This is a modular course leading to the award of MA in Popular Music. The course will be of interest to those concerned with the exploration of all aspects of performance. The course is designed to develop students' creative skills and theoretical understanding to an advanced level.
This MA in Popular Music has pathways in: performance; songwriting and composition; and music studies.
Initially, students will follow a core curriculum that seeks to contextualise their own practice and start an engagement with the general field of study.
This course offers students the opportunity to shape their learning through a series of modules that will enable them to integrate scholarly work with their own practice as a musician, composer or musicologist. The modules consider current theoretical and practical debates in the subject area, and will guide students through the kind of research methodologies required at Master's level. Students will be given the opportunity to negotiate the most effective means of approaching their subject, with a view to producing an intensive study of their specialism.
| Level | Masters |
| Discipline | Fine Arts |
| Duration | 12 months |
| Intakes | Jan, Sep |
| Application Fees | GBP 0 |
| Tuition Fees | GBP 14250 |
| Campus | Creative |
| Language proficiency (minimum) | |
| IELTS | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| TOEFL | 88 |
| PTE | 65 |
| Duolingo | Not Required / Waiver |
| Exam proficiency (minimum) | |
| SAT | Not Required / Waiver |
|---|---|
| ACT | Not Required / Waiver |
| GRE | Not Required / Waiver |
| GMAT | Not Required / Waiver |
Minimum GPA - 60%
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1201-1500
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1807
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