MA in Irish Music studies

at University of Limerick

Autumn Semester    

Mandatory:
 

• MD6171 Framing Irish Music:  Sources & Discourses 1
• MU6061 Music Ethnography
• MD6021 Introduction to Fieldwork Techniques
• MD6161 Irish Traditional Music Performance Research Seminar
• MD6041 Introduction to Ritual Studies

Options: students choose two options from the list below
 

• MD6111 Colloquium 1
• MD6051 Independent Study 1
• MD6031 Media Technologies for Performing Arts & Arts Research
• MD6071 Writing & the Documentation of Arts Practice 1
• BR5001 Broadening through Awareness, Activism and the Arts (postgraduate)

Spring Semester    

Mandatory:
 

• MD6152 Framing Irish Music: Sources & Discourses 2
• MU5022 The Anthropology of Music
• MD6081 Critical Engagements with Irish Traditional Music

Options: students choose two options from the list below
 

• MD6102 Colloquium 2
• MD6052 Independent Study 2
• BR5002 Broadening: Introduction to Place-Making (postgraduate)
• MD6062 Critical Contexts for Arts Management & Cultural Policy

Summer
 

• MD5022 Final Presentation

A primary degree in a suitable discipline with a first or second class honours, or an approved professional qualification (Primary degree: Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland).  An interview will be required in all cases, as well as an audition where necessary. Candidates may be required to submit additional audio visual and/or written material. 

The cost of studying at University of Limerick varies largely depending on the type of university and the degree chosen. More often than not, humanities, arts, and education courses are less expensive than degrees in medical, engineering, or management. Furthermore, students who choose to study at the postgraduate level typically pay higher tuition fees, which again vary depending on the programme chosen.

Most universities provide scholarships or financial aid to students in order to help them offset their tuition costs. Students should be aware that additional course fees and incidental expenses may not be included in tuition. On average, international students can expect to pay €16900 annually, to study in University of Limerick.

The degree course is designed to meet the continuing education needs of graduates in music and in cognate and closely related disciplines or those with extensive engagement with the communities of traditional music. Students of this programme will be interested in developing critical engagement with research into areas of traditional music practice, contemporary and historical, developing their own research questions and outcomes in the process.  The course is also designed to cater to the occupational and vocational needs of the following professions: university and college lecturers, secondary teachers of music, professional music performers, music archivists, music administrators, music educators, and media specialists.