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The Master of Arts in Music; Musicology - Gender and Women’s Studies focuses on issues centrally related to gender, sexuality, feminist theory, and/or women’s studies.
Students admitted to the Master of Arts in Music; Musicology - Gender and Women’s Studies program who have undergraduate degrees other than the B.Mus.; Major in Music History from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, may be required to successfully complete one or more undergraduate course(s) before completion of the Master’s program.
Music History and Literature : Study of selected methodologies in musicology through critical examination of significant texts. Topics may include approaches to historiography, biography, editing and source studies, as well as aesthetics, literary criticism, semiology, feminist musicology, and ideology critique. Works by Adler, Adorno, Dahlhaus, Kerman, McClary, Meyer, Nattiez, and Subotnik, among others, will be addressed.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
3 hours
Prerequisites: MUHL 286
Corequisite(s): MUTH 250 or MUCO 241, AND MUSP 241 or MUJZ 214
Normally alternates with MUHL 591D1 and MUHL 591D2
Women's Studies : Examination of feminist theories and research methods from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Ketchum, Alexandra (Fall)
Thesis Courses
The candidate will undertake supervised research leading to a thesis that will be an in-depth investigation in some specialized field of Musicology on a topic centrally related to issues of Gender and/or Women's Studies.
Graduate Faculty Music Courses : Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor.
Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Graduate Faculty Music Courses : Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor.
Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Graduate Faculty Music Courses : Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor.
Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
3 credits from the following:
Music History and Literature : The theory and practice of musical transcription for the period 1100 to 1600. Black modal notation, Franconian notation, French and Italian Ars Nova notation, Mannerism, white mensural notation, proportions, and lute and keyboard tablatures will be studied.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Cumming, Julie Emelyn (Fall)
1.5 hours
Prerequisites: MUHL 286
Corequisites: MUTH 250 or MUCO 241, AND MUSP 241 or MUJZ 214
Normally alternates with MUHL 529
Students must register for both MUHL 591D1 and MUHL 591D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both MUHL 591D1 and MUHL 591D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Music History and Literature : See MUHL 591D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Cumming, Julie Emelyn (Winter)
Prerequisite: MUHL 591D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both MUHL 591D1 and MUHL 591D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Music History and Literature : An overview of scholarly methods used in the study of popular music. Topics will include a broad range of issues related to music analysis, including technical-stylistic approaches as well as ideas about analytical pertinence, aesthetics, and semiotics. Introduction to approaches associated with the sociology of music, sound studies, media studies, gender and critical race studies. These topics will be explored through a range of readings, and the analysis of selected recordings.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Brackett, David (Fall)
Prerequisite: MUHL 286 or equivalent
6 credits from the following:
Music History and Literature : Seminar in musicology. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Kok, Roe-Min (Fall)
3 hours
Music History and Literature : Seminar in musicology. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Cumming, Julie Emelyn (Fall)
3 hours
Music History and Literature : Seminar in musicology. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Velasco Pufleau, Luis (Fall)
3 hours
Music History and Literature : Seminar in musicology. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Kok, Roe-Min (Winter)
3 hours
Music History and Literature : Seminar in musicology. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Brackett, David (Winter)
3 hours
Music History and Literature : Seminar in musicology. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Bandy, Dorian (Winter)
3 hours
3 credits of seminars at the 600 level or higher, approved by the Schulich School of Music.
3 credits from the following:
Women's Studies : Discussion and development of participants' research in gender and women's studies.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Sandwell, Rachel (Winter)
Prerequisite: WMST 601.
Restriction: Must be enrolled in the Option in Gender and Women's Studies.
Or a 3-credit seminar at the 600 level or higher, on gender/women's issues, which may be selected from within or outside of the Schulich School of Music. The selection must be approved by the Musicology Area.