Graduate Studies in Music History

Prospective Music History Students

Music History students should contact Michele Cabrini or Catherine Coppola (our Music History professors) or the Music Department Graduate Adviser to find out more about our program.

Degree Requirements for Music History Students

MUS 70000 – Music Bibliography and Research Techniques

Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
MUS 72400 – Advanced Studies In Music Theory 1
MUS 72500 – Advanced Studies in Music Theory II
MUS 74000 – Seminar in Music Theory and Analysis

Earn at least 9 credits from the following:
MUS 75100 – Advanced Studies in Musicology 1
MUS 75200 – Advanced Studies in Musicology 2
MUS 76000 – Seminar in Musicology

Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
MUS 77500 – Seminar In Ethnomusicology 1
MUS 77600 – Seminar in Ethnomusicology 2
MUS 75300 – Transcription and Analysis in Ethnomusicology

Earn at least 3 credits
MUS 71000 MUS 71900 or MUS 72100 (1 cr. each)

MUS 79800 – Thesis In Music History, Music Theory Or Ethnomusicology

Click here for the graduate catalog’s list of required courses for your MA-Music concentration

In certain cases, substitutions for these required courses may be made in consultation with the Graduate Adviser and the Director of Studies in Composition. A maximum of 12 credits transferred from other institutions might be accepted toward the M.A. Degree. For credits to transfer, the student must have gotten a B or higher in the class and the class must have occurred within the last four-five years.

For Frequently Asked Questions, see FAQs – Graduate.