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PostgraduateCourse summary
Why study Graduate Diploma in Music at Goldsmiths This Pre-Masters programme is aimed at postgraduates who need a year to develop their musical skills and academic English.
- You'll have the opportunity to familiarise yourself both with ways of working in British academic culture and in the standards required at Masters degree level.
- You can take it as a self-standing Diploma or as an ideal preparation for further postgraduate study. The Graduate Diploma in Music is designed to lead on to a Masters programme in the Department of Music at Goldsmiths.
- You can choose to specialise in an area of music that interests you, whether it be music performance, composition or musicology.
- If you wish to go on to study either at Goldsmiths or elsewhere in Britain you'll be given help and support in finding an appropriate programme.
- If you pass the programme at the required level (a pass in all modules with an overall score of 50% or more), you can progress onto one of our Masters programmes.
Modules
Half of the programme is made up of English for Academic Purposes modules, concentrating on different areas of language and academic skills development: Academic Writing and Language Development Academic Listening and Speaking Contemporary Theories The other half of the programme is taught in the Department of Music. You choose one from the following modules: Performance: Creative Practice or Composition portfolio or Research Project And you choose two of the modules listed below: Acoustic Ecology and Field Recording Performing South-East Asian Music Fringe and Underground Musics Music Practice and the Black Atlantic: Britain’s Celebrity Culture Creative Orchestration and Arrangement Introduction to Audiovisual Composition Improvisation Advanced Popular Music Studies Live Electronics Music and Screen Media Contemporary Jazz Performance the UK Scene Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.
Assessment method
Continuous assessment includes regular seminar presentations and researched essays. There will also be written, listening and oral examinations. For those students who choose music performance and composition options, assessments will include a recital and a portfolio of creative work.
Entry requirements
You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least second class standard in a relevant/related subject. You might also be considered if you aren’t a graduate or your degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level. For this programme we require: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) IELTS 5.5 overall with no component lower than 5.5
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| International | £13220 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
Lewisham
SE14 6NW