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postgraduate

Degree

Master of Arts in Music, Emphasis Musicology (Research-Based)

postgraduate

Degree

Master of Arts in Music, Emphasis Musicology (Research-Based)

Quick facts

  • Annual tuition (2022)

    $9,500 CAD

  • Application fee

    $168 CAD

  • Duration

    1 year

  • PGWP

    1 year

  • Min GPA

    76 out of 100

Deadlines

Term start& deadline Deadline
Fall-September 01-December-2022 2022-12-01
Fall-September 01-December-2023 2023-12-01

Overview

Master of Arts in Music, Emphasis Musicology

The M.A. and PhD programs in musicology at the UBC School of Music offer students advanced training leading to professional careers in teaching and scholarly research. 

Graduate students enjoy a program that balances sound historical methods with critical interpretation and forges interdisciplinary connections to music theory, ethnomusicology, and the humanities in general. 

The musicology faculty’s areas of expertise range from Medieval repertories through the music of the 21st century and represent a variety of scholarly approaches and critical methods.

Musicology at UBC is expansive.  

The four faculty members work on music from the Middle Ages to the present day. 

Their work also stretches across genres: classical, Asian traditions, jazz, and popular music. 

They also engage a wide range of critical approaches, including sound studies, transnationalism, disability studies, religious cultures, gender studies, queer studies, and social justice.  

The Musicology Division inspires students to adopt a far-reaching, interdisciplinary vision in their work.

Estimate your cost

Residency
Count of person

$19,795

Total costs

yearly

Details


Cost of living 1 person $7,800
Accommodation 1 bed room $10,295
Tuition 1 person $9,500

Hourly wage

Min wage

16.75 CAD / 1 hour

in Canada every student can work 20 hour per week

Required documents

  • Academic/Official Transcripts
  • Proof of English Language Proficiency (If Applicable)
  • Passport or Visa Documents
  • Statement Of Intent
  • Letters Of Reference
  • Paper

Language requirements

GRE
not required
GMAT
not required

IELTS

6.5
6
listening
6
writing
6
speaking
6
reading

TOEFL

90
22
listening
21
writing
21
speaking
22
reading

PTE

65
60
listening
60
writing
60
speaking
60
reading

Cambridge

-
listening
-
writing
-
speaking
-
reading
Language pathway (conditional offer) is available

The Faculty of Graduate Studies may extend a conditional offer of admission to a highly-qualified graduate applicant who does not quite meet the minimum English language proficiency requirement set by the graduate program to which the student has applied.

The student will proceed directly into the graduate degree program after successfully completing the prescribed terms of study in the ELI Intensive Academic English Program (or pre-approved, equivalent alternative).

To be eligible for the Condition Admission Program (CAP), the applicant must:

  • Possess a "first-class average" (or established equivalent) in a degree deemed as an eligible basis for admission, OR have academic qualifications that would have ranked them in the top 33% of students admitted to the graduate program to which they are applying, for the year before the date of their application;
  • have English language proficiency, demonstrated via an accepted test, that can reasonably be expected to be brought up to the standard required by the graduate program to which the student has applied by completing ELI (or accepted equivalent) training in no more than a year; and
  • be recommended for the CAP by a UBC graduate program.

Academic background and requirement

  • A B.Mus or B.A. degree with completion of specific courses.
  • A minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% at UBC)
  • The candidate must possess a B.Mus. or B.A. degree which entails completion of the following U.B.C. courses or their equivalents: Music 100/101/105, 200/201/205, 300, and two of 410-415, 120/121, 220/221 and 241. In addition, at least three of the upper level history courses (350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357) are essential.

 

China:

  • The Bachelor's degree of at least four years of study
  • Overall average of B+ standing.

 

India:

  • A four-year Bachelor's Degree or a Master's degree
  • First Class/Division 1 (65%) or Very Good (8 on a 10-point scale)

 

Iran:

  • The Bachelor’s degree of at least four years of study
  • 16 on a 20-point scale

Career opportunities

  • Musicologist
  • Music History Researcher
  • Music Archivist
  • Music Theory Instructor
  • Music Critic
  • Music Librarian
  • Music Museum Curator

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