12 monthsProgramme duration
36,500 GBPTuition Fee/year
27 Aug, 2027Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine Related Studies
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
Assessing and treating a performing artist requires specialised skills, and the ability to associate health issues with specific artistic activities. This course is for people in health services or health education and research who want to enter the diverse field of performing arts medicine.
You will gain knowledge of the art forms, their demands on the performer, and how these demands impact their physical and mental wellbeing. The course covers a review of the musculoskeletal system as this applies to performing activities, the occupational risks in performance, and the issues related to performance psychology and artists’ mental health.
You will also delve into dance, circus, instrumental music and voice performance science, explore health promotion within the arts, and learn how chronic pain and disability can affect performance artists. MSc students also undertake a research project leading to a written dissertation on a relevant performing arts medicine topic.
This is currently the only MSc or Postgraduate Diploma that brings together all elements of performing arts medicine into a single master’s degree. It is a distance-learning course with two residential weeks on-campus at UCL. The course can be studied full-time in one year, part-time in two years, or flexibly over five years.
The research part of the course is supported by the Institute of Sport Exercise and Health, and the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine, as well as orchestras, theatre and circus companies, and music, drama and dance colleges.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine Related Studies
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
Assessing and treating a performing artist requires specialised skills, and the ability to associate health issues with specific artistic activities. This course is for people in health services or health education and research who want to enter the diverse field of performing arts medicine.
You will gain knowledge of the art forms, their demands on the performer, and how these demands impact their physical and mental wellbeing. The course covers a review of the musculoskeletal system as this applies to performing activities, the occupational risks in performance, and the issues related to performance psychology and artists’ mental health.
You will also delve into dance, circus, instrumental music and voice performance science, explore health promotion within the arts, and learn how chronic pain and disability can affect performance artists. MSc students also undertake a research project leading to a written dissertation on a relevant performing arts medicine topic.
This is currently the only MSc or Postgraduate Diploma that brings together all elements of performing arts medicine into a single master’s degree. It is a distance-learning course with two residential weeks on-campus at UCL. The course can be studied full-time in one year, part-time in two years, or flexibly over five years.
The research part of the course is supported by the Institute of Sport Exercise and Health, and the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine, as well as orchestras, theatre and circus companies, and music, drama and dance colleges.
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