DPT: Musicology (MMus) (Part-time) (PTMUSMUSCO1P)

Degree Programme Table: Musicology (MMus) (Part-time) (PTMUSMUSCO1P)

Year 1

Year 2

Year 1 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: September

Students must take a total of 120 credits by the end of Year 2, Semester 2. We recommend taking the compulsory course Perspectives in Musicology in Year 1, but students may take this in Year 2 instead.

Students should normally take a minimum of 60 credits in Year 1. We recommend that students do not take more than 40 credits in any one semester.

Please note that while there are some preliminary class meetings for MUSI11015 MMus Individual Research Project in Year 1, Semesters 1 and 2, the majority of the work for this course is individual research with one-to-one supervision conducted over the period April-July.

Alternative relevant option courses to those listed below may be substituted with the written permission of the Programme Director.

Compulsory courses

MMus Research Methods A

Must be taken during Semester 1

MMus Individual Research Project

Must be taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

Perspectives in Musicology

Course options

Please note that not all of these options may be available each year. Alternative relevant option courses to those listed below may be substituted with the written permission of the Programme Director.

Music on Screen

Music, Philosophy and Politics

Medieval Afterlives: Critical Approaches to Music and Medievalism

Venice, 1690-1740: Critical Approaches to Music and Culture

Studies in Popular Music

Notation and Editing of Early Music

Music and Human Communication (PG)

Year 2 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: September

Perspectives in Musicology should be taken as a compulsory course in Year 2 Sem 1 if not already taken in Year 1 Sem 1

Compulsory courses

MMus Dissertation

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

Perspectives in Musicology

Must be taken during Full Year

Course options

Course options should be discussed and agreed with the Programme Director, as well as the Course Organiser, prior to course enrolment. Where a course is available at level 10 or level 11, students must take the level 11 option.

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