MA Music in Development

The MA Music in Development programme involves taking 120 credits taught modules in addition to writing a 10,000-word dissertation (60 credits). In addition to these formal elements, students are expected to attend regular postgraduate and public seminars and may also participate in performance ensemble classes and other activities.

Students may be allowed to study for the MA on a part-time basis.

• The part-time MA may be taken over two years, in which case the student takes two 30 credits modules (or equivalent 15 credits modules) in the first year, and two 30 credits modules (or equivalent 15 credits modules) and the dissertation in the second year.
• Alternatively, it can be taken over three years, in which case the student can distribute the 120 credits modules evenly in each of the three years. The dissertation can be written in year two or three, but it is strongly recommended that this be undertaken in the final year of the programme. It must be submitted in September of the year in which the student registers for it.

The formal elements of the MA Music in Development programme are:

• The core modules Music in Development (15 credits) and Theory and Method in Ethnomusicology (15 credits). Part-time students must take these in their first year.
• The Dissertation in Music (60 credits): A special study 10,000 words on a topic agreed with the candidate's supervisor based on practice-based research (preferably based on a consultancy for a commissioning agency)
  Part-time students normally take this in their final year.
• Student must also select modules to the value of 30 credits from List A
• Student must also select modules to the value of 30 credits from list B .Please note that not all option modules may run every year.
• Student must also select modules to the value of 30 credits from list A or B

• Music in Development
• Theory and Method in Ethnomusicology
• Dissertation in Music

• Atlantic Africa: Players in the Mediation of African Popular Music
• Aspects of Music and Religion in South East Asia
• Ethnicity, Religion and Gender in Middle Eastern Musical cultures
• Indian vocal music: Styles and histories
• Klezmer Music: Roots and Revival
• Music in Africa: Critical Listening
• Music in Africa: Travelling on a Song
• Music on the Silk Road: travel and circulation (PG)
• Music, Place and Politics in Cuba
• Music, Nation and Conflict in Jerusalem
• Musical Traditions of East Asia (Masters)
• Pop and Politics in East Asia (Masters)
• Popular and Fusion Music in South East Asia (PG)
• Sacred Sound in South Asia

Students may also take approved modules from Kings College Department of Music, see this link for available options: //

• Analysing World Music: Transcription & Analysis in Ethnomusicology
• Aspects of Music and Religion in South East Asia
• Composition
• Gender and Music (MMus)
• Music and Healing
• Music, Place and Politics in Cuba
• Musical Traditions of East Asia (Masters)
• Performance
• Pop and Politics in East Asia (Masters)
• Sound Recording and Production
• The Music Business (Masters)

• Theory, policy and practice of development

• Global Media and Postnational Communication: Theoretical & Contemporary Issues
• Transnational Communities and Diasporic Media:Networking, Connectivity, Identity

• Anthropology of Development
• Medical Anthropology in Global Perspective
• Issues in the Anthropology of Gender
• Perspectives On Development
• Therapy and Culture

• Gender theory and the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East
• Gendering Migration & Diasporas

If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.

• MA Music in Development Programme Specifications 2017-18 (pdf; 62kb)
• MA Music in Development Programme Details 2017-18 (pdf; 134kb)

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules