Section Info: ANTHR-316ET-01

Course Title: Special Topics in Anthropology: 'Advanced Seminar in Ethnomusicology'
Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026
Term: Spring Semester 2026
Description: Designed for music and non-music majors, this advanced seminar examines core theoretical and methodological issues in ethnomusicology and the debates that have shaped its practice since its origins in the early twentieth century as comparative musicology. Drawing on musical traditions from different parts of the world and supplemented by workshops conducted by visiting professional musicians, the course explores the interdisciplinary approaches that inform how ethnomusicologists study the significance of music "in" and "as" culture. Topics covered will include ethnographic methods, the intersection of musicological and anthropological perspectives, the political significance of musical hybridity, applied ethnomusicology, and sound studies.
Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Olabode Omojola   413-538-2407   bomojola@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026   Seminar   Monday and Wednesday   01:45PM - 03:00PM   TBA   TBA   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
Prereq: 8 credits in classroom courses in Social Sciences or Humanities at the 200 level or above. Take previously   Required  

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
NOPRI0001             Used to identify non-primary sides of crosslisted courses for Workday conversion  

Cross-listed Sections        
MUSIC-374-01 Adv. Sem. in Ethnomusicology  
ANTHR-316ET-01 Adv. Sem. in Ethnomusicology  

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted     Capacity: 18     Enrollment: 18     Available: 0     Waitlist: 1
Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.