MUSIC 3212

Seminar in Music Research

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2022-2023 Catalog.

This course welcomes Music Majors engaged in an honors project, as well as other students interested in pursuing a scholarly study outside of honors.  In a welcoming workshop setting we will develop important research skills:  defining and refining a topic; producing a bibliography; evaluating source materials; reviewing the scholarly literature; crafting a thesis statement; writing abstracts; using libraries; navigating archives and on-line resources; making use of recorded sound and visual materials; producing persuasive, lucid prose; presenting your work to others.  All kinds of projects can be pursued in this seminar: historical studies; critical engagements; performance projects enriched by scholarship—or combinations of these and other approaches.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: MUSIC 2201 or permission of instructor required. 

Distribution Category (ALC-AS, CA-AS)

When Offered Spring.

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