Master of Arts [M.A] [Musicology] From University of Utah

Learning Outcomes:

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of a variety of cultures, various historical periods, and the ability to produce and defend graduate-level scholarly work.
• Possess a conceptual understanding of evolving relationships among musical structure, music history, and performance practices, and the influence of such evolutions on musical and cultural change.
• Be able to use effectively the tools of scholarship to engage in original research activities. Reading skill in foreign languages is essential.
• Demonstrate writing competency in producing scholarly work.
• Possess critical and independent thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Students demonstrate advanced competencies in musicology and music theory.
• Building upon their training in their undergraduate studies, students enhance their skills and knowledge of foreign languages and the liberal arts, enabling them to address culture and history from a variety of viewpoints.
• Students must demonstrate advanced competence in research and writing in musicology.