PGCert Music and Wellbeing
Year 1
(Award available for year: Postgraduate Certificate)
Learning outcomes
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:• demonstrate in-depth and advanced understanding of the relationship of music to wellbeing by critically and creatively evaluating relevant literature• demonstrate an advanced understanding of theoretical and empirical approaches within the discipline;• identify the methodological and ethical challenges of researching in real world settings;• take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and to develop professional relationships with others;• proactively formulate ideas and evaluate these;• develop, support, and communicate extended arguments within evaluative work;• reflect on musical practices for wellbeing• evaluate the impact of musical engagement on wellbeing
Transferable (key) skills
Masters (Taught), Postgraduate Diploma & Postgraduate Certificate students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities as defined in the modules specified for the programme:• the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in industry or area of professional practice;• evaluating their own achievement and that of others;• independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;• critically to engage in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.
Assessment
Achievement for the Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:• demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to a complex specialist area;• drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study;• evaluating received opinion;• making sound judgements whilst understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.