University of British Colombia: PhD in Musicology AMS Evergreen

The UBC School of Music offers a PhD in Music with an emphasis on Musicology, Music Theory, or Ethnomusicology.

Qualified students may combine the curricula of two or more emphasis in their programs of study with the supervisory committee’s approval. We designed the program to provide thorough training in musical research and analysis techniques and applications.

In addition to offering courses in the established practices of their respective fields, the academic faculty have eclectic interests that bridge conventionally separate disciplines, or historical and geographical area specialities. Members of all divisions teach and write about world popular music of many kinds. A Canadian Indigenous music scholar teaches a cross-disciplinary course in critical studies. Theorists and ethnomusicologists collaborate on the analysis of world traditional musics; historical musicologists branch out to write and teach about sound studies, Cantonese music, or opera in global context; and our music theory faculty research rhythm and cognition in many aspects.