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Study Details: Full-time: 2 years
If you would like to register and go into practice as a music therapist, this inspirational new masters course is the ideal route to success.
Achieve your ambitions on the only course of its kind in the Midlands and North of England
Choose an innovative masters degree which places music and musicianship at the heart of your learning and focuses on an integrative approach to practice
Integrate theory with practical experience: you’ll spend a significant amount of your time on placement
Learn from our experienced and enthusiastic tutors who continue to practise professionally as music therapists
Broaden your perspectives through inter-professional learning with other arts therapists
Benefit from our flexible and convenient study modes so that you can balance your learning with your other commitments
Join a department with a longstanding reputation for high-quality training in therapeutic arts
Our new MA Music Therapy helps meet a growing demand for expert practitioners who can harness the power of music in health, social care and community settings.
Music therapy can have a significant impact on quality of life for people with learning difficulties, disabilities, dementia and mental health issues. It can also play an important role in palliative care, adoption scenarios, forensic work and in a broad range of other interventions which promote inclusivity and wellbeing.
Applicants for the programme must hold a first degree (2:2 or above) in a relevant subject, or have significant relevant experience or equivalent qualifications.
They will also need to demonstrate sufficient experience of working in a setting which addresses the needs of individuals with, for example, emotional or mental distress, specific learning needs or developmental difficulties.
Additionally, they will need to demonstrate appropriate musical ability and skills in musicianship, together with the emotional robustness and intellectual capacity to cope with the demands of the programme.
Music therapy is a rapidly evolving discipline and profession. Music making and shared musical experiences are increasingly recognised as valid ways of helping people to address social, emotional or physical difficulties.
Our new MA reflects the growing profile and status of the profession, enabling you to register and practise as a music therapist. It paves the way to rewarding careers in a wide range of health, social care and community settings. It could also give you a firm foundation if you would like to work on a self-employed or freelance basis.
Music and Musicianship in Practice (20 credits)
Music Therapy Clinical Placement 1 (20 credits)
Arts Therapies Theory and Research in Relation to Practice 1 (20 credits)
Music Therapy Experiential Group 1 (10 credits)
Arts Therapies Theory and Research in Relation to Practice 2 (20 credits)
Music Therapy Clinical Placement 2 (20 credits)
Music Therapy Experiential Group 2 (10 credits)
Arts Therapies Independent Scholarship: A Body of Work (60 credits)
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