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Musicology MMus

University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This course is designed to enable you to pursue musicology at an advanced level of scholarship, with increased intellectual confidence, enhanced research skills, professional responsibility, and critical and theoretical awareness of sub-disciplines of musicology, appropriate to make an original contribution to the professional field of music studies. You will do so as part of a vibrant, stimulating, and energetic community for music researchers at the University of Huddersfield. We will provide you with a high-quality learning experience, based upon the teaching and research strengths of our staff. We will support you as you develop as a music scholar, learning to understand and evaluate a range of research methods and topics, and how to communicate these both within and outside of the wider academic community. Teaching will include archive-based sessions, which will give you confidence in handling and analyzing a wide range of specialist sources from manuscripts to early sound recordings.

General Eligibility

You are required to have a good honours degree from a recognised University or equivalent institution. Your application materials or previous qualifications should be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of musicology. This can typically be demonstrated through a relevant dissertation undertaken at undergraduate level or other substantial piece of guided research, or where the musicological component of your degree was awarded marks of at least an upper second class level.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Course Module

Researching Music

Sources and Methods in Musicology

Musicology Dissertation Preparation

Musicology Dissertation

Language Requirement

  • IELTS7.0
  • TOEFL109
  • PTE79
  • Duolingo100
The minimum for IELTS is 7.0 overall with no element lower than 6.5, or equivalent will be considered acceptable.

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