About Music Education, MA - at University College London (UCL)

This masters degree will:

• introduce you to thinking, research and practice at the forefront of music education
• enable you to make informed judgements about your own and other people's musical and educational assumptions, values and practices
• expand your understanding and repertoire of music teaching, evaluation and assessment techniques
• develop your knowledge and understanding about children's and older students' relationships to music as performers, composers and listeners.

Features

This masters degree provides the opportunity to:

• work with a highly specialist teaching team and visiting lecturers with international reputations
• specialise in a range of areas across the psychology, sociology and philosophy of music
• apply the MA to your own professional and personal situation
• become part of an international student body
• join former students in going on to further research, gaining promotions and taking up new professional roles.

Who is this programme for?

Musicians with an interest or involvement in education; music teachers and lecturers; music animateurs; music advisers; peripatetic and private instrumental teachers; and others with an interest in the relationship between music, society and education.

Entry requirements

A good first degree in music or a related area.

Core topics

• Philosophy of music and music education
• Psychology of music and music education
• Sociology of music and music education.

Related topics

• Critical studies in music pedagogy and practice
• Choral conducting, leadership and communication
• Music technology in education.

How are you assessed?

By coursework assignments and a 20,000-word dissertation or 10,000-word report.

Attendance

Face-to-face afternoon and evening sessions, plus occasional study days.

Where do our students go?

Graduates of this masters degree are currently working as:

• secondary school heads of music and primary music coordinators
• music education hub managers
• composers, performers, producers and freelance music teachers
• university lecturers.

 

Core modules

• Philosophy Of Music And Music Education
• Psychology of Music and Music Education
• Sociology of Music and Music Education

Recommended modules

• Choral Conducting, Leadership and Communication
• Critical Studies In Music Pedagogy And Practice
• Music Technology In Education

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Entry requirements for this course

Contact University College London (UCL) to find course entry requirements.

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