riverdance (5 credits)
MU3036 Navigating the Irish Music Industry (5 credits)
Music Education and Community Music:
MU2112 Music Education (5 credits)
MU2113 Music in Community (5 credits)
Music Perception:
MU3032 Cognitive Ethnomusicology (5 credits)
Popular Music:
MU2081 Planet Rap: Global Hip Hop and Post-colonial Perspectives (5 credits)
MU2201 Punk: Histories and Subcultures (5 credits)

Choose ONE or NONE of the following 10-credit Major Study modules:
Major Study: MU3010

Choose ONE or NONE of the following 5-credit self-directed options:
Recital: MU3065

Choose 0-4 of the following 5-credit Composition modules:
MU2023 Sounds Like Listening (5 credits)
MU2040 Song-Writing 2 (5 credits)
MU2077 Improvisation: Concept, Culture and Practice (5 credits)
MU2087 Loop: Repetition and Variation in Music (5 credits)
MU2107 What can we learn from Beethoven? (5 credits)
MU2109 Creating and Performing Experimental Music (5 credits)

Choose 0-4 of the following 5-credit modules in Musicianship, Applied Musicology, and Music Theory:
MU2001 Music Theory (5 credits)
MU2073 Applied Musicianship at the Keyboard I (5 credits)
MU2102 Harmony and Counterpoint (5 credits)
MU2105 The Language of Jazz (5 credits)
MU2119 Choral Studies 2 OR MU3034 Choral Studies 3 (5 credits)
MU2173 Keyboard Musicianship II (5 credits)

Choose 0-2 of the following Music Technology modules:
MU2021 Foundations of Music Technology (5 credits)
MU2024 Composing Interactive Music (5 credits)
MU2089 Studio Production Techniques (5 credits)
MU2106 Studio Production Techniques 2 (5 credits)

The following are 5 credit modules in performance; they are optional. You may select ONE, TWO, THREE or NONE:

Classical Music: MU2043, MU2044, MU2052, MU3043, MU3044, MU3052
Irish Traditional Music and Dance: MU2042, MU2049, MU2053, MU2054, MU2055, MU2056, MU2057, MU2058, MU2059, MU2061, MU2062, MU2063, MU2094, MU2178, MU3042, MU3049, MU3053, MU3054, MU3055, MU3056, MU3057, MU3058, MU3059, MU3061, MU3062, MU3063, MU3078, MU3094
Jazz and Pop: MU2050, MU2051, MU2066, MU2093, MU3050, MU3051, MU3093
World Music: MU2041, MU2048, MU2065, MU2068, MU3041, MU3048

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

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2022/2023 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

No student may register for the Fourth Year programme until he/she has passed the Third University Examination in Music.

In order to be admitted to the BMus (Hons) Degree Examination a student must have passed the First, Second and Third University Examinations in Music, and attended in a satisfactory manner,subsequent to attendance at the Third Year programme, prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits.

Programme Requirements

Students take 60 credits as follows:

You must take MU4001 (10 credits) and MU4002 (15 credits)

and 35 credits to be taken from the following (timetabling restrictions may apply):

Select 4-7 of the following 5-credit modules in specialist academic areas:

Classical Music and Musicology:
MU2029 Exploring Early 18th-century Music (5 credits)
MU3018 Gender and Sexuality in Music (5 credits)
Ethnomusicology/World Music:
MU2069 A Survey of Middle Eastern Music (5 credits)
MU2118 Musical Cultures of East Asia (5 credits)
MU3028 Global Sounds: World Music in the 21st Century (5 credits)
Irish Traditional Music:
MU2036 Collectors, Collections and Fieldwork in Irish Traditional Music (5 credits)
MU2121 The Canon(s) of Irish Traditional Music (5 credits)
MU2122 The Harmonic Language of Irish Traditional Music (5 credits)
MU3031 Revival to Riverdance (5 credits)
MU3036 Navigating the Irish Music Industry (5 credits)
Music Education and Community Music:
MU2112 Music Education (5 credits)
MU2113 Music in Community (5 credits)
Music Perception:
MU3032 Cognitive Ethnomusicology (5 credits)
Popular Music:
MU2081 Planet Rap: Global Hip Hop and Post-colonial Perspectives (5 credits)
MU2201 Punk: Histories and Subcultures (5 credits)

Choose 0-1 of the following 5-credit self-directed options:
Recital: MU3065

Choose 0-3 of the following 5-credit Composition modules:
MU2023 Sounds Like Listening (5 credits)
MU2040 Song-Writing 2 (5 credits)
MU2077 Improvisation: Concept, Culture and Practice (5 credits)
MU2087 Loop: Repetition and Variation in Music (5 credits)
MU2107 What can we learn from Beethoven? (5 credits)
MU2109 Creating and Performing Experimental Music (5 credits)

Choose 0-3 of the following 5-credit modules in Musicianship, Applied Musicology, and Music Theory:
MU2001 Music Theory 2 (5 credits)
MU2073 Applied Musicianship at the Keyboard I (5 credits)
MU2102 Harmony and Counterpoint (5 credits)
MU2105 The Language of Jazz (5 credits)
MU2119 Choral Studies 2 OR MU3034 Choral Studies 3 (5 credits)
MU2173 Keyboard Musicianship II (5 credits)

Choose 0-2 of the following Music Technology modules:
MU2021 Foundations of Music Technology (5 credits)
MU2024 Composing Interactive Music (5 credits)
MU2089 Studio Production Techniques (5 credits)
MU2106 Studio Production Techniques 2 (5 credits)

Choose 0-3 of the following 5-credit performance modules:
Classical Music: MU2043, MU2044, MU2052, MU3043, MU3044, MU3052, MU4043, MU4044, MU4052
Irish Traditional Music and Dance: MU2042, MU2049, MU2053, MU2054, MU2055, MU2056, MU2057, MU2058, MU2059, MU2061, MU2062, MU2063, MU2094, MU2178, MU3042, MU3049, MU3053, MU3054, MU3055, MU3056, MU3057, MU3058, MU3059, MU3061, MU3062, MU3063, MU3078, MU3094, MU4042, MU4049, MU4053, MU4054, MU4055, MU4056, MU4057, MU4058, MU4059, MU4061, MU4062, MU4063, MU4078, MU4094
Jazz and Pop: MU2050, MU2051, MU2066, MU2093, MU3050, MU3051, MU3093, MU4050, MU4051, MU4093
World Music: MU2041, MU2048, MU2065, MU2068, MU3041, MU3048, MU4041, MU4048

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

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2022/2023 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.