The Diploma in Irish Traditional Music is a full-time programme running over one academic year and is offered to Visiting, Non-EU students only. The programme is designed for applicants who seek to increase their proficiency and knowledge in Irish Traditional Music by taking a range of specialised modules in this area taught by the Department of Music, UCC.

To be admitted to the University Examination in Irish Traditional Music, students must have satisfactorily attended, for at least a full academic year, prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

EITHER MU3010 OR MU3030 (10 credits)

plus
three 10-credit modules, of which at least two should be on topics relating to Irish Traditional Music and the discipline of ethnomusicology, as prescribed by the Department of Music in the year in question;

plus
three of the following 5 credit modules (15 credits in total):

GENERAL
Classical Music: MU2029, MU2071, MU2100
Composition and Music Technology: MU2021, MU2023, MU2024, MU2025, MU2027, MU2035, MU2040, MU2074, MU2075, MU2077, MU2088, MU2089, MU2095, MU2096, MU2097, MU2106, MU2107, MU2108, MU2109
Ethnomusicology/World Music: MU2028, MU2034, MU2038, MU2039, MU2090
Film Music/Intermedia: MU2072, MU2103
Irish Traditional Music: MU2020, MU2033, MU2036, MU2070, MU2084, MU2091, MU2114, MU2115, MU2116, MU2117
Jazz and Pop: MU2026, MU2037, MU2105
Music Education and Community Music: MU2079, MU2112, MU2113
Music Theory: MU2001, MU2102
Music Industry and Placement: MU2110, MU2111
Self-directed: MU3020, MU3021

PERFORMANCE-BASED
Classical Music: MU2043, MU2044, MU2047, MU2052, MU2101
Improv and Mus Tech: MU2064, MU2076
Irish Traditional Music and Dance: MU2042, MU2053, MU2054, MU2055, MU2056, MU2057, MU2058, MU2059, MU2060, MU2061, MU2062, MU2063, MU2094
Jazz and Pop: MU2050, MU2051, MU2066, MU2093
World Music: MU2041, MU2048, MU2065, MU2067, MU2068
Musicianship: MU2073, MU2098

plus
one 5-credit module of the student's choice, which may be in Music or in a subject other than Music.

In all cases the choice of modules, and of options within modules, is subject to the approval of the Department of Music.

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.