Master of Arts in Music

The Music Department offers a thesis-based Master of Arts with a specialization in musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, and the digital audio arts. The MA program provides students with the opportunity to develop a specialized research project, while critically engaging with innovative, interdisciplinary music scholarship. The MA program strives to produce outstanding scholars, educators, and professionals whose research addresses the political, social, historical, and technological contexts that inform music practices and their meanings.Students are typically required to complete six 3-credit courses (a total of 18 approved credits), including a course in theory and methods, and a thesis. Courses can include independent studies, advanced undergraduate courses adapted for graduate students (in Music or other relevant areas), and courses drawn from the Cultural, Social, and Political Thought program in the Faculty of Arts and Science.

Applicants must hold a baccalaureate degree (i.e. an undergraduate degree) in a related discipline from a recognized degree-granting institution; Have a minimum grade point average of 3.00 (based on 4.00 scale) on the last 20 graded university-level term courses OR calculated on the most recently completed master’s degree if the applicant is applying for another master’s degree.