Undergraduate Program/World Music

Faculty Emphasis Advisors

Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje, Professor
Roger Kendall, Professor
Anthony Seeger, Professor

Plan of Study

GPA requirement

Students who select this emphasis must have a 3.5 grade-point average in departmental lower division core courses and a cumulative 3.0 GPA at the time of application.

Capstone (internship requirement)

Students must fulfill an internship requirement (capstone), which consists of two or three quarters (8 units minimum) of ETHNOMU 195, and work experience in an institution approved by the faculty sponsor. (See the "Emphasis Application" and "Internship Guidelines" links above). Students must write a final research paper (12-15 pages) at the completion of each internship.

Degree Requirements

CORE COURSES
Lower Division Core Course Units (57)

World Music Theory (10A/B/C or its equivalent)

World Music Systems and Structures (11A/B/C)

Musical Cultures of the World (20A/B/C)

World Music Performance Ensembles (91A-91Z) or
Private Instruction (92) (6 2-unit courses)

Upper Division Core Course Units (20)

Sociology of Music (175) OR Anthropology of Music (181)

Study of Ethnomusicology (183)

World Music Performance Ensembles 161A-161Z or
Private Instruction (162) (6 2-unit courses)

TOTAL CORE COURSE UNITS

PUBLIC ETHNOMUSICOLOGY EMPHASIS COURSES

Audiovisual Archiving in the 21st Century (C100)

The Music Business (105)

Music, Science, and Technology (C169)

Music Industry (C182)

Internet Practicum for Musicians

Community or Corporate Internship in Ethnomusicology (195)

World Music Teaching Practicum (196)

Electives from other departments

ArtsBridge (Arts and Architecture 102SL)

ArtsBridge Undergraduate Practicum (Arts and Architecture 192 SL)

Information Resources and Libraries (Information Studies 110)

TOTAL EMPHASIS UNITS

TOTAL UNITS FOR MAJOR

Minimum School of the Arts and Architecture Requirements
(Writing I and II, Foreign Language, Quantitative Reasoning, Diversity, GE, and 12 units of upper division non-major courses)

Minimum Number of units required for Bachelor of Arts
(World Music Concentration)

World Music Performanc Ensemble Courses

Because learning to perform the music of the world can enlighten and enrich academic experiences, ethnomusicology majors are required to take performance courses (Ethnomusicology 91 A-Z and 161 A-Z) concurrently with their academic courses. Students have the opportunity to participate in performing organizations representing some 10-12 traditions. These ensembles are taught by masters of each tradition, who are also usually natives of that tradition, giving the student a chance to understand the subtleties of pedagogical technique from someone who has spent a lifetime immersed in the music (for details click on World Music Performance Ensembles).

Private Instruction in Music

Students in the world music concentration who want alternatives to the above performance ensembles may enroll in Ethnomusicology 92 or 162 in order to receive two units of credit for private or semi-private lessons with a distinguished community-based musician. All costs involved with these lessons are to be paid for by the student. Once the student has selected the musician and musical tradition, a 92/162 course contract must be completed and submitted to the department chair's office no later than the end of the second week of the quarter the student plans to enroll. For more information go to: Private Instruction in Music.