Bachelor’s Programs and State Examination
Musicology
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) – 2 field degree program - Minor Field
Do you want to learn to analyze music in a scientific way? Do you want to know how history has influenced or is influencing music as we know it today?
Music has been around for thousands of years, and is constantly developing with each new generation. Past trends and fashions always influence how it sounds now. In Musicology you will study the development of Western music from the past to the present. Your degree program covers four areas:
- Music theory
- Methodical principles of analysis
- The influence of music on people and culture
- Music history and how it changes
Taking Musicology as a minor, you will learn about all the fundamental approaches to music, music theory and the influence of music in the past and the present. From a wide range of interesting classes you can select your focal areas for yourself.
| Academic calendar: |
Winter Semester |
| Standard Period of Study: |
6 semesters required for the full degree programme |
| Scope of services: |
180 ECTS-Points for the full degree programme |
| Admission: |
First semester:
without special prerequisites for admission (free admissions) Higher semesters:
free admission
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| Application period: |
First semester:
1 June – 4 October
Higher semesters: Winter Semester: until 30.09., Summer Semester: until 31.03. Important information regarding required application materials for higher semesters. |
| Faculty affiliation: | Faculty of Humanities |
The bachelor’s program takes the compositional foundations of Western music as a starting point to provide an initial overview of the field of musicology, which is combined from the outset with a methodological grounding. Research and teaching at the department focuses on the area of historical music research, which is concerned primarily with the creation, notation, appearance, rendition, performance, function, and impact of works from the history of European music. It includes music philology (the study of sources and the preparation of critical sheet music), musical analysis, the study of historical performance practice, biography, historical characterizations of music in their cultural and social context, reception research (the history of the impact of works of music), and the historical development of music theory, aesthetics, and musical terminology. In order to complete the course of study, students must possess excellent German language skills as well as good skills in English and one other foreign language. Although musicology is a theory-driven field of study, it is connected to musical practice in numerous ways. Familiarity with the basic principles of music theory and prior practical experience with music are thus necessary prerequisites for a successful course of study in the field. This includes experience with composition, the ability to form a mental picture of music just by reading the sheet music, and basic knowledge of the history of music and the musical repertoire.
Ancient Civilization Studies | Archaeological Sciences | Educational Science and Education Management | German Studies | English and American Studies | Cultural and Social Anthropology | FrancoMedia – French Language, Literature, and Media Culture | German Studies from a German–French Perspective | History | IberoCultura – Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture | Islamic Studies | Jewish Studies | Classical Philology | Cultural Analysis/European Ethnology | Art History | Musicology | Early Modern and Modern History | Philosophy | Political Science | Romance languages and literatures | Sinology | Scandinavian Studies | Slavic Studies | Sociology | Ancient Near Eastern Studies
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Zulassungs- und Immatrikulationsordnung (ZImmO)
- Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Rahmenordnung
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Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Rahmenordnung § 18
(Nur bei Studienbeginn vor dem 1. Oktober 2015 und sofern nicht Anwendung von § 18 Absatz 12 n.F. beantragt wurde) - Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Anlage A
- Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Musikwissenschaft (Nebenfach)
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Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Musikwissenschaft (Nebenfach)
(Nur bei Studienbeginn vor dem 1. Oktober 2024; Abschluss des Studiums bis spätestens 30. September 2028) -
Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Musikwissenschaft (Nebenfach)
(Nur bei Studienbeginn zwischen dem 1. Oktober 2011 und dem 30. September 2013; Abschluss des Studiums bis spätestens 30. September 2018)
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Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Rahmenordnung
(Nur bei Studienbeginn vor dem 1. Oktober 2011 und sofern nicht ab dem Wintersemester 2011/2012 eine Neueinschreibung für ein anderes Haupt- oder Nebenfach erfolgt ist) -
Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Anlage A
(Nur bei Studienbeginn vor dem 1. Oktober 2011 und sofern nicht ab dem Wintersemester 2011/2012 eine Neueinschreibung für ein anderes Haupt- oder Nebenfach erfolgt ist) -
Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Musikwissenschaft (Nebenfach)
(Nur bei Studienbeginn zwischen dem 1. Oktober 2007 und dem 30. September 2011) -
Prüfungsordnung B.A.: Anlage D
(Nur bei Studienbeginn vor dem 1. Oktober 2011 und sofern nicht ab dem Wintersemester 2011/2012 eine Neueinschreibung für ein anderes Haupt- oder Nebenfach erfolgt ist)
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Departmental Academic Advising
Christian Haber
Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar
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Platz der Universität
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Tel.: +49 761 203-3092
studienkoordination@muwi.uni-freiburg.de
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Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar
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