For students concentrating in ethnomusicology, the first 30 credits should include the following six courses (or their equivalent): Research Techniques in Ethnomusicology (MUS 71200); three other seminars in ethnomusicology; one seminar in Western music; one course in anthropology.

For students concentrating in ethnomusicology who enter without a master's degree, the first 30 credits should include the following six courses: Research Techniques in Ethnomusicology (MUS 71200); three other seminars in ethnomusicology; one seminar in the history or theory/analysis of Western music; one course in anthropology.

For students who enter the program with a master's degree, those who lack courses that should have been taken as part of their master's coursework will be asked to make them up beyond any required Ph.D. courses.  These include the following semester-length courses or their equivalent:  one in ethnomusicological research methods, three others in ethnomusicology, one in the history or theory/analysis of Western music, one in anthropology.