Fourth Year

The following sources of information are where you should go to find out more about 4BMU Music:

1. The 4BMU Music Handbook  Music Handbook 2026-27
2. The College of Arts Student Information 2026-27
3. Canvas - the online platform for information on your modules, lecture schedules, assessment information and submission dropboxes, etc. Canvas
4. Discipline of Music Office: Administrator: Irene O'Malley, Room 311, 1st Floor, Tower1. Email: irene.omalley@universityofgalway.ie 
5. Programme Director: If you have module-related query, please contact your lecturer directly.  For other pastoral related queries, please contact the Final Year Programme Head of Music Dr Aidan Thomson (aidan.thomson@universityofgalway.ie).  

Class Reps 2026-27

If you have concerns that you would like raised on behalf of your class, you can contact the Final Year Music class representative.  

The 4BMU 2025-26 Class Representative: TBC

Overview of 4BMU1 Music 2026-27

1. Students take ONE Year-Long Module: 

1. MU4100 Music Extended Essay (10 ECTS)  OR   2. MU4103 Composition Portfolio (10 ECTS)

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2. In Semester One, students register for 1 CORE module and choose 1 OPTIONAL module: 

CORE:

MU4111 Popular Music as Social Practice (5 ECTS)

OPTIONAL modules:

1. MU4101 Women in Popular Music (5 ECTS)

OR

2. MU4102 Writing About Music: Performance Analysis (5 ECTs)

OR

3. IS3101 Topics in Irish Music Studies (5 ECTS) 

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3. In Semester Two, students register for 1 CORE module and choose 1 OPTIONAL module: 

CORE:

MU4104 Music History 3 (5 ECTS) 

OPTIONAL modules:

1. MU4106 Music Practice 3 (5 ECTS) (audition required)

OR

2. MU4107 Opera (5 ECTs)

Please see below timetable for 4BMU1 2026-27

Final Year Music Timetable, Semester 1 2026-27

***All lectures for Final Year Music, Semester 1 will begin on Monday, 7th September 2026***

Please refer to Final Year Arts Timetable for all other subjects

Please note timetable is subject to change

Please remember that 4^th Year Students 26/27 remain in Group 3 for Arts

• Online Registration for returning Final Year Undergraduate students opens on Wednesday, 19th August 2026 and will close on 30th September.  
• The Registration process is administered by the Registration Office, not by the Discipline of Music.  Should you have any difficulties, please contact registration@universityofgalway.ie in the first instance. 
• It is VERY IMPORTANT to click on CONFIRM SELECTION and FINISH at the very end of the registration process in order to lock in all the modules for which you wish to register
• Further information on Registration can be found here
• You can log in to your student portal here to register Student Portal