Applicants on a waiting list for admission are notified as soon as a decision is reached. Failure to meet any deadline may result in a delay in action or no action on an application for admission, as well as that for a fellowship or assistantship. Advising Upon entrance, students are assigned a faculty adviser who guides them through their first year of coursework. In the second and subsequent years, students choose a faculty adviser who shares their area of interest or theoretical perspective. Students must plan their program under the guidance of their adviser and are required to contact their adviser at the beginning of each quarter to obtain approval of their study list.
Students are responsible for checking URSA to be sure their official study lists are correct.
At the end of each year, students are provided with a written assessment of their work and progress in the program, as evaluated by the faculty. Support in the form of fellowships and teaching assistantships is assigned in conjunction with these annual evaluations. The department offers the M.A. degree in Ethnomusicology, with specializations in ethnomusicology or systematic musicology. Foreign Language Requirement A reading knowledge of one language other than English and relevant to the student's research is required. The choice of language and the method of satisfying the requirement must be approved by the faculty.