Master’s of Arts students receive a comprehensive program in historical musicology with an ethnomusicology component; PhD students in historical musicology are required to supplement their studies with a minimum of eleven hours of coursework in ethnomusicology to prepare them to meet the growing trend toward world musics in undergraduate and graduate education.

This goal is facilitated by the department’s superb faculty and facilities in ethnomusicology. The musicology faculty is also committed to exposing students to a variety of methodological approaches in historical musicology.