Bachelor of Music Degree (BMus)
Major information for students who wish to add an additional year upon completion of their undergraduate degree.
BMus Stage 4
This programme provides a broad and flexible learning experience, blending academic, practical, and performance-based learning. Core requirements include the New Ideas in Musicology module and then either a Dissertation/Portfolio or a Fourth-Year Recital. In addition, students will select three 10-credit modules from options such as Music and the Moving Image, Béyonce and Taylor Swift, Music and Sexuality, and Techniques of Composition. Finally, students will also engage in at least one performance module, such as UCD Philharmonic Choir or UCD Composition Ensemble.
Core Modules
- MUS31500 New Ideas in Musicology
- MUS31440 4th Year Recital OR MUS31450 Dissertation/Portfolio
Option Modules
Select three of the following 10 credit modules:
- MUS31280 The Symphony in Europe
- MUS31300 Blues and Jazz
- MUS31470 Techniques in Composition
- MUS31180 Music and the Moving Image
- FS30310 Beyoncé and Taylor Swift
- MUS31170 African-American Religious Music
- MUS31270 Popular Music Ethnography
- MUS31340 Music Theatre
- MUS31490 Music and Sexuality
- MUS31510 Digital Music Cultures
Additionally, select one Performance Modules.
Updated May 2025
Application for Stage 4 BMus
The fourth-year Bachelor of Music (BMus) degree is an additional year of study available after completing your three-year BA programme. Students must have a GPA of at least 3.2 in their Stage 2-3 music modules to apply for this programme. This programme is only open to internal applicants.
How to make an application:
(opens in a new window)Complete this Expression of Interest form.
- Subject to availability of places, students apply directly to the School of Music.
- Expression of interest will open from mid-May to mid-June 2025.
- Students do not need to provide their UCD examination results, these can be accessed internally.
- The outcome of the transfer request will be communicated by the School of Music in July, with registration typically beginning in mid-August.
Queries can be addressed to (opens in a new window)music@ucd.ie.
All offers of a place are subject to UCD's Terms and Conditions of Offer. Students must comply with the regulations of the University.
Updated May 2025