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Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA)

Stages 2 and 3

Stage 2 - 25 credits

Core Modules
  • MUS20400 Early European Music (Autumn)
  • MUS20650 Music Theory 2 (Autumn)
  • MUS20410 Music History Since 1750 (Spring)
  • MUS20640  Music Theory 3 (Spring)
Option Modules 

Select one of the following:

  • MUS20080 Global Soundscapes (Autumn)
  • MUS20030 Studies in Irish Music (Spring)
Core for the Degree

Students are required to have taken this module to complete their degree. If this module has not been completed at Stage 1, it can be taken in lieu of an elective.

  • MUS10120 Music, Culture and Society (Spring) 

Stage 3 - 25 credits

Core Module
  • MUS31460 New Ideas in Musicology (5 credits, Autumn)
Option Modules 

Select two of the following 10 credit modules. 

  • FS30310 Beyoncé and Taylor Swift (Spring)
  • MUS31170 African-American Religious Music (Autumn)
  • MUS31180 Music and the Moving Image (Autumn & Spring)
  • MUS31280 The Symphony in Europe (Spring)
  • MUS31470 Techniques in Composition (Autumn)
  • MUS31480 Music and Western Empires (Autumn)
  • MUS31490 Issues in Early Music (Spring)
Core for the Degree

Students are required to have taken this module to complete their degree. If this module has not been completed at Stage 1, it can be taken in lieu of an elective.

  • MUS10120 Music, Culture and Society (Spring) 

Updated Summer 2024

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After having completed the BA, you can apply for an one-year 4th year BMus as a top-up degree.
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Elective Modules in Music

Elective Modules in Music

You can join some of our performing groups and earn credits by registering as electives. 

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Undergraduate Programmes

UCD School of Music

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