Expand+To compete for a place as a school leaver, an applicant must satisfy the minimum entry requirements as well as any specific programme requirements, and then compete on the basis of the results obtained in their school leaving examinations.

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Hide-To compete for a place as a school leaver, an applicant must satisfy the minimum entry requirements as well as any specific programme requirements, and then compete on the basis of the results obtained in their school leaving examinations.

Applicants may combine results achieved in different sittings for the purpose of meeting the minimum entry requirements for programmes, with the exception of Medicine (CK701). However, results achieved in separate years of school-leaving exams may not be combined for the purpose of scoring points.

Leaving Certificate applicants compete on the basis of a Points scheme.

Age Limits for Entry
For 2020 entry, CAO applicants for full-time degree programmes should have reached 17 years of age by 15th January 2021. Where a candidate below that age seeks to enter UCC, a special application must be made by the applicant to the Admissions Officer. Such an application should be accompanied by a letter of support from the Principal of the school at which the student is completing their school leaving examination.

Exemption from Irish And/Or The 3rd Language
In certain circumstances, applicants may be exempt from Irish and/or the third language requirement. Please refer to the NUI Handbook, the UCC Calendar or talk to your Guidance Counsellor for further details.

Infectious Diseases Policy
Students enroled on certain courses in the College of Medicine and Health are at increased risk of contracting and transmitting certain infectious diseases as a result of being in the clinical environment as part of their course. It is important, therefore, in order to protect patients and students that healthcare students are screened for, and immunized against, certain infectious illnesses. Students enroling in the School of Nursing and Midwifery are screened and immunized by the Health Service Executive Occupational Health Service and are subject to the HSE policies in this regard. All other undergraduate students in the College of Medicine and Health are subject to the UCC Infectious Disease Screening and Blood Borne Virus Policy. Details will be sent from the Admissions Office once a student has accepted his/her place.

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Entry to degree programmes at UCC is available on a competitive basis to students who present with a recognised QQI award. For a full list of linked programmes, and the relevant QQI FET requirements, see www.ucc.ie/ e...

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Entry to degree programmes at UCC is available on a competitive basis to students who present with a recognised QQI award. For a full list of linked programmes, and the relevant QQI FET requirements, see www.ucc.ie/ en/study/undergrad/fetac.

Students must meet the requirements and have achieved distinctions in the awards as outlined for each programme.

Due to the competitive nature of the Nursing Programmes, scores will only be calculated when the appropriate award is presented together with all the required modules and grades from a single sitting. For full details of the QQI FET award scoring scheme see www.qqi.ie.

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UCC reserves places for mature students on almost all undergraduate degree programmes. Mature students do not need Leaving Certificate points to enter UCC. However, some degree programmes have specific educational requirements and i...

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UCC reserves places for mature students on almost all undergraduate degree programmes. Mature students do not need Leaving Certificate points to enter UCC. However, some degree programmes have specific educational requirements and it is essential that prospective applicants check the Mature Student Guide, the Mature Student Office website, or contact a Mature Student Advisor for further details.

To be eligible to compete for a place as a mature student, applicants must be 23 years of age on or before the 1st January 2020. Application is made through the CAO by 1 February 2020. There is no late application date for mature students. UCC allows mature applicants to change the order of their CAO preferences up to 1 July. The completed application form is a vital component of the selection process.

The Mature Student Office will be pleased to help you with your application. The Mature Student Guide gives details of all aspects of the application and selection procedures as well as financial matters. This Guide is available on request from the Mature Student Office. The MSAP selection test for mature students to the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences will take place in March 2020.

Contact Information: Mature Student Office 1–2 Brighton Villas T: +353 (0)21 490 3670 E: mso@ucc.ie

Expand+Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2020 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2020 at 5:15pm

Be sure to complete any action well in advance of closing dates. You should av...

Hide-Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2020 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2020 at 5:15pm

Be sure to complete any action well in advance of closing dates. You should avoid submitting an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all fees are non-refundable.

Restricted Courses
Applying for a restricted course – you must have applied to CAO by 5:15pm on 1 February 2020 if you wish to apply for a restricted course. The restricted course must be included on your course choices list by that date, or added to your application using the Change of Course Choices facility for a fee of €10 before 1 March at 5:15pm.

Restricted courses normally require additional assessment procedures, e.g. the submission of a portfolio, an oral assessment or interview, or a written assessment – restricted courses are identified in the handbook by the words “(Restricted - see page 3 of the 2020 CAO Hanbook)” on the same line as the restricted course’s title. Please make sure to acquaint yourself with the additional requirements, if any, of the restricted course(s) that you have applied for and go to page 13 of the 2020 CAO Hanbook for more information about interviews and assessments.

Exception: If a restricted course shares the exact same assessment procedures with a course you had applied for by 1 February 2020, you may be permitted to introduce it on a ‘Change of Mind’. You should consult with the relevant HEI before introducing such a course.

Restricted-category Applicants
Mature applicants – most HEIs will require mature applicants, who wish to be assessed on mature grounds, to have applied to CAO by 1st February 2020 at 5:15pm, and include course choices by that date or add them using the Change of Course Choices facility for a fee of €10 before 1 March at 5:15pm. (This restriction does not apply if the applicant wishes to be considered on the basis of school leaving qualifications only.) For more information about applying to CAO on the basis of mature years go to www.cao.ie/mature.

Applying for the DARE and/or HEAR – to be considered for DARE and/or HEAR, applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1 February 2020 at 5:15pm. To apply to DARE, you must answer YES to Question 1 ('Do you wish to be considered for DARE?) on Section A of the fully completed Supplementary Information Form (SIF) by 5:15pm on 1 March 2020.

