Graduate Courses
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2026-27 course descriptions will be added as they become available.
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Fall 2026-Winter 2027
MUSI 5002F: Research Methods in Music and Culture – Fall Term
- INSTRUCTOR: Anna Hoefnagels
- DESCRIPTION: This course provides students with a grounding in research methods in music and culture, applying concepts, processes and practices to students’ individual research projects. Topics addressed in class meetings will include: research processes and design; approaches to reading, writing and citational
practices; ethics; analysis; and various methodologies relevant for studies in music and culture. - METHOD OF EVALUATION: Student evaluation will be based on 1) numerous components of their individual research project (abstract,
annotated bibliography, article discussion/facilitation, conference presentation, final paper); 2) short
presentations; 3) attendance and participation in weekly class meetings. - READINGS: Readings will be available online.
MUSI 5013F: Music and Performance – Fall Term
- INSTRUCTOR: Lyndsey Copeland
- DESCRIPTION: This seminar will examine musical and sonic performance genres intended or perceived to be erotic. Students will read foundational literature in the study of performance, eroticism, gender and sexuality, the senses, and sound. Students will analyze erotic genres across historical periods and generic categories, including Sufi devotional music, underwater opera, drag lip-sync, Italian troubadour songs, whale calling, and audio pornography. Students will think laterally and creatively about the sonic expression of human eroticism and sensuality, and how the musically erotic manifests similarly and differently across time periods and cultures
- METHOD OF EVALUATION: • Participation: 15%
• Listening Journal: 10%
• Short Response: 15%
• Annotated Playlist: 15%
• Audio(-visual) Production: 20%
• Essay: 25% - READINGS: Readings will be made available online.
MUSI 5200W: Special Topics in Music: Research-Creation Theories and Methods – Winter Term
- INSTRUCTOR: Ellen Waterman
- DESCRIPTION: Research-creation is an interdisciplinary theory/practice that takes place at the intersections of both research and creative practice, where each affects the other. In this course, we will explore theories and methods of research-creation across fine arts, music, and performance contexts. Research-creation design may employ traditional social science and humanities methodologies, but it may also embrace experimentation, improvisation, and community-engagement. The course will be useful for anyone curious about research-creation, but especially valuable for students who are using research-creation in thesis or other projects. Students will design and prototype a research-creation project and present it in a small class symposium
- METHOD OF EVALUATION: Reflective reading journal 30%, Project proposal 10%, Project 40%, Symposium presentation 20
- READINGS: All course readings will be available online
- CROSS-LISTED WITH: CLMD 6902W & CURA 5003W