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Musicology/Ethnomusicology major

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1st year sequence

A first year sequence in Music consists of:

Minor sequence

A minor sequence in Composition consists of core units to the value of 30 points including:

Unit Year Level

First semester

Second semester

First-year core
  • MUS1100 Exploring music I
  • MUS1110 Exploring music II
Second-year core
  • MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I
  • MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II
Second-year electives Plus one of:
  • MUS2140 From Schubert to Strauss: Music of the Romantic ideal
  • MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan

Major sequence

The major consists of core units to the value of 54 points including:

Unit Year Level

First semester

Second semester

First-year core
  • MUS1100 Exploring music I
  • MUS1110 Exploring music II
Second-year core
  • MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I
  • MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II
Second-year electives Plus one of:
  • MUS2140 From Schubert to Strauss: Music of the Romantic ideal
  • MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
`Third year level core
  • MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology
  • MUS3580 Contemporary music
Third-year electives Plus two of the following, including at least one third-year level unit
  • MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I
  • MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II
  • MUS2490 / MUS3490 Indonesian gamelan: special studies
  • MUS2660 Music composition and technology workshop
  • MUS3310 Contemporary compositional techniques
  • MUS3330 Music Of North And South India
  • MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology
  • MUS3450 Asian Performance Studies
  • MUS3470 Performance studies: early music ensemble
  • MUS3580 Contemporary music
  • MUS3660 Music composition and technology workshop
  • MUS3830 Music Of Southeast Asia I: Indonesia
  • MUS3860 Music Of Southeast Asia II: Thailand
  • MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea
  • MUS3910 Music of Sub-Saharan Africa

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