Students who have completed the course:

• can recognize and place specific musical traditions within their cultural, geographical, historical and stylisitic contexts
• apply ethnomusicological concepts and methods to the study of music in their own society

Students will carry out and report on, in both written and oral form, a fieldwork project on a local musical culture.

Two assignments totalling 4000-6000 words (12-15 pages doublespaced).

All mandatory instruction must be completed and approved of before the exam. All instruction is compulsory. Absence of more than 20% leads to loss of right to take the exam. Approved compulsory activities are valid for 2 semesters after they are completed.