Final Year Music

Welcome to 4th Year Music (4BMU1) 2024-2025

General Information about 4BMU Music

The following sources of information are where you should go to find out more about 4BMU Music:

  1. The 4BMU Music Handbook  Music Handbook 2024-25
  2. The College of Arts Student Information 2024-25
  3. Canvas - the online platform for information on your modules, lecture schedules, assessment information and submission dropboxes, etc. Canvas
  4. Discipline of Music Office: Administrator: Irene O'Malley, Room 311, 1st Floor, Tower1. Email: irene.omalley@universityofgalway.ie 
  5. Programme Director: If you have module-related query, please contact your lecturer directly.  For other pastoral related queries, please contact the Final Year Programme Head of Music Dr Aidan Thomson (aidan.thomson@universityofgalway.ie).  

Class Reps 2024-25

If you have concerns that you would like raised on behalf of your class, you can contact the Final Year Music class representative.  

The 4BMU 2024-25 Class Representative: Sorcha Oakes, s.oakes1@universityofgalway.ie

Structure and Overview of 4BMU Music

Overview of 4BMU1 Music 2024-25

1. Students take ONE Year-Long Module

  1. MU4100 Music Extended Essay (10 ECTS)  OR   2. MU4103 Composition Portfolio (10 ECTS)

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2. In Semester One, students register for 1 CORE module and choose 1 OPTIONAL module: 

CORE:

MU4104 Music History 3 (5 ECTS)

OPTIONAL modules:

1. MU4105 Traditional Irish Music Performance (5 ECTS)

OR

2. MU4107 Opera (5 ECTs)

OR

3. IS3101 Topics in Irish Music Studies (5 ECTS) 

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3. In Semester Two, students register for 1 CORE module and choose 1 OPTIONAL module: 

CORE:

MU4102 Writing about Music: Performance Analysis (5 ECTS)

OPTIONAL modules:

1. MU4101 Women in Pop (5 ECTS)

OR

2. MU4106 Music Practice 3 (5 ECTs)

 

Timetable for 4BMU Music

Please see below timetable for 4BMU1 2024-25

Final Year Music Timetable 2024-25

***All lectures for Final Year Music, Semester 1 will begin on Monday, 9th September 2024***

** MU4103 Composition Portfolio Week 1–Week 7 and after that small groups in Amanda’s Office** 

** MU4100 – Week 12 move to McKenna – One tutorial to take place per week and will be confirmed at the start of term

Please refer to Final Year Arts Timetable for all other subjects

Please note timetable is subject to change

Please remember that 4th Year Students 24/25 remain in Group 3 for Arts

Registration Information 2024-25

  • Online Registration for returning Final Year Undergraduate students opens on Monday, 19th August 2024 and will close on 20th September.  
  • The Registration process is administered by the Registration Office, not by the Discipline of Music.  Should you have any difficulties, please contact registration@universityofgalway.ie in the first instance. 
  • It is VERY IMPORTANT to click on CONFIRM SELECTION and FINISH at the very end of the registration process in order to lock in all the modules for which you wish to register
  • Further information on Registration can be found here
  • You can log in to your student portal here to register Student Portal