• This course offers a foundation in musicological thought and practice, opportunities to develop specialized applied, editorial, archival, critical and theoretical skills, and the chance to produce a significant piece of work in a musicological area of student's choice, regardless of their musical tastes and preferences.
  • Through core modules, students will explore issues in musicology that affect the understanding, reception, and interpretation of music in critical and applied contexts.
  • Students will also have the chance to gain knowledge and skills through the study of aesthetic theory or applied research methods in musicology, enabling them to balance critical and applied forms of musicology to suit their interests.
  • Students will study core modules that develop their understanding of both critical and applied forms of musicology.
  • In Issues in Musicology students will engage in debates that cross and affect a broad range of musical genres and interests, and offer different ways of considering how we might engage with, understand and interpret music, musical activity, and writings on music.