2022/23 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
MArts, BA Music and Music Psychology (Integrated Masters)
| Programme code: | MABA-MU/PSY | UCAS code: | W355 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Cristina Harney | Contact address: | C.Harney@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 480
Entry requirements:
Our typical offer is AAB usually including Music and/or Psychology. Though most applicants study A Level Music, we will consider other qualifications in lieu of Music if the student is studying psychology, especially if Music is not taught at an applicant’s school/college, including theory (minimum Grade 5 ABRSM) and practical (minimum Grade 8) music qualifications.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Music
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Music
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Music
Programme specification:
The MArts, BA Music and Music Psychology programme is the first of its kind in the UK. It builds upon a strong foundation of music psychology teaching and research within the School of Music and is aimed at students who are interested in music education, performance, community music, music therapy, music technology, computer science and/or applied fields such as marketing, consumer behaviour and film music composition. Students enrolling on this programme will develop their skills and knowledge in music and music psychology simultaneously; music degrees at Leeds encompass western art music, popular and world music and these are studied from the perspectives of history, theory, criticism, composition, performance and music technology. The diverse nature of this programme offers considerable freedom of choice in subject areas, allowing students to experience both breadth and focus during the four-year degree.
On the core music psychology modules, students will learn about existing research in psychology of music alongside developing domain-specific research methods. The teaching staff on this programme cover all approaches to music psychology research within their research activity which means that students will be able to pursue areas of study that are of interest and relevance to them and their future careers. The programme will also provide the training and preparation necessary for students with ambitions to study the Psychology of Music to MPhil/PhD level.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Students must study 120 credits comprised from a mix of compulsory and optional or discovery modules adding up to 120 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| MUSS1020 | Understanding Music Pre-requisite for: MUSS2020 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS1120 | Music in History and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS1125 | Music Research Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS1920 | Introduction to the Psychology of Music Pre-requisite for: MUSS1920 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20-40 credits from the following optional modules:
| MUSS1220 | Composition Pre-requisite for: MUSS2220 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS1320 | Performance Pre-requisite for: MUSS2320 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS1324 | Ensemble Performance | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS1620 | Sound, Technology, and Music Pre-requisite for: MUSS2620 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| MUSS1816 | Introduction to the Music Business | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates maystudy 0-20 credits of discovery modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Students must study 120 credits comprised from a mix of compulsory and optional or discovery modules adding up to 120 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| MUSS2920 | The Psychology of Listening and Performance Pre-requisite for: MUSS3940 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20-80 credits from the following options.
| MUSS2123 | Music in the Judeo-Christian Tradition | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS2124 | British Music and National Identity | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS2125 | Music, Culture, Politics: the Long Sixties | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS2126 | The Tools of Music Making | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS2127 | Music and Culture in Late Seventeenth-Century London | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS2128 | Duke Ellington and the Twentieth-Century Jazz Environment | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS2721 | Music in Context A | 20 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS2722 | Music in Context B | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study 0-80 credits from the following optional modules
| CSER2207 | Students Into Schools (Arts Humanities and Culture) | 20 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2020 | Interpreting Music Pre-requisite for: MUSS3020; MUSS3040; MUSS3420; MUSS3440 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2220 | Composition Pre-requisite for: MUSS3240 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2320 | Performance Pre-requisite for: MUSS3340 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2324 | Ensemble Performance | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS2420 | Notation and Editing Pre-requisite for: MUSS3420; MUSS3440 | 20 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS2520 | Aesthetics and Criticism Pre-requisite for: MUSS3520; MUSS3540 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2620 | Music Technology Skills and Techniques Pre-requisite for: MUSS3640 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2820 | Music in Practice | 20 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS2822 | Music in Practice | 20 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS2823 | Music in Practice | 20 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS2824 | Film-Score Creation and Production | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS2825 | Opera North: Opera in Practice | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS2826 | Studies in Conducting | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS2827 | Marketing for Musicians | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS2828 | Synthesizer Ensemble | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study 20 credits of discovery modules.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Students must study 120 credits comprised from a mix of compulsory and optional or discovery modules adding up to 120 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| MUSS3940 | Music Psychology | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS3945 | Researching Music Psychology | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20-40 credits from the following modules:
| MUSS3020 | Analysing Music | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS3040 | Analysing Music | 40 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS3120 | The Supernatural in Opera | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS3121 | Special Study in Musicology A | 20 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS3122 | Special Study in Musicology B | 20 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS3128 | Music and Postcolonial Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS3129 | Music as Performance: People, Bodies and Instruments | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS3140 | Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS3240 | Composition | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS3324 | Ensemble Performance | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS3325 | Applied Project | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS3340 | Performance | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS3420 | Editing and Source Studies | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS3440 | Editing and Source Studies | 40 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS3520 | Contemporary Aesthetics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS3540 | Contemporary Aesthetics | 40 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS3640 | Music Technology | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS3820 | Music in the Real World | 20 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS3825 | Opera North: Opera in Practice | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study 20 credits of discovery modules.
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Students must study 120 credits comprised from a mix of compulsory and optional or discovery modules adding up to 120 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates are required to study the following modules:
| MUSS5160M | Integrated Masters Dissertation | 60 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS5931M | Case Studies in the Applied Psychology of Music | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 0-30 credits from the following options:
| MUSS5130M | Issues in Musicology | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS5132M | Short Dissertation | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS5133M | Short Dissertation | 30 credits | 1 Mar to 30 Sep, Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS5135M | Applied Research Methodologies | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS5139M | International Research Project | 30 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS5231M | Composition Studies | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS5330M | Instrumental or Vocal Recital | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS5337M | Applied Performance Studies | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MUSS5535M | Aesthetic Theory | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MUSS5632M | Electronic & Computer Music Practice | 30 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MUSS5633M | Electronic & Computer Music Contexts | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MUSS5731M | Music, Wellbeing and its Evaluation | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PECI5211M | Audience, Engagement and Impact | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study 30 credits of discovery modules, but must ensure that they study at least 100 Masters-level credits.
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