Faculty: Michael Bakan, Frank Gunderson, Benjamin Koen, Dale Olsen

The College of Music offers M.M. and Ph.D. degree programs in Musicology (with a track in Ethnomusicology). The programs provide comprehensive studies in world music performance areas and rigorous studies in theoretical areas (including diasporic studies, cognitive ethnomusicology, medical ethnomusicology {music and healing}, global popular music, jazz research, historical ethnomusicology, multicultural music education, ethnoarchaeomusicology, and others) and geographic areas (including Africa, Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, North, Central, and South America, Europe, and others). The Musicology division encourages a stimulating and challenging academic environment where musicologists (ethnomusicologists and historical musicologists) work closely together with students, providing extensive opportunities in research, teaching, performing, and other practical skills necessary for a successful career in the discipline.