Music Therapy – (M.A.)

The MA in Music Therapy is a two-year full-time programme of study which prepares graduates for professional practice as a music therapist. The course requires a high level of music skill at entry allowing students to make the transition to the use of these music skills in therapeutic work with a range of client groups in different contexts.

Students attend clinical placements throughout each semester of the course; usually placements in the local community of Limerick but sometimes are offered elsewhere in Ireland and abroad. Music therapy theory, research skills, sensitivity to cross-cultural issues and the use of the self in relating to others form the basis of studies to prepare students for work in the clinical practice context.

Objectives

* To prepare students for professional practice as a music therapist;
* To develop socially aware graduates who are able to make a contribution to the developing profession of music therapy in Ireland;
* To contribute to the research base of the profession.

Graduates of the MA in Music Therapy have attained successful careers in the health and education services in Ireland and abroad. Graduates work in special schools, nursing homes, hospice services, residential services for adults with intellectual disability and adults who have acquired brain injury.