INTEGRATED UNDERGRADUATE-GRADUATE DEGREES

B.A. in Music and M.A. in Musicology

Program Description
The School of Music offers an Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate degree program that combines the B.A. in Music and the M.A. in Musicology.  This enables a select number of students to further their research interests in musicology at the undergraduate and graduate levels. By the end of the five-year program students   receive two degrees, a B.A. in Music and an M.A. in Musicology.

Candidates for this Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate degree must demonstrate a high level of aptitude and achievement in academic core courses (i.e., offerings in music theory and music history; see under Application Process) and be highly motivated to pursue research projects with musicology faculty.

Modeled after a similar program in the Schreyer Honors College, this IUG program  enables gifted music students to double count credits in two degree programs.  As a result they will have developed a research focus during their fourth and fifth years, which will prepare them for entry into doctoral programs at other institutions.  (Penn State does not offer doctoral programs in Musicology). 
 

Application Process
To initiate the application process, students must submit a transcript, faculty recommendation, writing sample, and statement of goals.  A faculty adviser will help undergraduate candidates determine a sequence of courses that will prepare them for acceptance into the IUG program.  Normally a student applies after the fourth semester and before the end of the sixth semester.  The following 500-level courses may be applied to both B.A. and M.A. degrees:

 Music 531 Analytical Techniques
 Music 532 Schenkerian Analysis
 Music 533 Pedagogy of Undergraduate Music Theory/History 
 Music 572 Musicology Seminar
 Music 573 Integrative Seminar in Music Theory and History
 Music 574 Seminar in Music Theory

For acceptance into the program students must successfully complete the following courses or their equivalent with a minimum average of 3.5 in their music courses, and a minimum GPA of 3.0.

 4 semesters of music theory (131, 132, 231, 331)
 4 semesters of musicianship (121, 122, 221, 222)
 3 semesters of music history (162, 261, 262)

Assuming all undergraduate coursework has been completed, a student can still complete the undergraduate program if for any reason he/she is unable to complete the Master of Arts degree.

Reduced course load
As many as twelve of the credits required for the masterís degree may be applied to both undergraduate and graduate degree programs.  A minimum of 50% of the courses proposed to count for both degrees must be at the 500 level.  Thesis credits may not be double counted.

B.A. Senior Project (Music 476W) / M.A. Thesis (Music 600)
Students will be encouraged to select a B.A. Senior Project topic (Music 476W) that will later develop into the M.A. Thesis.  It is expected that the Masterís Thesis consist of greater depth and specialization than the Senior Project.

Eligibility for a Graduate Assistantship
Students in the IUG program will be eligible for a graduate assistantship starting in the beginning of the fifth year.

Tuition charges
Undergraduate tuition rates will apply as long as the student is an undergraduate, unless the student received financial support, for example, an assistantship requiring the payment of graduate tuition (from "Information and Guidelines for Establishing Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate Degree Programs" ? approved by the Graduate Council, May 8, 1996).
 
 

Degree Requirements

IUG   M.A. in Musicology sequence (32 credits)

Music 500 Introduction to Music Reference: 2 credits
Music 572 Musicology Seminar: 3 credits
Music 573 Integrative Seminar: 3 credits
Music History* 6 credits
Music Theory**: 3 credits
Music Elective***: 3 credits
Cognate Area****: 6 credits
Music 600 Thesis: 6 credits
TOTAL: 32 credits

* Select 6 credits from 461W (Antiquity to 1600), 462W (1550-1750), 463W (1700-1900), 464W (1850-present), 497 (Special Topics in Music History).

** Select 3 credits from 431 (Advanced Tonal Analysis) 433 (Special Topics in 20th-Century Theory), 471 (16th-Century Counterpoint), 472 (18th-Century Counterpoint), 531 (Analytical Techniques), 532 (Schenkerian Theory and Analysis), 574 (Theory Seminar).

*** Select 3 credits from 400- or 500-level music courses.

**** The Musicology M.A. requires that students take 6 credits in an area outside of music (known as a "cognate area").  These courses are selected in consultation with the student's academic adviser, and should preferably be related to the student's particular musicological interest and thesis topic. 
 
 

Example of a 5 year plan for an IUG program for a
B.A. in Music and an M.A. in Musicology

4th YEAR

FALL

Selections in history/theory Music 431  Advanced Tonal Analysis      3
Selections in history/theory Music 531  Analytical Techniques        3
Music Seminar                Music 572  Seminar in Musicology        3
Gen. Ed.: Arts               ArtH 112   Survey of Western Art        3
Gen. Ed.: Humanities         Engl. 185  The Modern Novel             3
Gen. Ed.: Science            Earth 100  Environment Earth            3
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SPRING

Selections in history/theory Music 462W  Studies in Music: 1550-1750  3
General music                Music 101   Common Hour                  1
Senior Project               Music 476W  Senior Project               3
Gen. Ed.: Science            Meteo 003   Intro. to Meteorology        3
Gen Ed.: Quantification      Math 017    Finite Math                  3
Gen. Ed.: Soc/Beh Sci        Psy 003     Intro. to Learning           3
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5th YEAR  (student on a half-time assistantship)

FALL

Music elective               Music 532    Schenkerian Theory/Analysis 3
Gen. Music                   Music 500    Intro. to Mus. Ref/Research 2
Cognate area                 ArtH 414     Italian Baroque Painting    3
Thesis                       Music 600    Thesis                      3
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SPRING

Musicology                    Music 461W   Studies/Music: Antiq-1600  3
Music Seminar                 Music 573    Integrative Seminar        3
Cognate area                  ArtH 423     Studies in It. Ren. Art    3
Thesis                        Music 600    Thesis                     3
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