Our MA in Popular Music is designed for those concerned with the exploration of all aspects of performance. This degree will develop your creative skills and theoretical understanding to an advanced level. Our course offers you the opportunity to shape your learning through a series of modules that will enable you to integrate scholarly work with your own practice as a musician, composer or musicologist. Our modules consider current theoretical and practical debates in the subject area, and will guide you through the kind of research methodologies required at Master's level. You will be given the opportunity to negotiate the most effective means of approaching your subject, with a view to producing an intensive study of your specialism.

Job prospects
In addition to professional work as performing musicians, graduates have gained employment as education professionals, lecturing in Further and Higher education as well as becoming peripatetic teachers for county music services and private schools.

The course requires students to work autonomously on large scale-projects that enable them to situate their unique role within the industry. The departments PULSE week of visiting industry professionals provides an excellent networking opportunity for students developing their emerging career.