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Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

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Module Title
Module Code (ITS: MC518A)
Faculty School
NFQ level Credit Rating
Description

This module engages students with national arts policy and legislation as well as the cultural ecosystem of organisations and initiatives that facilitate choral music practice at national and local levels in Ireland. It provides students with the insights and capacities to act strategically and take on leadership roles in the choral music sector. Through critically engaging with scholarly literature and selected case studies of arts initiatives and choral music projects, students will gain insights into the complex issues and trends within the arts sector, as well as developing an understanding of the drivers of arts policy formation. The module equips students with a range of theoretical perspectives and research approaches which will be useful in their own research. It ultimately leads students to an appreciation of the place of choral music practice both in developing communities and in national arts development. NOTE: Refer to module MC518 for full and definitive details relating to module MC518A. These are modules are identical and separate descriptors are required for administrative reasons only.

Learning Outcomes

1. Apply a systematic understanding of the local and national legislative, organisational, funding, artform-development and documentary context within which choral music is practiced in Ireland.
2. Draw on theoretical knowledge to evaluate and critique developments in national and regional infrastructure for the arts.
3. Use mapping, case study techniques and sociological perspectives within their own research.
4. Situate choral practice in Ireland within wider cultural developments and draw inferences for understanding policy and priorities.
5. Take a strategic leadership role in choral music based on deep, critically engaged knowledge of national arts infrastructure.
6. Propose and provide compelling rationale for initiatives in choral music that can be supported through the national infrastructure for the arts.


Total Workload: 0
Assessment Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
ProjectWorkshop-based mapping task30%Once per semester
Research PaperWritten paper70%Sem 1 End
Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
RC1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module.
RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element.

* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

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