Music - Musicology Concentration, (PhD)

NOTE: The Southern Regional Studies program is not accepting applications at this time.

PhD Degree Program

The PhD degree is structured to allow maximum flexibility in designing a program around each student’s background and needs. Although the distribution of hours is firm, program requirements are to be regarded as general rather than fixed. The student’s preparation, experience, and stated goals are carefully evaluated before an individually selected course of study is prescribed.

Program objectives are: (1) competency in selected area of concentration and related research areas; (2) development of teaching skills; and (3) ability to successfully publish research in a selected music discipline.

Program Admission

Admission requirements can be found on this catalog’s page for the School of Music. Additional information can be found in the School of Music Graduate Handbook.

Students will follow either:

MUSICOLOGY

A program providing a broad background in historical musicology culminating in a dissertation on a musicological topic agreed upon by the student and the doctoral committee.

Musicology Major Field (27 hours)

A minimum of 9 courses in the major area, including:

Cognate Field (9 hours)

These 9 hours of graduate coursework must be in an approved humanistic discipline outside music.

Dissertation (6 hours)

MUHL 9000

Note: Students should familiarize themselves with the Thesis/Dissertation Preparation Guide before beginning to write.

A reading knowledge of two foreign languages, ordinarily including German, must be demonstrated before graduation.

OR

Southern Regional Studies

This program is not currently accepting applicants. A program providing a broad background in ethnomusicology with a focus on the music of the southern United States.

Ethnomusicology Major Field (27 hours)

A minimum of nine courses in the major area (27 hours). Two of the remaining five courses in music shall have a major focus on Southern regional music.

Cognate Field (9 hours)

These 9 hours of graduate coursework must be in an approved humanistic discipline outside music.

Dissertation (6 hours)

MUHL 9000

Note: Students should familiarize themselves with the Thesis/Dissertation Preparation Guide before beginning to write.

A reading knowledge of two foreign languages, ordinarily including German, must be demonstrated before graduation.