| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLitt | Full-time | 12 months | find out | find out | find out |
| MLitt | Part-time | 24 months | find out | find out | find out |
Our Music MLitt enables you to develop a flexible individual research programme in classical, popular, world, contemporary, early, folk and traditional music, applying approaches of interest to you (eg historiographic, theoretical, cultural, critical), under the supervision of specialists who are leaders in their field.
This programme is primarily aimed at students who want to pursue independent musicological research, and who like the idea of first working on shorter research assignments (which can be on related or separate topics), before embarking on an extended final dissertation.
It provides an excellent foundation for continuing on to doctoral study. It is also a valuable qualification in its own right and can add a further dimension to your undergraduate degree, in a 3+1 model.
The MLitt is a modular research programme, which means that it is made up of discrete areas of study:
The research assignments are one of the programme's distinctive features. They allow you to propose and research two or three separate projects (weighted at 40+40, or 20+20+40 credits), which may be connected or on discrete topics, and which lay the ground for your final dissertation. These are completed at the end of April (in year two for part time students) leaving the rest of the programme devoted to your dissertation.
Delivery
The course is delivered on the Newcastle campus (with options – under certain circumstances – for study abroad). All students are required to complete the Music Research Training module during their first two semesters of study and beyond this, study is based on one to one tutorials with supervisors appropriate to your research assignments or dissertation.
The subjects of your Research Assignments and final dissertation require a formal proposal and approval; if these are practicable and within our areas of expertise, these can all be on a topic of your own choosing.
The MLitt is designed primarily with scholarly types of research in mind, but can also accommodate some practical components where appropriate, for example performance in the context of performance practice research.
See our course fees and funding webpage - http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/degrees/music-mlitt/#fees&funding
A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in music or a related subject. If you have a 2:1 honours degree in an unrelated subject we will consider your application if you can demonstrate appropriate evidence of music and general critical knowledge and ability.
International Students
To study this course you need to meet our Band 4 English Language requirements:
Direct Entry: IELTS 6.5 overall (with 6.5 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in all other sub-skills
If you have lower English Language scores, you may be accepted onto a pre-sessional English course.
Our typical English Language requirements are listed as IELTS scores but we also accept a wide range of English Language tests.
The equivalent academic qualifications that we accept are listed on our country pages.
Pre-sessional English Course Requirements
You can study a pre-sessional English course at our INTO Newcastle Centre.
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