Important Dates
January 1: Application deadline for fall entry, including pre-screening materials for voice applicants.
March 1: Interview and audition deadline for fall entry.
Steps for Applying
Step 1: Complete the Application for Graduate Admission. NOTE: To submit a graduate application, you need to have previously completed a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university and be seeking an advanced degree. Your Application for Graduate Admission should include:
- Butler Application
- A Professional Statement
- Official transcripts or copies of official transcripts from all colleges and universities where candidates:
- Earned a degree
- Earned more than 15 credits (undergraduate and graduate)
- Completed any program prerequisite (regardless of number of credit hours)
- Completed courses for which candidates are applying for transfer credit
- Resumé
- Two letters of recommendation
- International applicants must take the TOEFL as well as submit additional financial documentation. See International Student Application process.
Transcripts
Copies of official transcripts may be uploaded in the online application for application review only. Applicants who receive an offer of admission will be required at that time to submit official final transcripts issued directly from the institution(s) for verification prior to enrollment. More information is available in the application for admission.
Step 2: Complete the JCA Graduate Music Supplement. The supplement will appear on your application status page after submitting your Application for Graduate Admission. The supplement is required in order for your application to be considered complete.
Step 3: Submit Pre-Screening materials which includes a scholarly paper representing undergraduate music history work. This can be submitted on your Application Status Page (after beginning the Graduate Application) or emailed to music@butler.edu with subject line listing your full name and “Musicology Pre-Screen”.
Step 4: Complete an interview with Musicology faculty. Interviews will be scheduled through the School of Music office beginning in mid-January. Applicants must receive approval of their pre-screening materials before being invited to interview. Interview deadline for fall entry is March 1. If you have any questions or have not been contacted about your pre-screening results or to set up an interview, please email music@butler.edu.
Total Credit Hours: 30 credit hours
Anticipated Duration: 2 years
Degree requires a thesis and final oral comprehensive exam
Required Courses:
- Research in Music
- Analysis of Music Since 1900
- Analysis of Tonal Music
- Music History Electives
- General Music Electives
- Thesis
- Final Oral Examination
Download full degree guide as a PDF: MA in Musicology
Nicholas Johnson, Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Musicology
For application or general questions, contact the School of Music office at music@butler.edu or 317-940-9065.