Musicology (MA) Contact Information

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Musicology (MA)

Please visit the Musicology Graduate Program page for more information.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate advanced competencies in music history and literature and/or musicology and/or ethnomusicology. Studies in these areas comprise as much as two-thirds or at least one-third of the total curriculum.
  • Gain knowledge and skills in one or more fields of music outside the major such as theory and analysis, pedagogy, and performance, including participation in ensembles appropriate to the major emphasis. Such supportive studies in music that broaden and deepen musical competence comprise at least one-third of the curriculum.
  • Have a reading ability in at least one foreign language.
  • Have a culminating demonstration of professional capability in the major field, the student must submit a final project that demonstrates advanced competence in research and writing in music history, musicology, or ethnomusicology. The final project may be a thesis, a series of special papers, or a written work of equivalent scope and depth.

Musicology Major Requirements

Performance Studies, at least three terms6
Music Performance Studies: [Topic]
Music Performance Studies
Appropriate ensemble, at least three terms3-6
Chamber Ensemble: [Topic]
Band: [Topic]
Orchestra: [Topic]
Chorus: [Topic]
Opera Workshop
World Music Ensemble: [Topic]
Collegium Musicum
Small Jazz Ensemble: [Topic]
Jazz Laboratory Band III
Jazz Laboratory Band II
Oregon Jazz Ensemble
MUS 503Thesis9
MUS 614Introduction to Musicology4
Music in Historical Era - Select four of the following:12
Music in the Middle Ages
Music in the Renaissance
Music in the Baroque Era
Music in the Classical Period
Music in the Romantic Era
Music in the 20th Century
Three Seminars in Music History:9-12
Graduate Seminar in Musicology: [Topic]
Seminar in Ethnomusicology: [Topic]
One graduate course in ethnomusicology3-4
Introduction to Ethnomusicology
Musical Instruments of the World
Popular Musics in the African Diaspora
One course in music history or ethnomusicology, theory, or approved area other than music3-4
Research Development 11-4
Final Oral Examination 2
Total Credits50-61
1

Chosen in consultation with faculty advisor. Undergraduate or graduate courses can count towards this requirement. These courses are intended to prepare students for the research and writing/creation of the final thesis.

2

Oral Exam reviewing thesis & degree coursework.

Music History/Ethnomusicology/Theory courses

MUS 528Cultures of Musical Celebrity4
MUS 551Introduction to Ethnomusicology4
MUS 552Musical Instruments of the World4
MUS 562Popular Musics in the African Diaspora4
MUS 575History of Opera4
MUS 587Music and Emotion4
MUS 614Introduction to Musicology4
MUS 643Notation of Medieval and Renaissance Music3
MUS 660Music in the Middle Ages 13
MUS 661Music in the Renaissance 13
MUS 662Music in the Baroque Era 13
MUS 663Music in the Classical Period 13
MUS 664Music in the Romantic Era 13
MUS 665Music in the 20th Century 13
MUS 670Graduate Seminar in Musicology: [Topic]4
MUS 671Seminar in Ethnomusicology: [Topic]4
MUS 680Historical Performance Practices I3
MUS 681Historical Performance Practices II3
MUS 682Historical Performance Practices III3
MUS 683Rhetoric and Music4
MUS 584Choral Conducting and Literature3
MUS 516Post-Tonal Theory I3
MUS 517Post-Tonal Theory II3
MUS 530Tonal Analysis: Linear Prolongational Analysis3
MUS 531Tonal Analysis: Form in Tonal Music3
MUS 532Tonal Analysis: Analysis of Popular Music3
MUS 533Counterpoint4
MUS 534Counterpoint4
MUS 535Counterpoint4
MUS 615Current Trends in Music Theory3
MUS 629Repertoire and Analysis3
MUS 630History of Theory I3
MUS 631History of Theory II3
MUS 632History of Theory III3
MUS 634Advanced Post-Tonal Theory3
1

These courses can also count in this category, but only after the Music in Historical Era requirement is completed.