Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year
Cover the key areas and debates in music psychology, become proficient in psychological research techniques and explore the implications of psychology of music in everyday life.
You'll receive a rich grounding in areas relevant to the understanding of music cognition, the neuroscience of music; music education; music therapy and wellbeing; music in everyday and exceptional situations; and psychological approaches to performance.
You'll specialise within an area of your choice and pursue original research leading to a dissertation. The course is taught by widely-published and leading experts in the field who will guide and support you in your work.
This MA offers an unparalleled opportunity to develop your insight into music and musical experience, which will help to shape your career, whether you go on to be a researcher, teacher or practitioner.
Our school is a vibrant community of academics and students and, between us, we cover an extraordinary range of specialisms and interests. We currently have large projects on music, dementia and technology; innovation in audience experiences of classical music; and supporting socio-musical dynamics in group singing.
We have internationally recognised research centres such as Muses, Mind, Machine (MMM) and the Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre (SPARC), which enable collaborative and interdisciplinary work with local, national and international organisations.
These collaborations form a vibrant context for peer and mentor-led learning and act as focal points for students doing research in the school and for staff of different career stages working on projects.
Our staff are also involved in consultancy work, contributing to the arts and cultural sectors and ensuring our teaching and research is relevant to their needs.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in a relevant subject.
Many of our graduates have found success within music therapy and performance, while a large number have gone onto teach or work in creative arts organisations. Others have stayed to continue their studies at PhD level, or taken up offers to study further at leading music conservatoires.
By joining a leading Russell Group university you'll experience an outstanding teaching and learning environment. The multidisciplinary approach will provide you with a well-rounded skill set to succeed in a wide range of rewarding career paths.
Core modules. A student will take a minimum of 45 and a maximum of 60 credits from this group. 'Music, brain and body' and 'The social and applied psychology of music' can be taken with 15 or 30 credits.
Dissertation
Music, Brain and Body
Applied Music Psychology: Education, Community and Health
Optional modules. A student will take a minimum of 45 and a maximum of 60 credits from this group. Both modules can be taken with 15 or 30 credits.
Quantitative Research Techniques
Qualitative Research Techniques
Optional modules: Subject to the approval of the course director. A student will take up to 45 credits from this group.
Research and Communication Skills A
Research and Communication Skills B
Critical Musicology
Research and Communication Skills A
Fundamentals of Cognition
Critical Listening and the Musical Work
Critical Listening and the Musical Work
Strategies for Funding Music and The Arts
Strategic Design Thinking for Music Consultancy
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