MSc Dance Science and Education

These entry requirements are for the 2026-27 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2027-28 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2026.

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in a relevant discipline.

We may also consider your application if you have relevant employment or professional experience; please contact us to check before you apply.

With your application, you will be required to submit a digital portfolio (maximum 15 minutes in length) evidencing your professional dance practice. This could include, for example, footage of your own performance, your own original choreography performed by your students/dancers, and/or you in a teaching context.

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Compulsory courses
Dance Pedagogy
Preventive Dance Medicine
Sources of Knowledge: Understanding and Analysing Research Literature
Conceptualising Research: Foundations, Assumptions and Praxis
Dance Pedagogy and Preventive Dance Medicine are designed to be delivered in intensive blocks of study. This enables students with other commitments some flexibility to complete the degree.

Option courses
You will also choose 1-3 option courses (40 credits) from a range offered at Moray House School of Education and Sport and beyond, and may include, for example:

Professional Development and Leadership in Dance Teaching in the Community
Assessment of Physical Activity and Body Composition
Child and Adolescent Development
Education for All
Physical Activity for Health
Psychology for Physical Activity
Strength and Conditioning for Specific Populations