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Bachelor of Music Degree (BMus)

Major information for students who transfer to the BMus for Stages 2 and 3

Stage 2 - 50 credits

Core Modules
  • MUS20080 Global Soundscapes (Autumn)
  • MUS20400 Early European Music (Autumn)
  • MUS20650 Music Theory 2 (Autumn)
  • MUS21020 Film Music (Spring)
  • MUS20030 Studies in Irish Music (Spring)
  • MUS20410 Music History Since 1750 (Spring)
  • MUS20640 Music Theory 3 (Spring)
Option Modules

A minimum of two Performance Modules must be selected. The remaining 5 credits could be selected from the remaining Performance Modules, or from the list below.

  • Three Performance Modules or
  • Two Performance Modules and one of the below.
    • MUS10220 Popular Music
    • MUS10230 Classical Music
    • MUS10240 Music in Ireland
    • MUS20880 Techniques of Songwriting
    • MUS21000 Performing Process
    • MUS21010 Music Industries
    • MUS31330 Post-Truth Politics & Music

Stage 3 - 50 credits

Core Modules
  • MUS31460 New Ideas in Musicology
  • MUS31430 3rd Year Recital OR MUS31450 Dissertation
Option Modules

Select three of the following 10 credit modules: 

  • FS30310 Beyoncé and Taylor Swift
  • MUS31170 African-American Religious Music
  • MUS31180 Music and the Moving Image
  • MUS31280 The Symphony in Europe
  • MUS31470 Techniques of Composition
  • MUS31480 Music and Western Empires
  • MUS31490 Issues in Early Music

Additionally, select one of the Performing Modules.

 

--> Apply here to move to the BMus Stage 2 & 3

* Applicants should achieve a GPA of at least 3.2 in music modules.

Updated Summer 2024

Undergraduate Programmes

UCD School of Music

Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 8178 | E: music@ucd.ie