MA Music (Audiovisual Cultures)

at Goldsmiths University of London

Compulsory Modules

You will take the following compulsory modules.

Module title    

• Music and Audiovisual Culture    
• Audiovisual Cultures Major Project    

You will also take 30 option modules, two of which must be offered by the Department of Music.

Module title   

• Ethnographic Film and Music Research    
• Advanced Topics in Music and Screen Media    
• Advanced Music Studies    
• Critical Musicology and Popular Music    
• Contemporary Ethnomusicology    
• Sound Agendas   
• Music Management    
• Philosophies of Music    
• Contemporary Music: Practices and Discourse    
• Sources and Resources in the Digital Age    
• Performance as Research (Ethnomusicology)   
• Analysing Contemporary Music: From Serialism to Spectral Noise    
• Interpretation, Meaning and Performance    
• Popular Music and its Critics
• New Directions in Popular Music Research    
• Research through Musical Performance    

You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least upper second class standard in Music or an equivalent subject.

Students who have completed up to 90 credits (not including final 60-credit projects or dissertations) of a comparable degree at another university can apply for recognition of prior learning status as part of their application for a place on the programme, where such credits are carried forward into your study at Goldsmiths.

International qualifications
We accept a wide range of international qualifications. Find out more about the qualifications we accept from around the world.

If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0 to study this programme. If you need assistance with your English language, we offer a range of courses that can help prepare you for postgraduate-level study.

Annual tuition fees

These are the fees for students starting their programme in the 2022/2023 academic year.

• Home - full-time: £8620
• International - full-time: £17460

If your fees are not listed here, please check our postgraduate fees guidance or contact the Fees Office, who can also advise you about how to pay your fees.

It’s not currently possible for international students to study part-time if you require a Student Visa, however this is currently being reviewed and will be confirmed in the new year. Please read our visa guidance in the interim for more information. If you think you might be eligible to study part-time while being on another visa type, please contact our Admissions Team for more information.