MA Music Therapy
Postgraduate Certificate / Master's Degree
The total service fee for this program:
€ 499
Pre payment for this program:
€ 99
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The amount of discount for this event
100 €
The total service fee for this program after discount:
€ 399
ABOUT
Introduction
With a strong emphasis on experiential learning, improvisation, song writing and listening, this flexible and highly regarded course is aimed at giving you the knowledge and practical skills to enter an existing practice or start your own.
Structure
Content
Personal development runs throughout the course, and you must be prepared to undertake what may sometimes be challenging and rigorous explorations of your professional and personal issues and influences – excellent preparation for a music therapist. During the course, we ask you to be in confidential personal therapy with a suitably qualified therapist, for example, a creative arts therapist, a counsellor or psychotherapist. The number of hours is not specified, but the Health Professions Council requires you to have had substantive and sustained experience of personal therapy during the three years of the course (40 to 60 hours is recommended). Please note, this cost is not included in the programme fee.
There is also a counselling component within the professional practice modules. You will experience a music therapy training group facilitated by external music therapists. You will need to set aside regular time, beyond personal therapy and attending taught sessions, for reflection and study.
All course modules are compulsory:
Year 1
- Music Therapy Professional Practice with Children and Young People – This incorporates a placement within a child setting, and seminars to develop related musical and clinical skills.
- Music Therapy Theory and Child Development – Taught seminars and online lectures cover theory, research and case material relating to child work in music therapy.
Year 2
- Music Therapy Professional Practice and Skills with Adults – This incorporates a placement within an adult setting, and seminars extending related musical and clinical skills.
- Music Therapy Theory and Practice in Adult Settings – Face-to-face seminars and online lectures covering theory, research and case material relating to child work in music therapy.
- Qualitative and Quantitative Methods – This inter-professional module comprises face-to-face seminars and online lectures on qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Year 3
- Music Therapy Advanced Professional Practice – You’ll secure a placement, and under expert supervision, extend your entrepreneurial, musical and clinical skills.
- Dissertation in Psychology – Design and implement a research project in music therapy.
The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved we will inform you.
Study time
Three years, part-time:
We run an induction programme during mid-September, before the start of Year 1.
Careers
Careers / Further study
Completing the MA Music Therapy means you will be eligible to apply for registration with the HCPC, in order to start practising as a fully qualified music therapist.
Opportunities for Master’s-qualified music therapists are diverse. Previous students have gone on to practice as HCPC-registered music therapists sometimes alongside other musical work such as performing and teaching and also apply their knowledge and expertise to positions in healthcare and education. Our links with music therapy experts and practitioners give excellent insights into future careers, and part of the course is geared towards helping you find placements, attract employers or set up your own practice.
Our award-winning careers service helps you develop your employment potential through career coaching, a vacancy service for internships, placements, jobs, global opportunities, volunteering and community activity plus support for entrepreneurial activity, and access to employer events.
Entry
Entry requirements
It is recommended that applicants have:
- a good undergraduate degree with professional music skills
- a high level of practical performance in any musical tradition, including digital technologies and a particular interest in live improvisation
- sufficient skills to be able to provide harmonic support
- experience of working in relevant areas such as Health or Education (including voluntary work)
- personal skills suited to working as a therapist
- wide reading on the subject of music therapy
- the ability and strong commitment to follow a personally demanding part-time course.
Selection
If successful at this stage, you’ll be invited to a face-to-face interview and audition at Glenside Campus. If you live overseas or have exceptional circumstances, we can arrange this to be done remotely. We’ll provide you with guidance on how to prepare for the interview and audition.
All applicants will be required to complete:
- Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check*
- Health Checks*.
*Disclosure of Criminal Background
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 does not apply and all convictions, including those which are spent, must be disclosed. Applicants who are offered a place must undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and will be required to complete a Disclosure Application Form. All information will be treated in confidence and only taken into account when absolutely necessary.
*Health checks
You must be in good health and up-to-date with all routine immunisations that are required for working in health and social care settings. If you are offered a place on this course, you will be required to complete a questionnaire and must be prepared to undergo a medical examination. You will also be required to confirm your status in respect of a number of infectious diseases (tuberculosis, measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, varicella, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV antibodies, Covid-19) and be prepared to have all required vaccinations. Please note that the list of required vaccinations may change, in response to advice from the Department of Health. If your vaccinations are not up-to-date, this will affect your ability to continue on your course. If you have any concerns with regards to vaccinations please raise this at the point of application.
Deadlines: for 2022
- Thursday 19 May – If you applied by 26 January and you are still waiting, universities will decide whether they are making an offer by today (otherwise UCAS will reject the application on their behalf). You will then be given a deadline by UCAS to make your decision.
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Thursday 9 June – If you receive all your uni/college decisions by 19 May, you must reply to any offers by today (except if you are using Extra to find a place), otherwise they’ll be declined.
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Thursday 30 June – This is the last day you can apply to university for 2022 entry before Clearing begins. If you send your first application (not UCAS Extra) to UCAS by 18:00, they’ll send it to your chosen university.
- Monday 4 July – Last date to apply in UCAS Extra.
- Tuesday 5 July – Clearing opens for applications if you already have your results.
- Thursday 14 July – If you applied by 30 June and you’re still awaiting a decision from any of your choices, universities have until 14 July to decide whether they’re making you an offer (including Extra choices).
- Thursday 18 August – A-level results day. Fingers crossed you got the grades you’re hoping for. If not, don’t panic – there are options including Clearing. We will confirm our decision by email.
- Once your place is confirmed and you have completed all admissions requirements you’ll receive your username so you can register online.
FREE VISA SERVICE
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Expenses (GBP)
7250
Application Fee
0
Program expenses
University & General Expenses
accommodation
The UWE helps the international and UK students to find the best accommodation in the UK, and the students can choose the best option according to the price, distance, space, and other significant factors among the on-campus or off-campus accommodation in Bristol, Cheltenham, Gloucester, or Newport, moreover, the students can use the university-managed accommodation (application opens on 10 June 2022, can create an account on the accommodation portal from 21 March 2022) or the private accommodation (if there is not enough place on the university-managed accommodation, can use shared rooms with your friends and classmates) during their educational period at this university, overall, the accommodation options are student village (£6,776.01 – £6,939.81), Wallscourt Park (£5,916.83 – £8,373.83), Glenside (£4,911.19 – £5,349.71), The Hollies (£5,296.82 – £7,894.69), Marketgate (£7,127.88 – £8,446.00), and so on.
After Graduation
Most the international students desire to work while studying in the UK to pay for their study and living expenses in this country and gain more business and living skills and experience, however, the international students must refer to their visas to find out whether they are allowed to work in the UK or not, overall, the students who hold a tire four visa can have a part-time job while studying in the UK for up to 10 or 20 hours per week, on the other hand, if the students’ visas say (no work or work prohibited), they cannot look for a job in this country and must simply focus on their studies, moreover, their careers must not be self-employed, sports coach, entertainer, full-time job, dentist, or doctors.