Stony Brook University Stony Brook University 30 courses 21 total credits
In addition to ethnomusicology classes, including survey courses and courses on specialized topics, students will take a combination of performance and social science classes on relevant subjects in other departments. The capstone course is MUS 451 - Senior Seminar in Ethnography of Music in which students conduct ethnographic research projects related to music. The minor in ethnomusicology is distinct from other existing music minors in that it offers training in fieldwork methods, an anthropological approach that does not rely heavily on the skills of analysis and performance that may be used in musicology, jazz studies, and the like. Moreover, it often emphasizes repertoire and practice from outside of Europe and the United States (our minor is especially strong in the musics of Asia). Ethnomusicology is the study of musical cultures, and entails a disciplinarily unique set of questions and methodologies, as well as objects.
| Total Credits | 21 credits |
Ethnomusicology series (3 classes required; 9 credits)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUS 105 | Music Cultures of the World | 3 |
| MUS 109 | Rock, Popular Music, and Society | 3 |
| MUS 311 | Topics in Ethnomusicology | 3 |
Area Studies and Social Sciences (2 courses required; 6 credits)
Students must choose two from the following list of courses (below) from other departments. Petitions for other courses can be submitted to the UGPD. AAS 118 - Introduction to Asian Studies.
Option A
3 semesters of Ethnomusicology ensemble
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUS 235 or MUS 335 | Introduction to African Drumming or Advanced African Drumming | 4 |
2 semesters of Ethnomusicology ensemble
such as AND.
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUS 235 or MUS 335 | Introduction to African Drumming or Advanced African Drumming | 4 |
1 semester of composition/production class
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUS 341 | Sound Design | 3 |
Other performance/production options possible with UGPD permission
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUS 451 | Senior Seminar in Ethnography of Music | 3 |
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