Admissions

The Division seeks to admit about 4 new graduate students per year. All students applying for graduate work in the Division will compete for admission in a single pool and enter with the expectation of pursuing a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology or Historical Musicology.

All students admitted to graduate work in the Division Ph.D. programs will be offered funding support for 5 years / 10 semesters contingent on maintaining satisfactory progress-to-degree along the benchmarks outlined below. (Division support is defined as any support designated by the Division faculty, including TA positions, Recruitment Fellowships, or any other fellowships/scholarships for which the Division has the ability to nominate students.)
 

The Division Ph.D. degrees require 54 credit hours of pre-candidacy coursework (9 credit hours per semester x 6 semesters), plus a minimum of 6 credit hours of post-candidacy dissertation work, for a total of 60 hours. Students entering the Ph.D. programs with a Master’s degree in hand will be given the opportunity to accelerate their progress to degree up to a year by petition to the Division.
 

The Division strongly recommends that prospective graduate students contact one or more Division faculty whom they perceive as potential mentors in the program as a first step in the application process.

There is no admission examination for the Musicology/Ethnomusicology degree program. All entering graduate students are asked to take a diagnostic examination in music theory and complete a self-assessment / planning questionnaire on their past and planned work in music and culture.

Butler School of Music Admissions Information

Financial Aid

If you have questions and can’t find the answers in the online materials, please contact the Graduate Admissions Coordinator.