Psychology of Music MA

University of Sheffield

Master

In Sheffield

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Sheffield

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This course is the longest established masters in music psychology in the UK. It is broad and inclusive in its coverage of research areas and provides rigorous training in qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Our tutors have published widely in music psychology and education.

Facilities

Location

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Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
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Western Bank, S10 2TN

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About this course

This course allows you to use psychological methods and theory to interpret and understand musical behaviours, sounds and ideas. You will be introduced to a range of areas including music cognition and neuroscience, musical development, music in everyday life and psychology of performance.
You will specialise within an area and pursue original research to be demonstrated by a written dissertation, generally including experimental or observational empirical investigation. Students may also take cognitive neuroscience modules within the Department of Psychology.

2:1 in music, psychology or a combined degree with a substantial music or psychology component.
Degrees in other related subjects may be acceptable depending on your background

This programme is offered as a MA (180 credits).

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Subjects

  • Psychology
  • Music
  • Research Design
  • Music Psychology
  • Language
  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Neuroscience
  • Research Techniques
  • Data Collection
  • Statistics in Music

Course programme

Modules

All students will take

  • MUS6000: Research Techniques
  • MUS6070 Research Design
  • MUS6020 Dissertation

A student will take units to the value of 30 credits from 2A and 2B below

Group 2A - students will take a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 30 credits from this group

  • MUS615: Topics in Music Psychology
  • MUS617: Selected Topics in Music Psychology

Group 2B - students will take up to 15 credits from this group

  • IPA650: Language in Use: an introduction to corpus-based linguistics
  • PSY6305: Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience

A student will take units to the value of 60 credits from 3A and 3B below

Group 3A - students will take a minimum of 45 and a maximum of 60 credits from this group

  • MUS613: Quantitative Research Techniques
  • MUS614: Qualitative Research Techniques
  • MUS618: Qualitative Data Collection
  • MUS619: Statistics in Music Psychology

If a student takes MUS613 they may not also take MUS619.
If a student takes MUS614 they may not also take MUS618.

Group 3B - students will take a maximum of 15 credits from this group

  • PSY6316: Current Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience
  • MUS639: Communicating about music and music research
Teaching

You’ll learn through seminars, lab-sessions, graduate study days, and tutorials.

Assessment

The taught programme is continuously assessed through a variety of forms such as reports and essays. They are usually individual assessments, even if they concern the processes and outcomes of group work.

Additional information

Overseas Fee (2018 annual fee) : £18,900

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