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Doctoral

Ethnomusicology MA, CPhil, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles Herb Alpert School of Music 55 courses

About This Program

The department offers MA and PhD degrees in Ethnomusicology, with a specialization in systematic musicology or music and anthropology. Both degree programs train students for future university teaching careers, as well as careers in library science and archiving, the music industry, public service, and music technology. The department provides fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships for qualified students. Students admitted to the program without an MA must complete the MA before they can continue to the PhD. Upon passing the MA comprehensive examination, MA students may petition the faculty to continue into the PhD program.

Degree Requirements

Ethnomusicology Graduate Courses

Graduate courses UCLA's General Catalog lists for this department. This is not a degree plan; requirements are set by the program.

Code Course Title Credits
ETHNMUS 207 Seminar: North American Indian Music 4
ETHNMUS 208 Seminar: Latin American Music 4
ETHNMUS 215A Ethnomusicological Perspectives and Paradigms I: Late 19th Century to 1980s 4
ETHNMUS 215B Ethnomusicological Perspectives and Paradigms II: 1960s to Present 4
ETHNMUS 216A Ethnomusicological Methods I 4
ETHNMUS 216B Ethnomusicological Methods II 4
ETHNMUS 230 European Musics: Politics, Identities, Nationalisms 4
ETHNMUS 233A European Traditional and Popular Music 0
ETHNMUS 233B European Traditional and Popular Music 0
ETHNMUS 233C European Traditional and Popular Music 4
ETHNMUS 237 Seminar: African Music 4
ETHNMUS 248 Classical Music of India 4
ETHNMUS 251 Music of Indonesia 4
ETHNMUS 252 Seminar: Music of Mainland Southeast Asia 4
ETHNMUS 262 Musical Ethnography 4
ETHNMUS 263 Perspectives in Popular Music Research 4
ETHNMUS 264 Urbanism and Music 4
ETHNMUS 265 Religion and Music 4
ETHNMUS 267 Music and Ecstasy 4
ETHNMUS 268 Modernity and Musical Experience 4
ETHNMUS 275 Seminar: Aesthetics of Music 6
ETHNMUS 279 Seminar: Systematic Musicology 4
ETHNMUS 280 Teaching World Music and Music Appreciation 4
ETHNMUS 283 Seminar: Study of Musical Instruments (Organology) 6
ETHNMUS 284 Seminar: Anthropology of Music 4
ETHNMUS 285 Seminar: Comparative Music Theory 6
ETHNMUS 287 Seminar: Folk Music 4
ETHNMUS 289 Research Design and Grant Writing in Ethnomusicology 4
ETHNMUS 291 Ethnomusicology Colloquium Series 1
ETHNMUS 292A Seminar: Special Topics in Ethnomusicology 4
ETHNMUS 292B Seminar: Special Topics in Ethnomusicology 4
ETHNMUS 292C Seminar: Special Topics in Ethnomusicology 4
ETHNMUS 292D Seminar: Special Topics in Ethnomusicology 4
ETHNMUS 495A Teaching Apprentice Practicum 2
ETHNMUS 495B Teaching with Technology 2
ETHNMUS 596 Directed Individual Studies 2 to 6
ETHNMUS 597 Preparation for Master’s Comprehensive Examination or PhD Qualifying Examinations 2 or 4
ETHNMUS 598 Guidance of MA Thesis 4 to 12
ETHNMUS 599 Guidance of PhD Dissertation 4 to 12
ETHNMUS C200 Audiovisual Archiving in 21st Century 4
ETHNMUS C204 Aesthetic and Philosophical Foundations in Systematic Musicology 4
ETHNMUS C221 Tibetan Pop Music: Tibet, Exile, China, and World 4
ETHNMUS C236B Music of Africa 4
ETHNMUS C240 Music of Arab World 4
ETHNMUS C241 Music of Turkey and Iran 4
ETHNMUS C250 Music and Politics in East Asia 4
ETHNMUS C255 Intangible Cultural Heritage Worldwide 4
ETHNMUS C256A Music in China 4
ETHNMUS C259 Music on China’s Periphery 4
ETHNMUS C270 Selected Topics in Composition 4
ETHNMUS C286 Public Ethnomusicology 4
ETHNMUS CM220 Bibliography and Research Methods in Rap Music/Hip-Hop Studies 4
ETHNMUS CM288 Music Industry 4
ETHNMUS M211 Seminar: African American Music 4
ETHNMUS M261 Gender and Music in Cross-Cultural Perspective 4

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