MUS 496A - Seminar: Music History Investigations

Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Capstone course for the BA Music degree. In this course, advanced music students choose a topic in music history, systematic musicology, ethnomusicology or music theory that is of interest to them, and conduct scholarly research in the field, continuing a project begun in previous semester in MUS 493A. The final product is a substantial research/analysis paper, suitable to be seen by the wider scholarly community in the form of publication or graduate school applications. Students will become well-versed in the field, be familiar with the extant literature, and contribute an original, insightful, valuable paper to the field (Offered fall semester.) 2 credits