Music Industries MSc
Music Industries Dissertation MUSIC5015P
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Culture and Creative Arts
- Credits: 60
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Full Year
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
The dissertation encourages independent work through deeper study of a particular topic in Music Industries or Popular Music Research and encourages the application of acquired research skills. They will complete a substantial piece of work, which will present their original research and demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of their field of study.
Timetable
6 x 1hr supervision meetings over 12 weeks.
Excluded Courses
None.
Co-requisites
None.
Assessment
The standard assessments for this course are:
■ Dissertation (12,000 words)
If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:
■ There is no alternative to the dissertation, but a flexible deadline and extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)
Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.
Course Aims
This course aims to:
■ develop and sustain an argument in an area of the student's personal research interest in Music Industries and/or Popular Music research
■ promote an engagement with other scholarly, critical, conceptual or theoretical arguments relevant to that area
■ enable the student to gain experience in research, and in the organisation and interpretation of information encourage the application of acquired research skills to a supervised project
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of the course students will be able to:
■ define, plan and execute a sustained, focused, coherent and original research project in an area relevant to Music Industries and/or Popular Music;
■ source, select and critically evaluate appropriate primary and secondary sources in their chosen subject area and then utilise such sources effectively within the final dissertation;
■ utilise substantial and detailed first-hand knowledge of their chosen area of investigation;
■ apply appropriate academic conventions with regard to referencing and provision of bibliographic information; work independently to execute a substantial piece of written work in clear and appropriate academic English.