Course Description This course is intended for those wishing to become teachers of music in post-primary schools and provides them with the necessary academic and professional background. Departments of Teacher Education, History and Music. The course requires a high standard in performance and provides a solid grounding in harmony, counterpoint, composition, orchestration, analysis and history of music. A wider experience of practical music-making is ensured by participation in ensembles ranging from choral society and chamber choir to orchestra and concert band.
All students undertake teaching practice throughout the course.
History is a compulsory subject in the first year and students are encouraged to continue with this aspect of their course in subsequent years, if only to enhance their employment prospects. Duration Four years full-time. The main location for this programme is DIT Rathmines Road, with additional classes in Chatham Row or Adelaide Road. Diploma in Music Education of Dublin Institute of Technology are awarded to successful candidates enrolled with DIT at the end of the fourth year. Graduates of the course are recognised by the Secondary Teachers Registration Council.