Music Education at Kingston University - UCAS

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Course summary

Reasons to choose Kingston

  • You will be engaged with London schools and community music settings.
  • You may enhance your performance skills by participating in a University musical ensemble or form your own.
  • Facilities include recording studios, rehearsal rooms, a synthesis/sampling lab, and the analogue/digital hybrid Visconti Studio, which has a 300m² live room and rare and vintage recording equipment.
About this course If you already work as a music educator, or seek to become one, this course will develop and enhance your skills as both a practitioner and researcher. You will have the opportunity to study major issues in international music education and the UK system of music education research and practices. You will develop and implement a teaching and learning project within an educational setting and the Kingston community. Your research project will take the form of a dissertation. You will receive guidance from a specialist tutor and be taught research, project planning, and development skills. Example modules
  • Constructing Music Education in the UK
  • International Music Education: Psychology, Culture
  • and Philosophy
  • Music and Technology in Education
For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage.

Modules

Example modules: Constructing Music Education in the UK; International Music Education: Psychology, Culture and Philosophy; Music and Technology in Education. For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage.

Assessment method

Assessment typically comprises of practical (e.g. presentations, performance) and coursework (e.g. essays, reports, self-assessment, portfolios, dissertation). The approximate percentage for how you will be assessed on this course is as follows, though depends to some extent on the optional modules you choose: Type of assessment: Coursework: 91% Practical: 9%


Entry requirements

A 2:2 or above honours degree in music from either the UK or abroad (this may be in a specialist field such as popular music, music education or music technology). We may ask applicants to submit an essay as evidence of strength in written work. Where an applicant can produce evidence of relevant experiential learning (e.g. work as a professional performer/composer or substantial experience as a music educator), it may be possible to consider a good honours degree in a subject other than music or advanced study in a conservatoire (which has not led to a degree) in lieu of a music degree.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

EU £17700 Year 1
England £8770 Year 1
Northern Ireland £8770 Year 1
Scotland £8770 Year 1
Wales £8770 Year 1
International £17700 Year 1

Additional fee information

Please visit the course provider webpage for further information regarding additional course costs.

Sponsorship information

Arts and Humanities Research Board.

Music Education at Kingston University - UCAS