Master of Arts (MA) in Music by Research at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

The Master of Arts (MA) in Music degree is a postgraduate degree in research that can be undertaken full-time or part-time. The research can be in musicology or ethnomusicology, but can also include another subdiscipline of academic music studies as long as the research undertaken is of a scholarly Master of Arts by Research, Music Programme Code: ARA00 The MA consists of a written research dissertation. Before research and writing commences for the dissertation, the student will be required to submit a proposal within six months after their first registration (part-time students have twelve months in which to submit this document).

Faculty: Humanities | Department: Wits School of Arts | Duration: 2 years full-time or 3 years part-time | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

Supervision The MA is a research degree that is undertaken through supervision, rather than formal taught courses. Notwithstanding this, and depending on the nature of the work and the intake of candidates, there may from time to time be seminar-type classes, attendance at and participation in which will be compulsory. Depending on the nature of the envisioned research project, some candidates may

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants for the MA must typically have graduated with a BMus, BMus Honours, or other undergraduate music degree. Evidence of research previously conducted (such as a long essay or article) (with a mark of at least 65%) should be submitted as part of the application. Applicants who have not recently completed an undergraduate or postgraduate course or degree that involves written research, such as a long essay or mini-dissertation, may be required to present a sample of writing and/or successfully complete, as a co- requisite, a research methodology course within the University; a co-requisite course is not part of the MA itself, but in addition to it. Applicants should, in the first instance, initiate discussion of their proposed plans for the creative work and research with relevant Wits Music staff. See the Wits School of Arts website (wits.ac.za/wsoa/music/staff/) for staff and the

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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