Program Overview

Ethnomusicology Master's

Program Overview

The Master of Arts (M.A.) in Ethnomusicology is a 2-3 year program that focuses on the study of music in different cultural communities. Through fieldwork, students learn about local history, language, and customs, and analyze the significance of music in various contexts.

Program Details

• Program Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 2-3 years
• Credit Hours: 37

Program Description

The Ethnomusicology Program emphasizes doing ethnomusicology, challenging students to engage musical experience in all its dimensions. The curriculum prepares students for careers in academia and the public sector.

Marketable Skills

• Instruction of musical skills
• Music copying and transcribing
• Public event management assistance
• Book/journal editing
• Advanced data collection and analysis

Program Highlights

• Our students have published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences.
• Students have received significant external grant support, including a 2017 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship and two nationally competitive Theodore R. Presser Foundation Graduate Music Awards (2016, 2018).

Courses

• Anthropological Thought and Praxis I (3 hrs)
• Ethnomusicology Field and Research Methods (3 hrs)
• Anthropology of Sound (3 hrs)
• Music of Africa (3 hrs)
• Graduate Review of Jazz History (3 hrs)
• Seminar in Ethnomusicology (3 hrs)

Related Programs

• Ethnomusicology Ph.D.
• Division of Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology
• College of Music

Similar Areas of Study

• Humanities & Social Sciences
• Music & Performing Arts

Location

• Music Building, Room 1004
• 1155 Union Circle, Denton, Texas

Additional Information

• The Ethnomusicology Program is home to a distinguished faculty with professional experience and expertise in various areas, including the music of Latin America, Texas, and the American Southwest, Africa, India, and more.
• The program emphasizes the importance of musical experience in all its dimensions, preparing students for careers in academia and the public sector.