MA Music and Wellbeing (Part-Time)

Programme overview

Entry requirements

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Programme specification

This distinctive course offers opportunities to develop the critical and analytical techniques needed to evaluate and evidence the relationship between musical engagement and wellbeing. You’ll gain skills that are directly related to careers in areas including arts therapies, education, community music, music administration, policymaking, and research impact employment or to continue to PhD study. Your understanding of the topic will be expanded and you’ll develop the skills needed to conduct independent research while learning to identify the methodological and ethical challenges of researching in real-world settings. The core Applied Professional Practice module will provide you with opportunities to take a proactive and self-reflective role in your work, developing professional relationships with our partner organisations. Your major project will be a dissertation on an aspect of music and wellbeing of your own choosing, and you can pursue an optional module in another area of music such as music psychology, musicology, performance, or arts management.

Year 1

(Part-Time)

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Candidates are required to study exactly 90 credits in year 1. Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MUS5351M	Empirical Research Techniques	30	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MUS5353M	Music, Wellbeing and its Evaluation	30	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MUS5355M	Ideas and Impact for Wellbeing: Developing Professional Skills	30	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Elective Modules

Year 2

(Part-Time)

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Compulsory Modules

Candidates are required to study exactly 90 credits in year 2, including 30 credits of optional modules. Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MUS5003M	Dissertation	60	1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth)	PFP

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules to bring their total credits to 90 for the year:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MUS5131M	Issues in Musicology	30	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MUS5232M	Global Music Education Futures	30	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MUS5241M	Short Recital	30	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MUS5251M	Facilitating Music in Communities	30	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MUS5331M	Short Dissertation	30	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MUS5332M	Individual Project	30	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MUS5352M	Case Studies in the Applied Psychology of Music	30	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PECI5207M	Arts Management and Cultural Leadership	30	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Elective Modules

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