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Ethnomusicology, Minor

2022-2023 Edition

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The minor in ethnomusicology offers students an expansive understanding of music in its diverse contexts, prioritizing global engagement, culturally-situated knowledge, and community-centered research. The foundation of the minor is a unique introductory course, Music in Everyday Life (MUSC 1002), which investigates many dimensions of the musical experience and music’s connections to society. Students select in-depth electives that focus on the music of a region or a particular musical genre, the global circulation of music, or music’s relationship to other aspects of the human experience, such as philosophy and aesthetics, identity and culture, society and politics, economics and social justice. The minor culminates in a course that invites students to conduct their own ethnographic research projects.

Ethnomusicological studies would enrich many programs or degrees, including but not limited to Africana studies; sociology; anthropology; Asian studies; Middle Eastern studies; Jewish studies; world language studies; cultural studies; women, gender, and sexuality studies; Latin American studies; religion; urban studies; Art + Design; cinema studies; communication studies; international affairs; theatre; political science; or health sciences. Music majors may also add this minor.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified.

Required Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
MUSC 1002
and MUSC 1003
Music in Everyday Life
and Lab for MUSC 1002
4
MUSC 2330Musical Communities of Boston4

Ethnomusicology Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete two of the following. At least one must be at 2000-level or higher:8
MUSC 1137
Topics in Diverse Musical Cultures
MUSC 2101
Black Popular Music
MUSC 3354
Sound and the Sacred
MUSC 2130
Music of Asia
MUSC 2313
Topics in World Music
MUSC 3353
Music and the Racial Imagination
MUSI 3351
Music and Social Justice
MUSI 3360
Global Music Industries in Context
MUSI 5900
Ethnography in Creative Industries

GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in the minor. Students must complete all required music courses with grades of at least C.

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