Master of Music in Music History and Musicology: School of Music

Ball State University's master of music degree in music history and musicology requires 32 credit hours of study. Minimum course requirements are outlined below.

Prerequisite

10 semester hours of undergraduate music history--may be waived by exam or taken for undergraduate credit

Required Courses

Applied Music (2-5 hours)

Includes ensembles

Music History Electives (3-5 hours)

Music History (12 hours)

MUHIS 535 - Music in the Baroque Era.

MUHIS 536 - Music in the Preclassical and Classical Eras.

MUHIS 537 - Music in the Romantic Era.

MUHIS 538 - Opera History from 1780 to 1980.

MUHIS 631 - Music in the Middle Ages.

MUHIS 632 - Music in the Renaissance.

Required Music History (3 hours)

MUHIS 600 - Methodology and Bibliography in Musicology.

Research Project (3-6 hours)

RES 697 - Research Paper.

THES 698 - Thesis.

Music Theory (4-6 hours)

MUSTH 520 - Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint.

MUSTH 612 - Compositional Practices of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.

MUSTH 616 - Theory of Nineteenth-Century Music.

MUSTH 617 - Theory of Twentieth-Century Music.

MUSTH 621 - Analytical Technique.

MUSTH 692 - Special Topics in Music Theory and Composition.

A reading knowledge of a foreign language commonly used in musicology is required: German (recommended), French, Italian, or Spanish. This requirement may be met by the successful completion of a graduate reading course or an examination accepted by the department of the language selected.

* If the thesis option is selected, the registration should be spread over two semesters (3+3).

More Information

For complete information on program requirements, please consult the Music

For complete information on program requirements, please consult the Music Graduate Handbook and the Ball State University Graduate Catalog, or contact Kirby Koriath, coordinator of graduate programs in music.