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Electives of your choice at other faculties of the University of Amsterdam

As a student at the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK), you are entitled to follow courses at the University of Amsterdam within the electives/free study space, assuming you meet the necessary prerequisites (if any). A full listing of the offerings at the UvA can be found via the following link: UvA course catalogue.

Language of instruction: English-Dutch

Registration: Information about course registration you will find here.

AMMA-seminars

The AMMA-seminars are joint courses offered by the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Conservatory of Amsterdam (CvA).

TermCourseCredits
September-DecemberMusical Ecosystems6
February-MayMusicking6

Language of instruction: English

Lecturers: Walter van de Leur, Otto Stuparitz, Maya Verlaak and Carolien Hermans

Participants: The course is open to bachelor students from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (post-propaedeutic) and the Universiteit van Amsterdam on propaedeutic and post-propaedeutic levels and to world, pop, jazz, and classical music divisions.

Registration: Information about course registration you will find here.

Trajectories in Musicology

Enrichening and coherent subject combinations offered at all departments of the Conservatory of Amsterdam.

Language of instruction: English-Dutch

Credits: 6EC – 48EC

Duration: 1 semester up to 2 years.

Participants: The course is open to bachelor students from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (post-propaedeutic) of the Classical, Jazz, Pop, Early music and Music in education departments.

Are you interested in a course description of one of the courses mentioned below? Check: UvA course catalogue 2024/2025.

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Academic Minor: Music, Culture, Cognition (30 EC)

Language of instruction: English

Credits: 30 EC

Duration: 2 years

Participants: The course is open to bachelor students from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (post-propaedeutic) in the third and fourth year.

How does it fit your curriculum: Students pursuing the academic minor will be exempted from the third- and fourth-year electives programme.

Registration: Information about course registration you will find here.

Third Year (12 EC)

termcoursecredits
September-OctoberHow Rhythm Works6
April/MayCognitive Musicology6

Fourth Year (18 EC)

termcoursecredits
November-DecemberAn Introduction to Cultural Musicology6
JanuaryResearch Project Musicology6
February-MarchCultural Musicology I (UvA)6

Pre-Master Music Studies (42 EC)

Language of instruction: English

Credits: 42 EC

Duration: 2 years

Participants: The course is open to third- and fourth-year bachelor students from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (post-propaedeutic).

How does it fit your curriculum: Students pursuing the academic minor will be exempted from the third- and fourth-year electives programme. There are two ways to divide the course load over your third and fourth years.

Registration: Information about course registration you will find here.

This scenario can be realized in two ways,

Third Year (24 EC)

termcoursecredits
September-OctoberAcademic Skills pre-Masters 16
November-DecemberAn Introduction to Cultural Musicology6
JanuaryAcademic Skills pre-Masters 26
April-MayGlobalizing East-Asian Popular Musics6

Fourth Year (18 EC)

termcoursecredits
September-DecemberQualitative and Quantitative Methods in Music Studies 6
February-MarchThe Colonial Legacies of Sound Archives6
April-MayCognitive Musicology6

OR

Third Year (12 EC)

termcoursecredits
September-DecemberQualitative and Quantitative Methods in Music Studies 6
April-MayCognitive Musicology6

Fourth Year (30 EC)

termcoursecredits
September-OctoberAcademic Skills pre-Masters 16
November-DecemberAn Introduction to Cultural Musicology6
JanuaryAcademic Skills pre-Masters 26
February-MarchThe Colonial Legacies of Sound Archives6
April-MayGlobalizing East-Asian Popular Musics6
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