1. University of Wisconsin–Madison
  2. Music: Musicology, MA

Student guide

Music: Musicology, MA

The Music: Musicology, MA: what it asks for, in what order, and who teaches it. This guide was started from the catalog; its own introduction is still to be written.

  • 30credits in the major

What the degree asks for, group by group. The map sets out every course by how many must come before it; open a course there to see what it needs and what it opens.

Choose three · 9 credits

Coursework in musicology

9 credits from the list.

  • MUSIC-411SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES3
  • MUSIC-412SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE RENAISSANCE3
  • MUSIC-413SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE BAROQUE ERA3
  • MUSIC-414SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE CLASSIC ERA3
  • MUSIC-415SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE ROMANTIC ERA3
  • MUSIC-416SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY3
  • MUSIC-419MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES3
  • MUSIC-511HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICES3
  • MUSIC-513SURVEY OF OPERA3
  • MUSIC-821HISTORICAL MUSIC THEORIES 13
  • MUSIC-822HISTORICAL MUSIC THEORIES 23
Required · 6 credits

Musicology seminar

The seminar, taken twice for 3 credits each.

  • MUSIC-911SEMINAR IN MUSICOLOGY3
Choose one · 3 credits

Ethnomusicology

  • MUSIC-515PROSEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY3
  • MUSIC-516ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR MUSIC AND SOUND3
Required · 3 credits

Reference and research materials

  • MUSIC-619MUSIC RESEARCH METHODS AND MATERIALS3
Choose one · 3 credits

Theory proficiency

One graduate-level course taught by the music theory faculty; its credits may count as electives. Other courses only with the music theory and musicology faculty's approval. The Guide also lists MUSIC 823, which has no page among its courses, so it is not drawn.

  • MUSIC-523ORCHESTRATION I3
  • MUSIC-621RENAISSANCE POLYPHONY3
  • MUSIC-622BAROQUE COUNTERPOINT3
  • MUSIC-623FORM AND ANALYSIS2-3
  • MUSIC-624FORM AND ANALYSIS II2-3
  • MUSIC-821HISTORICAL MUSIC THEORIES 13
  • MUSIC-822HISTORICAL MUSIC THEORIES 23
  • MUSIC-921CURRENT ISSUES IN MUSICAL THOUGHT 13
  • MUSIC-927SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION3
Required · 2 credits

Thesis

Consult the advisor for details.

  • MUSIC-990MASTERS THESIS1-4

Meet your instructors

Everyone teaching a course in this degree this term, by the part of the degree they teach in. Expand an area to see who is in it; someone teaching in two areas appears in both, with that area’s courses on each card. A Full-time band on a photo means that instructor is full-time faculty. Every email here works; use it.