Music Education - Modules
If you love sharing music, already have a competent standard of music performance, and wish to combine these qualities with a teaching career, then this course is ideally suited to you. Whether your interests are primarily academic or practical, your experience of this vast and rich discipline will be greatly advanced.
Please note curricular information is subject to change. Information is displayed only for guidance purposes.
Year 1: Junior Fresh Student
- Music Performance (solo and ensemble)
- Aural Skills
- Compositional Techniques
- Music History (Western Art Music, Irish Music, Ethnomusicology)
- Practice of Music Education
- Music Technology for the Classroom
- Fundamental Music Pedagogy (conducting, keyboard skills, classroom instrumental skills)
- School Placement
Year 2: Senior Fresh Student
- Music Performance (solo and ensemble)
- Aural Skills
- Compositional Techniques
- Music History (Western Art Music, Irish Music, Popular Music)
- Practice of Music Education
- Critical and Sociological
- Perspectives in Music Education
- Irish Educational History and Policy
- School Placement
Study Abroad
The School of Education has strong links abroad, including active participation in the Erasmus exchange programme with universities in France and Hungary. This allows students the option of spending one semester studying abroad.
In addition, the school has an excellent record of students going on to study at postgraduate level, in Ireland and abroad, and of graduates who have obtained employment in Europe and in North America.
Year 3: Junior Sophister
- Music Performance (solo and ensemble)
- Aural Skills
- Advanced Composition Techniques
- Contemporary Music Studies
- Philosophy of Education
- Sociology of Education
- Practice of Music Education
- School Placement
Year 4: Senior Sophister
- Capstone Project (recital + dissertation / composition)
- Advanced Musicianship (aural skills, analysis, conducting)
- Inclusive Education
- Digital Learning
- Psychology of Education
- Introduction to Assessments and Examination in Post-Primary School Education
- School Placement
For further information on course modules visit: www.tcd.ie/education/courses/undergraduate/bachelor-in-music-education