The Musicology minor is designed for students who seek to combine the humanistic study of music with a major concentration in another area. The minor is a sequence of seven academic courses, of which two must be lower division or GE courses in Musicology, two must be upper division courses in Musicology, and three more can be chosen from selected upper division offerings in Ethnomusicology, Music, and Musicology. There is no performance requirement for the Musicology minor.
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Musicology Faculty
Joy Calico
Professor and Vice Chair of Musicology, Director of Graduate Studies
Nick DePinna
Adjunct Assistant Professor--Musicianship
Nina Eidsheim
Professor of Musicology and Humanities Founder and Director of UCLA PEER Lab
Cesar Favila
Assistant Professor
Robert Fink
Chair of Music Industry Program, Professor of Musicology and Humanities (Music Theory, Analysis of Popular Music, Internships and Industry Partnerships)
Thomas Hodgson
Assistant Professor of Musicology, Music Industry (Music and Data, Global Music Industry)
Jenny Olivia Johnson
Associate Professor
Mark Kligman
Professor of Musicology, Ethnomusicology, and Humanities; Mickey Katz Chair of Jewish Music; Director of Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience
Raymond Knapp
Chair of Musicology, Distinguished Professor of Musicology and Humanities, Director of UCLA Center of Musical Humanities (CMH)
Elisabeth Le Guin
Emeriti
Tamara Levitz
Professor
David MacFadyen
PROFESSOR OF MUSICOLOGY, MUSIC INDUSTRY, AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Kristi Brown Montesano
Lecturer in Musicology
Mitchell Morris
Emeriti
Tiffany Naiman
Director of Undergraduate Programs, Music Industry; Instructor, Music Industry & Musicology (Critical Perspectives, Capstone Sequence, History of Popular Music)
Catherine Provenzano
Assistant Professor of Musicology, Music Industry (Critical and Contemporary Perspectives on Music Technology)
Holley Replogle-Wong
Lecturer in Musicology, Program Director of CMH
Jessica Schwartz
Associate Professor of Musicology, Music Industry (Punk and DIY)
Elizabeth Randell Upton
Associate Professor of Musicology and Humanities
Marylin Winkle
Lecturer
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