Music - Musicology Concentration, (PhD)

University of Memphis

NOTE: The Southern Regional Studies program is not accepting applications at this time.PhD Degree ProgramThe 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.Students will follow either:MUSICOLOGYA 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:MUHL 8531 - Erly Musical Notation Credit Hours: (3)MUHL 8505 - Seminar Musicology Credit Hours: (3)Cognate Field (9 hours)These 9 hours of graduate coursework must be in an approved humanistic discipline outside music.Dissertation (6 hours)MUHL 9000Note: 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. orSouthern Regional StudiesThis 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.MUHL 7800 - Fld Mthd In Ethnmsclgy Credit Hours: (3) orMUHL 8800 - Fld Mthd In Ethnmsclgy Credit Hours: (3)MUHL 8801 - Ethnomusicology Credit Hours: (3)MUHL 8805 - Trnscrpt/Anly Etnmsclgy Credit Hours: (3)MUHL 8806 - Sem Southern Reg Music Credit Hours: (3)Cognate Field (9 hours)These 9 hours of graduate coursework must be in an approved humanistic discipline outside music.Dissertation (6 hours)MUHL 9000Note: 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.

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