Program Overview

Musicology Ph.D.

Program Overview

The Musicology Ph.D. program at the University of North Texas provides advanced instruction and practice that prepares students for a career in music academia and higher education. The program is designed to bring transformative musical experiences to the campus and larger community through creative and collaborative research, teaching, and performances.

Program Details

• Program Type: Doctoral Degree
• Major: Musicology
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 2-3 years
• Credit Hours: 60 (with prior M.S.), 90 (with prior B.S.)

Program Highlights

• International study abroad programs provide students with a range of learning experiences, collaborating with institutions and scholars in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America.
• The Graduate Association of Musicologists and Theorists (GAMuT) is an active group of graduate students who organize an annual academic conference, publish the journal Harmonia, and host regular professional development meetings, faculty and student research presentations, and social gatherings.
• Positions as teaching fellows and teaching assistants are available, allowing students to gain hands-on experience.
• The college supports many ensembles, orchestras, choirs, and jazz bands that have released numerous recordings, earned Grammy Award nominations, and performed throughout the world.
• Facilities include 300 practice rooms, seven performance venues, numerous classrooms, rehearsal rooms, computer labs, and an intermedia theater.

Marketable Skills

• Pedagogical practices
• Music editing, copying, transcribing, arranging
• Public event management
• Book/journal editing, creating, promoting
• Advanced data collection, analysis, and interpretation

Research Areas

• Source study and archival research
• Historical performance practices
• Hermeneutics and semiotics
• Religious and cultural history
• Printing culture
• Critical studies in politics, gender, and ethnicity
• Editorial techniques and philology

Courses

• Music History Pedagogy (1.5 hrs)
• History of Music Theory I (3 hrs)
• Introduction to Musicology (3 hrs)
• History of Opera (3 hrs)
• Western Music History, 1900 to the Present (3 hrs)
• Proseminar in Musicology (3 hrs)

Career Opportunities

Many graduates have successful careers as professors or lecturers at colleges and universities in Texas, the U.S., and abroad. Others work with music publishers or in large research libraries.