Graduate Courses for Ethnomusicology (MUET)

Schedule of Classes: Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer
(Only current and next semester available)

MUET 420 Introduction to Ethnomusicology (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUET210, MUSC130, or permission of instructor. Junior standing.
Study of principal concepts and methods in ethnomusicology, covering history of field, linguistics and anthropology, music in various settings, musical cognition and ethnography of performance.

MUET 430 The American Musical Experience: North America (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUET210 or MUSC130. Junior standing.
Many musical styles found in North America portray the ideas and beliefs that characterize our diverse society. Specific problems and issues in American society examined through the American musical experience.

MUET 432 Music in World Culture I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC130 or permission of department. Junior standing.
Musics of the Pacific and Asia analyzed in terms of musical, social and aesthetic interrelationships.

MUET 433 Music in World Cultures II (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUSC130 or permission of department. Junior standing.
Musics of Europe, Africa, and the Americas analyzed in terms of musical, social and aesthetic interrelationships.

MUET 438 Area Studies in Ethnomusicology (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUET432 or MUET433 or equivalent. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Advanced study of musics in selected parts of the world.

MUET 610 Research Methods, Bibliography, and Guided Writings (3 credits)
Survey of bibliographic material in ethnomusicology. Guided writing utilizing specific bibliography.

MUET 620 Analysis of World Music (3 credits)
Recommended: Seminar in transcription.
Development of skills for auditory analysis of diverse musical systems.

MUET 630 Seminar in Music Transcription (3 credits)
Advanced study of musical notations of the world; training in transcription of music

MUET 640 Seminar in Organology (3 credits)
Advanced study of musical instruments of the world, their morphology, musical and cultural functions.

MUET 650 The Anthropology of Music (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUET 420 or equivalent; or permission of instructor.
An exploration of theories and methods in anthropology that have influenced the cross-cultural study of music, dance, theater and ritual performance.

MUET 660 Field Methods in Ethnomusicology I (3 credits)
Introduction to a wide variety of methods and strategies for surveying, interviewing, and observing the dynamics of performance in contrasting settings. This is the first of three semesters of field methods.

MUET 661 Field Methods in Ethnomusicology II (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUET660.
Advanced training in field research techniques and issues including multimedia recording and data management, interview and survey techniques, grant writing, and research ethics.

MUET 662 Field Methods in Ethnomusicology III (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUET 661.
Continuation of Field Methods in Ethnomusicology II. Further development of skills in data collection and interpretation, culminating in an urban musical ethnography project and document.

MUET 675 Historical Theory and Method in Ethnomusicology (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUET 420 or equivalent.
Reading and discussion of major works in ethnomusicology, with emphasis on schools of thought, convergence with and divergence from musicology and systematic musicology; close examination of trends in methodology and theory from the mid eighteenth century until approximately twenty years before the present.

MUET 676 Current theory and Method in Ethnomusicology (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUET 675 or equivalent.
Reading and discussion of major works in ethnomusicology, with emphasis on a close examination of trends in methodology and theory from approximately twenty years before the present to current work in both areas. Current work in all geographic areas will be reviewed and analyzed.

MUET 679 Seminar in Ethnomusicology (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Formerly MUSC679.
Seminar topics address current issues, including gender, the social economy of music, ethnography of performance, etc.

MUET 689 Advanced Seminar in Ethnomusicology (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MUET 679. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Advanced Seminar on topics that change every semester. Requires well-developed skills in musical and social analysis, mastery of theories and methods of ethnomusicology.