Music Industries MSc

This programme provides an opportunity to explore the music industries - with a focus on popular music - from the perspectives of history, research methods and theory, contemporary debates, and work-based learning. Making the most of the city of Glasgow and its vibrant popular music ecosystem including a rich network of venues, festivals, and small to medium music businesses, this degree is distinctive for its emphasis on work-based learning with opportunities for arranged projects with existing music companies and artists on the one hand, or supervised music entrepreneurship projects on the other.<br/><br/><strong>WHY THIS PROGRAMME</strong><br/><br/><br/>• Our approach is multidisciplinary: we employ a variety of academic approaches and draw upon the Universitys expertise in a range of disciplines including sociology, cultural studies, musicology, and politics.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• You will be studying in the city of Glasgow, with its vibrant and exciting music scene—the UK’s first UNESCO City of Music—an unbeatable location for the programme.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Glasgow boasts a tremendous variety of music venues that showcase an array of genres, styles, and scenes. Among the world-leading establishments are the OVO Hydro, the Royal Concert Hall, and a vast network of grassroots locations. Explore a map of the citys music venues created by staff and students.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• The city is also home to a wide range of music businesses and organisations, including festivals, venues, promoters, recording studios, labels, and media companies. Explore a directory of the citys music organisations created by staff and students.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• You will benefit from access to our facilities including a number of study spaces, practice rooms, an audio lab, studios, and the University’s concert hall.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• You will have the opportunity to contribute to the Glasgow Music City website, created and maintained by students and staff from the Music Industries programme. It is a forum for new ideas, research and debates about working in music, as well as the relationship between cities and their music.<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>PROGRAMME STRUCTURE</strong><br/><br/>The programme combines a range of disciplines including sociology, cultural studies, musicology and politics.<br/><br/><strong>Semester 1</strong><br/>In semester one you will take three compulsory core courses.<br/><br/><strong>Core courses</strong><br/>Popular Music Research<br/>Popular Music History<br/>The Global Music Industries<br/><br/><strong>Semester 2</strong><br/>In semester two you will take one compulsory core course and two elective options.<br/><br/><strong>Core course</strong><br/>Music Cities<br/><br/><strong>Elective options</strong><br/>Popular Music Politics (recommended choice)<br/>Current Issues in Musicology<br/><br/>Alternatively, one of your elective options may be chosen from any appropriate course offered by the College of Arts & Humanities, subject to availability.<br/><br/><strong>Summer</strong><br/>At the end of semester two, you will undertake an in-depth research dissertation of 12,000 words, to be submitted in August.