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MASTERS OF ARTS MUSIC

The program aims at helping students to evaluate the traditions and trajectories of music studies and appreciate how perceptions and values are shaped by a wide range of contextual, historical, and aesthetic influences.  It is designed to equip students with training in research skills and critical thinking in music studies in line with vision 2030.  The M.A Composition specialization aims at advancing students’ compositional skills by employing a wide range of technical procedures relevant to contemporary composition.

Specialization: Music Performance

Year 1 Semester 1

AMU 801

Practical Musicianship

AMU 803 

Research Methodology I

AMU 805

Psychology of Music

AMU 807

Choral Training

AMU 809

Instrumental Techniques I

AMU 811

Organology

 

Year 1 Semester 2

AMU 802

Philosophy of Music

AMU 804 

Research Methodology II

AMU 806 

Research in Music Performance

AMU 808

Conducting

AMU 810

Instrumental Techniques II

AMU 812

Form and Structure in Music

 

Specialization: Music Composition

Year 1 Semester 1

AMU 801

Practical Musicianship

AMU 803

Research Methodology I

AMU 805

Psychology of Music

AMU 813

Composition Techniques of World Music

AMU 815

Modern Harmony

AMU 817

Research in Music Composition


Year 1 Semester 2

AMU 802 

Philosophy of Music

AMU 804

Research Methodology II

AMU 814

Music Composition for Film

AMU 816 

Counterpoint

AMU 818 

Orchestration

AMU 812 

Form and Structure in Music

 

Specialization: Ethnomusicology

Year 1 Semester 1

AMU 80

Practical Musicianship

AMU 803 

Research Methodology I

AMU 805

Psychology of Music

AMU 819 

History of Contemporary Music

AMU 821

Transcription and Notation of African Music

AMU 823

Issues in African Musicology



Year 1 Semester 2

AMU 802 

Philosophy of Music

AMU 804

Research Methodology II

AMU 820

History of African Music

AMU 822

Theories and Methods in Ethnomusicology

AMU 824 

African Popular Music and Jazz

AMU 826

Musical Cultures of the World



Specialization: Music Education

Year 1 Semester 1

AMU 801

Practical Musicianship

AMU 803

Research Methodology I

AMU 805

Psychology of Music

AMU 809

Instrumental Techniques

AMU 825

Foundations of Music Education

AMU 827

History of Music Education

Year 1 Semester 2

AMU 802

Philosophy of Music

AMU 804

Research Methodology II

AMU 807 

Choral Training  

AMU 812 

Form and Structure in Music

AMU 828 

Issues in Music Education

AMU 830

Music Curriculum Studies


Year 2

AMU 821 

Thesis / Project