To apply to HEAR, you must indicate on your CAO application that you wish to apply for HEAR and fully and correctly complete all elements of the online HEAR form by 5:15pm on 1 March 2020.

Supporting documents for DARE and/or HEAR applicants must be sent to CAO offices before 15 March 2020 at 5:15pm

Expand+Introduction
Students of this degree engage creatively with a huge range of music through scholarship, solo and ensemble performance, composition, music technology and aural and theoretical training. Students take two arts subjects in Year 1 and hav...

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Students of this degree engage creatively with a huge range of music through scholarship, solo and ensemble performance, composition, music technology and aural and theoretical training. Students take two arts subjects in Year 1 and have the option to focus exclusively on music from Year 2 onwards through the BMus pathway.

Why Study
UCC Music Department has a long history of exciting educational innovations, and is renowned for its world-class-leading position in areas including Irish Traditional Music, Early and Contemporary Western Music, Popular Music and Jazz, World Music, Film Music, Composing, Improvising, Songwriting, Sound Art, Intermedia, Community Music and Music Education. Students acquire competence, confidence and understanding of an unrivalled breadth of musics in contemporary and historical societies. They develop as creative musicians, while experiencing group-work opportunities in forums as diverse as the Javanese gamelan orchestra, the Sound Studio, Irish traditional, classical, early, pop and jazz ensembles, improvisation and the UCC Choir.

UCC Music’s programme allows you to choose from an unequalled range of subjects; creating a bespoke degree programme to suit your personal interests.

Work Placement
The College of Arts offers two work-placement modules. The first is an optional second-year module that offers placements in a variety of professional settings. The final year module offers students the opportunity to gain recognition for work experience undertaken during the course of their studies.

The School also offers Summer Internship opportunities with a number of organisations, including Cork Opera House.

Study Abroad
By choosing the BA Arts-Music International (4 yrs) pathway, students can build a year overseas into their degree. UCC has approved partner institutions in America, Asia and Europe. BMus students may also apply for overseas exchange placements.

Key Facts

• Most musically diverse programme in Ireland

• World-class staff expertise in scholarship, performance and composition

• Unparalleled amount of choice for students

• Ireland's leading department for Traditional Music

• Strong focus on building employability for the musical world of today • Great student community and environment

Expand+Year 1 Modules:
CORE: (all 5 credits) MU1020 Western Music, Culture and Media; MU1021 ITM Studies and Introduction to World Music; MU1022 Gamelan and Solo Recital; MU1023 Ensemble; MU1024 Digital Composition and Music Theory; MU1025 Composition and...

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CORE: (all 5 credits) MU1020 Western Music, Culture and Media; MU1021 ITM Studies and Introduction to World Music; MU1022 Gamelan and Solo Recital; MU1023 Ensemble; MU1024 Digital Composition and Music Theory; MU1025 Composition and Music Theory

ELECTIVES: Two First Arts subjects from Groups 1, 2, 3, 5, 6(a).

Group 1:
Asian Studies
Computer Science
History
Portuguese

Group 2:
History of Art
Applied Mathematics
European Studies
Folklore
Gaeilge/Irish
Greek and Roman Civilisation

Group 3:
Archaeology
Chinese Studies
German
Latin
Mathematics
Mathematical Studies
Politics

Group 5:
Béaloideas
Economics
English
Greek
Religions and Global Diversity

Group 6:
A
Geography
Italian

Year 2 Modules:
In Second Arts-Music, students take Music as a Single Subject (50 credits) or a Major Subject (40 credits) or a Joint Subject (30 credits). Students may also apply to transfer to the BMus to take 60 credits of Music

CORE: Music in Culture and Society; Performance Studies.

ELECTIVES: A large choice of options, including topics as diverse as film music, Early music, the music of Java, the history of jazz, music education, composition in many genres, music technology and Hip Hop; a selection from a uniquely broad range of performance-based options, ranging from jazz to Indian sitar, free improvisation to Baroque trio sonatas, Irish Traditional instruments to pop standards; plus 10, 20 or 30 credits from another Arts subject continued from First Year.

Year 3 Modules:
In Third Arts-Music, students take Music as a Single Subject (50 credits) or a Major Subject (40 credits) or a Joint Subject (30 credits). Students in the BMus stream take 60 credits of music

CORE: Music credits in performance, composition folio, dissertation, project, a choice of seminar course or final performance, dissertation, project etc.

ELECTIVES: A choice from the options described as for Second Year above, giving students an opportunity to access courses they were unable to take in second year. Students can thus further broaden their experience or begin to specialise. Arts-Music students will also take 10, 20 or 30 credits from another Arts subject continued from Second Year.

Year 4* Modules (BMus):
CORE: Senior Research Forum; Major in performance, composing, dissertation, project etc.

ELECTIVES: A choice from the options described as for Third Year above, giving students an opportunity to access courses they were unable to take in second and third years. Students can thus further broaden their experience or specialise.

Expand+Careers
Graduates work in a variety of settings, including:

• performers and composers
• music teachers at primary, secondary and tertiary levels
• sound engineering; producing; computer gaming etc
• arts and cultural heritage managem...

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Graduates work in a variety of settings, including:

• performers and composers
• music teachers at primary, secondary and tertiary levels
• sound engineering; producing; computer gaming etc
• arts and cultural heritage management
• film, media and broadcasting.

Others use their transferable skills in careers in commerce, social services or the professions.

Further Study

• MA in Experimental Sound Practice
• MA Digital Music and Media Composition
• MA Ethnomusicology
• MA Music and Cultural History
• PhD or MPhil by research
• PhD or MPhil in Composition
• PhD Creative Practice
• Professional Master of Education (secondary school teaching).