Bachelor in Musicology
Education objectives
1) To acquire a solid methodological and academic grounding in the area of Musicology;
2) To acquire sensitivity towards the study of Portugals musical heritage and the phenomenon of the identity and diversity of musical cultures;
3) To acquire knowledge and an understanding of the various academic areas of musicology, with particular emphasis on the History of Music, Theory, Analysis and Techniques of Composition, and Ethnomusicology;
4) To develop the ability to apply acquired knowledge and solve problems in the above academic areas, thus ensuring autonomous lifelong learning;
5) To demonstrate the ability to collect, select and interpret information acquired from documentary and field research in musicological domains in order to support decisions and critiques;
6) To develop skills to communicate information, ideas and aspects of musical practice to different publics.
General characterization
DGES code
9046
Cicle
Bachelor (1st Cycle)
Degree
Licence
Access to other programs
Completion of the Licenciatura (1st cycle) degree allows the holder to apply for Masters programmes (2nd Cycle), or other post-graduate courses including those which do not confer a degree.
Coordinator
Pedro Miguel Meio-Tostão Roxo
Opening date
2024-09-16
Vacancies
Available soon
Fees
697 Euros/year or 3500 Euros/year (foreign students)
Schedule
Presencial
Teaching language
Portuguese Language
Degree pre-requisites
Each student must obtain 180 credits: 96 credits obtained from compulsory courses, 54 credits from programmed-restricted electives, and 30 credits from unrestricted electives or a Minor from another academic area. In their 1st year, students should not enrol in more than 30 credits per semester, respecting precedence rules when they have been set. At the beginning of each semester, the students will be advised on which courses to take, according to what best suits their academic requirements.
Legal framework/Study programme - Aviso n.º 4479/2018- DR, 2.ª série - N.º 67 - 5 de abril de 2018.
The degree of ‘Licenciado’ corresponds to the level 6 of the NQF and EQF-National Qualifications Framework/European Qualifications Framework.
Conditions of admittance
Students may be admitted to the Licenciatura Degree in Musicology through the National Call to enrol in Higher Education, the Special Contests and the Special Access Regimes, as well as through Readmission or the Change of Institution/Course regime. To apply for access to higher education through the National Call, students must fulfill the requirements set by the General Directorate of Higher Education (DGES) on their website: http://www.dges.gov.pt/guias/?plid=593 For information regarding International Students please visit: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/en/international-student-statute/
Evaluation rules
Students are assessed based on the work carried out over the course of a semester, based on class participation, on the presentation of oral and written papers, and on tests and exams taken. The results of that assessment are expressed on a scale from 0 to 20. In order to pass, students must have at least 10 marks. Students who fail, however, have a second change to retake the final exam. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REGIMES: - Student-worker - Students with competitive athlete status - Student mothers and fathers - Association leaders - Military personnel - Other special regimes provisioned by law. Students with special educational needs can benefit from teaching and learning conditions adapted to their needs.
Structure
| Conditional options (1) - The student chooses four curricular units from this set | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 01100369 | Analysis of Orally Transmitted Musics | 6.0 |
| 711021073 | Musical Theory and Analysis - 1300 to 1600 | 6.0 |
| 711021074 | Musical Theory and Analysis - 1600 to 1750 | 6.0 |
| 01107700 | Musical Theory and Analysis - 1750 to 1820 | 6.0 |
| 01107696 | Analysis and Music Theory 1820-1890 | 6.0 |
| 01100358 | Musical Theory and Analysis - 1950 to the present | 6.0 | Mandatory ECTS number: 24 |
| Conditional options (2) - The student chooses four curricular units from this set | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 01100375 | History of Music: Antiquity to 1300 | 6.0 |
| 711021071 | History of Music: 1750-1820 | 6.0 |
| 01103224 | History of Music - from 1820 to 1890 | 6.0 |
| 01100402 | History of Music: 1890-1950 | 6.0 |
| 01100413 | History of Music: 1950 to the present | 6.0 |
| 711021058 | History of Portuguese Music | 6.0 | Mandatory ECTS number: 24 |
| Conditional options (3) - The student chooses five curricular units from this set | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711021078 | Popular Music Studies | 6.0 |
| 01107604 | Ensemble Music | 6.0 |
| 01107795 | Music and Post-colonial Studies | 6.0 |
| 711021079 | Music and Sound Technologies | 6.0 |
| 01107823 | Música, Media e Culturas Digitais | 6.0 |
| 711021081 | Organology | 6.0 |
| 711021060 | Musical Interpretation | 6.0 |
| 711021080 | Musical practice -Music in the World | 6.0 |
| 711021066 | Research Topics in Musicology | 6.0 | Mandatory ECTS number: 30 |
| Obrigatórias | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 01100331 | Acoustics | 6.0 |
| 01100459 | Ethnomusicology: Musical Cultures of the World | 6.0 |
| 711021068 | Ethnomusicology: Introduction | 6.0 |
| 01100430 | Ethnomusicology Fieldwork | 6.0 |
| 01100441 | Theory and Methods of Ethnomusicology | 6.0 |
| 711021069 | Philosophy of Music - Foundations | 6.0 |
| 711021089 | Musical Theory and Skills 1 | 3.0 |
| 711021090 | Musical Training 2 | 3.0 |
| 711021085 | Introduction to Music Psychology and Pedagogy | 6.0 |
| 01107621 | Coral and Instrumental Practice 1 | 3.0 |
| 01107632 | Coral and Instrumental Practice 2 | 3.0 |
| 711021070 | Sociology of Music: Theory and Method | 6.0 |
| 711021091 | Techniques of Musical Composition 1 | 3.0 |
| 711021092 | Techniques of Musical Composition 2 | 3.0 |
| 711021056 | Theory and Method in Musicology | 6.0 |