Programme Structure
The BA in Irish Music and Dance is a four-year programme. Six or seven semesters are spent in Limerick; one is spent on the Co-operative Education programme, which provides work experience, and another is spent either in Limerick or off-campus on the Study Abroad programme.
Year One:
Semester 1:
- Practicum 1a - Main Performance Interest and Performance Skills
- Practicum 1b
- Teanga, Sochaí agus Saíocht 1 or Beginners' Irish 1
- Introduction to Irish Traditional Music and Dance Studies 1
- Contextualising and Vocational Studies 1 - Popular Music and Dance Studies / Audio/Visual Technology
Semester 2:
- Practicum 2a - Main Performance Interest and Performance Skills
- Practicum 2b
- Teanga, Sochaí agus Saíocht 2 or Beginners' Irish 2
- Introduction to Irish Traditional Music and Dance Studies 2
- Contextualising and Vocational Studies 2 - Introduction to Historical Western Art Music / Dance Studies
Year Two:
Semester 3:
- Practicum 3a - Main Performance Interest and Performance Skills
- Practicum 3b
- Teanga, Sochaí agus Saíocht 3 or Beginners' Irish 3
- Irish Traditional Music and Dance Studies 1
- Contextualising and Vocational Studies 4 – Entrepreneurship
Semester 4:
- Practicum 4a - Main Performance Interest and Performance Skills
- Practicum 4b
- Elective*
- Irish Traditional Music and Dance Studies 2
- Contextualising and Vocational Studies 3 - Music and Dance Education / Community Music and Dance
Year Three:
Semester 5:
- External Placement
Semester 6:
- Practicum 5a - Main Performance Interest and Performance Skills
- Practicum 5b
- Elective*
- Irish Traditional Music and Dance Studies 3
- Contextualising and Vocational Studies 5 - Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology Theory and Practice / Digital Media Technology
Year Four:
Semester 7:
- Practicum 6a - Main Performance Interest - final year performance project and Performance Skills
- Practicum 6b
- Elective*
- Traditional Music and Dance Studies 4
- Contextualising and Vocational Studies 6 - Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology World Music and Dance Survey / Final Year Project
Semester 8:
- Practicum 7a - Main Performance Interest - final year performance project and Performance Skills
- Practicum 7b
- Elective*
- Irish Traditional Music and Dance Studies 5
- Contextualising and Vocational Studies 7 - Music, Dance and Human Behaviour / Final Year Project
* electives are to be chosen from the current Irish Studies Programme, Irish Music and Dance programmes and other programmes within the Department of Government and Society.
** - semester six can alternatively be spent as an external academic placement in an institution outside of Ireland
18 February, 2008.
