- Location: Maynooth University, North Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Ireland
- Duration: 4 to 6 Years
Course details
This programme aims to provide a fourth level programme in Music for students who wish to engage in high quality research in selected areas of the discipline. In addition, the PhD/MLitt in Music includes a number of generic and specific skills modules that will complement its research oriented elements as part of a Structured Research programme at Maynooth University.
The subject of research for the thesis must be approved by the Head of Department and must be based on original research conducted under the direction of a designated member of the Department.
Entry Requirements
Normally a 2.1 or equivalent first degree in Music or in a related discipline; a 2.1 or equivalent Master’s degree in Music or in a related discipline. Further to application via PAC, an interview will be conducted, where students are expected to present a research plan to the department. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact members of staff in their projected area of research.
Language Requirements
In the case of Musicological research, students are expected to have some knowledge of the language of the composer(s) or author(s) whose work they intend to research. It is strongly recommended that they build up such knowledge to proficiency level during their studies
Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
Minimum English language requirements:
- IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
- TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
- TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
- PTE(Pearson): 62
Module
- MUSIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING II
- PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN POSTGRADUATE TEACHING & LEARNING : TUTORS & DEMONSTRATORS
- ACOUSTICS
- MUSICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
- MUSIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING I
- SOFTWARE SOUND SYNTHESIS
- EDITORIAL PROJECT II
- EDITORIAL PROJECT I
- EVENT DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION III
- EVENT DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION II
- EVENT DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION I
- INTERNATIONAL MODULE III
- INTERNATIONAL MODULE II
- INTERNATIONAL MODULE I
- MAJOR PUBLICATION III
- MAJOR PUBLICATION II
- MAJOR PUBLICATION I
- CONFERENCE PRESENTATION III
- CONFERENCE PRESENTATION II
- CONFERENCE PRESENTATION I
- EDITORIAL PROJECT III
- RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM 2
- RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM 3
- RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM 1
- HANDLING EVIDENCE
- PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY MODULE
- FINDING INFORMATION FOR YOUR THESIS
- ACADEMIC WRITING MODULE
- CREATIVE THINKING & PROBLEM SOLVING
- SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE
Course Location
About Maynooth University
This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.
Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.
- In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
- Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
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