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Master
Vergelijk
Music Studies (Arts and Culture)

Study programme

The Master's in Music Studies is a one-year programme that allows you to specialise in historical, cultural and cognitive musicology, or a combination of the three.

Programme structure

The Master's programme in Music Studies comprises 60 ECTS credits: 24 credits for Core courses; up to 18 credits for electives; 6/12 credits for an Internship (optional instead of electives); and 18 credits for Master’s thesis.

COURSES SEM 1 SEM 2 SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 EC
  • Musicology of the Everyday
    6
  • Music Studies Extension
    6
  • Restricted-choice electives
    6

    You can choose between 'How Music Works: Cognitive and Computational Perspectives' and 'Music History and Cultural Politics'.

  • Restricted-choice electives
    12

    You can choose from 'Reading Black Music: Key Texts on African American Music and other Afro-diasporic Genres', 'Generative AI and Music', 'Knowing the World through Music' and 'Music Theatre as a Laboratory'.

  • Free-choice electives
    18
  • Master's Thesis Music Studies
    18
Compulsory course
Elective
UvA Course Catalogue: Music Studies
  • Core modules and electives

    Students are required to start the programme with a choice of core courses that cover aspects of Cultural musicology and Cognitive or Historical musicology and finish the programme with a 20,000-word thesis. They choose several musicology and interdisciplinary electives. Core courses can also be chosen as electives.

  • Internships

    There is, moreover, the opportunity to enrol for an internship (with a well-articulated research component) at one of the many professional music organisations, ensembles, music venues, and festivals in Amsterdam or elsewhere in the Netherlands.

  • Music Studies in part-time mode

    This programme is also offered in part-time study mode, in which case it takes 2 years. You can obtain a maximum of 30 ECTS per year (12-18 ECTS per semester). As a part-time student you will follow the programme together with full-time students. You will prepare your study plan for the part-time programme in consultation with the Master’s programme coordinator (See: Contact).

  • Credit transfer

    Students who show exceptional promise during a regular or professional programme are encouraged to continue their studies in a research programme. Once students are admitted to the research programme, they can transfer credits earned during their previous course of study towards their research programme degree. The Examinations Board determines which courses qualify for transfer.