Music with Irish (Hons) Ulster University

Overview

The Music with Irish (Hons) programme at Ulster University  designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview of musical styles, genres and disciplines enabling them to develop existing skills and interests as well as acquire a range of new ones. As someone following the Major strand, you take modules Musicology and Performance Studies.

Career opportunities: 

• Studying music at Ulster prepares graduates for a range of careers both inside and outside of the music industry. Students have been successful in establishing careers as composers and performers, studio engineers, teachers, community music leaders and many progress to postgraduate study at the Ulster University and other domestic and international institutions. 
• Meanwhile, the interdisciplinary opportunities afforded to music students across the subject areas at the School of Creative Arts equips our graduates with a unique range of skills and experiences vital to any career in the creative industries that few other institutions can provide.
• Students completing a course with Irish as a minor are well equipped to undertake postgraduate work in relevant areas of study. A degree containing a significant element of Irish equips you for the wide variety of careers that require advanced communicative skills, both written and oral, including teaching, broadcasting, translation, publishing, journalism, community development and civil service.