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Introduction to Ethnomusicology
MUSIC 201B

Course Information

Description

Focuses on introduction to scholarly study of music with emphasis on the history and methodologies of ethnomusicology. Theories of music in culture, field methods, analytical and notational strategies, and critical tools for scholarship.

Course Notes

May be taken by students from other departments with permission of instructor.

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
Cross Reg

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Department Music
Course Component Seminar
Subject Music
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
Exam/Final Deadline Dec. 15, 2026
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution Arts and Humanities
Course Level Primarily for Graduate Students