Taught Programmes
Graduate Diploma
Programme Manager: Dr Steve Muir
Email:s.p.k.muir@leeds.ac.uk
The Graduate Diploma programme may be used as a stepping-stone from an undergraduate to a Master’s degree; it also stands as a creditable and respected award in its own right. The programme is suitable for International students who are not fully confident in spoken English or the UK education system, or UK graduates whose first degree was not in Music, but who nevertheless possess a high level of musical expertise as scholars and/or practitioners.
Candidates must take a total of 120 credits and pass 100 credits, of which at least 60 credits must be at level 3.
Because of the flexibility inherent in the programme, candidates should seek advice and approval from the Programme Manager regarding the prerequisite knowledge and/or qualifications for their module choices. Major and minor options in the same subject are mutually exclusive.
- MUSI1121 Music Research Skills (20cr)
- MUSI1020 Music in History and Culture (20 cr)
- MUSI1220 Language and Theory of Music (20 cr)
- MUSI1225 Understanding Popular Styles (20 cr)
- MUSI2020 Analysis of Tonal Music (20 cr)
- MUSI2025 Approaches to the Analysis of Popular and World Musics (20 cr)
- MUSI2721/2 Music in Context A/B (20 cr)
- MUSI3120 Minor Dissertation (20 cr)
- MUSI3721 Music in Context C (20 cr)
- MUSI1225 Music in Context D (20 cr)
The Level 3 music options include:
- Major/Minor Composition
- Major/Minor Dissertation
- Major/Minor Editing & Sources
- Major/Minor Music Psychology
- Major/Minor Music Technology
- Major/Minor Performance
- Aesthetics and Criticism
- Project in Performance
If sufficient credit remains, candidates may take up to 20 credits from the range of level 1 and 2 modules available in the School of Music, including Performance (with prerequisite), Introduction to the Sciences of Music, Composition, Orchestration, Notation and Editing, Aesthetics and Criticism, The Psychology of Listening and Performance. Advice should be sought regarding these choices.