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MA students in Music History at UB take courses that span the gamut of the methodological approaches that characterize the discipline today. Alongside this core curriculum, each student is given constant support through faculty mentorship and courses designed to strengthen professional skills.
Our MA is designed to prepare students for a diverse set of paths after UB, ranging from further study in the field’s most competitive PhD programs, to high school teaching that integrates a student’s enhanced understanding of music history and music history pedagogy, to public intellectual work, and archival employment.
Every student is involved in our department’s prestigious Baird Lecture Series. This series brings prominent guest lecturers to our campus throughout the year. Giving lectures, teaching courses, and working directly with our graduate students, this series gives students access to the most important scholars, composers, and performers today.
And finally, students in our MA program have the unique opportunity to complete a dual degree, earning an MS in Music Librarianship. This program is one of the strongest in the country, and features an exceptional record of placing its graduates in libraries and collections across the world.
