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CIP PROGRAM: 50.0902
Music History, Literature, and Theory.

Summary: A program that focuses on the study of the historical evolution of music as a social and intellectual phenomenon, the development of musical instruments and techniques, and the analysis and criticism of musical literature. Includes instruction in music history research methods, aesthetic analysis of musical compositions, history of musical writing and notation, the development of musical instruments, the development of music theory, and the study of specific periods, cultural traditions, styles, and themes.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 - 132 37
2021 7 141 33
2022 6 115 34
2023 4 139 37
2024 - 144 32
Change +Infinity% +5.30% -

Related CIPs

50 VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
50.09 Music.
50.0901 Music, General.
50.0902 Music History, Literature, and Theory.
50.0903 Music Performance, General.
50.0904 Music Theory and Composition.
50.0905 Musicology and Ethnomusicology.
50.0906 Conducting.
50.0907 Keyboard Instruments.
50.0908 Voice and Opera.
50.0910 Jazz/Jazz Studies.
50.0911 Stringed Instruments.
50.0912 Music Pedagogy.
50.0913 Music Technology.
50.0914 Brass Instruments.
50.0915 Woodwind Instruments.
50.0916 Percussion Instruments.
50.0917 Sound Arts.
50.0999 Music, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Music History, Literature, and Theory.

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