Overview

This Music MA degree from Edinburgh Napier University is ideal for musicians, composers, producers and artists who want to develop their practice, and for scholars who wish to take an academic approach to their study. There is no requirement for undergraduate music study and we welcome practitioners and scholars from all disciplines.

Edinburgh Napier University has flipped the traditional structure of a Masters, where taught modules are followed by a final project or dissertation, by enabling you to work on and develop your major project from the outset.

This programme will facilitate an individualised experience in which you will develop your practice, knowledge and understanding of your place in the world through the development of critical reflection abilities. You will be encouraged and supported as you develop a deep understanding of the context of your work/practice and the work of others in a scholarly/artistic context.

Five interrelated compulsory modules are specifically designed to allow students to achieve our programme aims which are to:

• Engage creatively with your chosen field(s), challenging yourself to explore and innovate within your chosen area(s) of practice.
• Develop and demonstrate your ability for critical and reflective thought and judgement.
• Develop understanding(s) of research/practical methodologies and the use and application of method(s).
• Explore/create a range of modes of artistic/scholarly communication.
• Interrogate and respond to the context(s) in which your practice is articulated.

Career opportunities:

This programme has been designed to develop practical, scholarly, and critical skills, preparing students for a wide range of career opportunities. This programme is also the ideal springboard for doctoral study.

Potential opportunities include:

• Doctoral study (research or practice-based)
• Performance
• Composition/Songwriting
• Production
• Audio Engineering
• Musicology
• Music Education
• Arts Administration
• Sound Design
• Music Management or Promotion