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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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Modules Include
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Instrumental/vocal performance – individual tuition
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Aural perception and keyboard skills
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Composition
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History of music
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Irish music
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Practical musicianship
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Conducting
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Special repertoire class for main instrument
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Music technology
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Sociology of music & music education
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Music education and teaching practice
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Applied psychology in education
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Educational philosophy & theory
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Sociologies of education: Yesterday & today; Ireland & the world
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Introduction to assessment & examinations in post-primary
education
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History of education
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Educational issues
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Research methods in education
Assessment
A combination of continuous assessment, practical and written
examinations and teaching practice makes up the assessment.
Study abroad
There are opportunities for students to spend part of their Junior
Sophister (third) year studying abroad.
Career opportunities
The employment record for Trinity College’s graduates in Music
education is excellent. While most of the students go on to
teaching – usually in schools, but also to instrumental teaching,
some use the degree as a general arts qualification and go on
to work in areas such as orchestral and vocal performance,
academia, arts administration, library work, music therapy and
music technology. Many students take postgraduate courses –
either in related areas such as in music education, musicology,
performance, or in a range of other areas including copyright law
and publishing. Recent graduates are working in this country
and also in countries such as the USA, China and England.
Further information
Anyone considering studying Music education is welcome to visit
the School of Education, to speak to members of staff, and to
speak to current students. To make an appointment, contact the
Music Education co-ordinator at +353 1 896 1145.
Philosophy
COURSE CODES:
PLACES 2012:
POINTS 2011:
DEGREE AWARDED:
TR005
20
430
B.A.
TR001 (TSM)
43
430*-565
TSM points:
See page 27
Philosophy may be studied as a single honor course
(TR005), within the Two Subject Moderatorship
programme (TSM/TR001) and in the Philosophy, Political
Science, Economics and Sociology (TR015) programme.
In TR005 Philosophy is studied for four years.
TR001 (TSM) Philosophy cannot be studied as a single
honor course. It must be combined with one other subject
within the two-subject moderatorship (TSM) programme,
and an honors degree is awarded in both subjects. See
page 36 for a list of the subjects with which Philosophy
may be combined.
In TR015 it is possible to study philosophy for the entire
four-year degree programme or for a shorter period, see
page 99.
What is Philosophy?
Philosophy is the discipline concerned with the questions of how
one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are
their essential natures (metaphysics); what counts as genuine
knowledge (epistemology); what existence is and what it means
to be (ontology); and what are the correct principles of reasoning
(logic). It is generally agreed that philosophy is a method, rather
than a set of claims, propositions, or theories. Its investigations
are, unlike those of religion or superstition, wedded to reason,
making no unexamined assumptions and no leaps based purely
on analogy, revelation, or authority. In Greek, “philosophy”
means “love of wisdom.” Philosophy is based on rational
argument and appeal to facts. The questions addressed by
philosophy remain the most general and most basic, the issues
that underlie the sciences and stand at the base of a world-view.
Course overview
In all cases the purpose of the Philosophy course is to give you
a solid, scholarly grounding in the classical texts that form the
history of Western philosophy, and are one of the formative
influences on Western culture. Studying the fundamentals of
both formal and informal reasoning will enable you to think
independently.
Is this the right course for you?
If you are interested in questioning society’s basic assumptions
and in analysing the moral, political, aesthetic and religious
questions lying at the heart of our culture in an articulate manner
you will find this a stimulating and challenging course.
