Music with Political Studies

About this course

Music with political studies is an unusual pairing that offers a genuinely rich intellectual combination. Music is an art form whose study spans the technical, the historical, the sociological, and the philosophical, engaging with questions about what music is, how it is made, what it does to individuals and communities, and how it functions within the political and economic structures of the societies that produce it. Political studies asks how power is organised, how societies govern themselves, and what the conditions of justice and democratic life require. The two disciplines speak to each other in ways that reward serious engagement: music has always been political, and politics has always had a cultural dimension. The three-year full-time Music with Political Studies programme at Royal Holloway, University of London draws on expertise spanning traditional, modern, and world music.

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 45% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 42 / 100Legal professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 35 / 100Librarians and Related Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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