Master of Music (Musicology)

The Master of Music (Musicology) aims to train students to become independent scholars within the discipline of Musicology and to communicate their findings in appropriate written and spoken forms. This research degree may stand alone or serve as preliminary to PhD study in the discipline. Students in this course carry out research in a variety of fields able to be supported by the staff of the faculty.

Course structure

The Master of Music (Musicology) can be completed in either four semesters of full-time study or eight semesters of part-time study.

Candidature will include:

• enrolment in units of study in Musicological Research Methods and Musical Analysis;
• enrolment in Seminar topics approved for the Musicology program;
• attendance at the Musicology Research Workshop and, as required, at Musicology Workshop. These supplement classes and individual research and provide a forum for discussion. Candidates will be required to present reports of their research in the Research Workshop;
• supervised research on an approved topic;
• submission of a thesis of 40,000 words embodying the results of the research.

At the end of the first year candidates may be required to take a qualifying examination. This examination is designed to test a number of aspects of the progress of the candidate and to assess his/her preparedness and ability to undertake the intellectual demands of independent research. Candidates will not be permitted to proceed to the thesis without being able to demonstrate that they have integrated and can apply what they have learned thus far in the course, and that their methodological base is sound.