BA Hons Music

at University College Cork

Modules
 

The BA Arts-Music programme combines two kinds of learning: that of practice and theory. Firstly, students create music through solo and ensemble performance, improvisation, composition, aural training, applied work in education or in the computer music studio. Secondly, students investigate music in historical and contemporary cultures worldwide.
 

Much of the degree is selected by you from a wide set of options. In Year 1 you take the core modules, listed below, comprising 30 credits. You also choose 30 credits from Groups, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6(a).
 

Year 1 Core Modules:
 

• MU1020 Western Music, Culture and Media (5 credits)
• MU1021 ITM Studies and Introduction to World Music (5 credits)
• MU1022 Gamelan & Ensemble (5 credits)
• MU1023 Solo Performance & Ensemble Studies (5 credits)
• MU1024 Composition & Music Technology (5 credits)
• MU1025 Music Theory & Aural Skills (5 credits)
• Plus 30 credits from two other First Arts subjects from Groups 1, 2, 3, 5, 6(a).

Year 2 Modules
 

In Year 2 Arts-Music, students take Music as a Single Subject (50 credits) or as a Major Subject (40 credits) or a Joint Subject (30 credits).  Students may also apply to transfer to the BMus to take 60 credits of Music.
 

Core

• MU2017 Music in Culture and Society
• MU2001 Music Theory 2

Electives
 

A choice of theoretical options from a broad range of subjects – from film music to the music of Java, from the history of jazz to music education, from Opera to fieldwork. You can choose from more than 30 solo and ensemble performance-based options in numerous genres from around the world; plus 10, 20 or 30 credits from another Arts subject continued from Year 1.
 

• Please see the University Calendar (Arts-Music) page for a complete list of module options for Years 2, 3 & 4.
• Please see the Book of Modules for programme module descriptions. 
   

Non-EU Candidates
Non-EU candidates are expected to have educational qualifications of a standard equivalent to the Irish Leaving Certificate. In addition, where such candidates are non-native speakers of the English language they must satisfy the university of their competency in the English language.
 

Minimum Requirements and Accepted English Language Tests & ExaminationsThe minimum English language entry requirements for admission onto a postgraduate programme at UCC are outlined below. These requirements are for postgraduate applicants whose first language is not English. If Gaeilge (Irish) is your first language these requirements do not apply to you.There are a small number of programmes with a higher minimum English language entry requirement and we list these below under Programmes with a Higher Minimum English Language Requirement.IELTS*  
 

• 6.5 Overall
• 6.0 Individual Skills (academic version)
   

TOEFL iBT  

• 90 Overall
• Listening 20
• Reading 19
• Speaking 21
• Writing 20

The fees for BA Hons Music may vary from €16,000 to €35,000 anually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for international students.

Our Arts-Music graduates have a great record for finding employment. Employers recognise Music degrees as being particularly rich in transferable skills, and varied in breadth of learning, a facet reinforced by inclusion of a second subject area taken to graduate level. The result is a graduate who is both versatile and very broadly competent. Our BMus graduates are highly trained and self-reliant specialists, with the strength of an additional year’s maturation and expertise and are in demand professionally.
 

BA Arts-Music graduates work in a variety of settings including areas such as:
 

• performing musicians
• music teachers
• the music business
• arts and cultural heritage management
• film/tv/radio