The apparently simple statement that African music is made by Africans
is not so simple after all - Kofi Agawu

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How is the degree structured?

• Course contents vary with regard to lecture, discussion, reading, homework and hands-on activities, but all classes are small seminars of 4-10 students, allowing in-depth sharing and learning.

• Total of 33 credit hours of coursework required:

· Global Music Studies (18)

Globalization and Music History (3)
Transcription and Analysis of Diverse Musics (3)
Music, Spirituality and Religion Across Cultures (3)
World Music Scholarship: Methods and Issues (2)
Special Topics in Music and Global Culture (2 courses; 4)

From the following (at least one of each): (3 total)

Applied World Music Workshop (1)
Global Music Improvisation Workshop (1)

· Christian Theology/Ministry and/or Intercultural Studies (12)

From among the following:

Cultural Change and its Effects on Traditional Societies (3)
Agony and Ecstasy: The Global Church in the 21st Century (3)
Contemporary Missiological Issues (3)
Special Topics in Christianity and Global Culture (3)
Contextualization as Pastoral Theology (3)
Theology, Faith, and Culture (3)
Church History (3)
History of the Global Christian Movement (3)
Intercultural Competencies (3)
Biblical and Theological Foundations of Missions (3)
Contextualization in Missions (3)
Communication for Development (3)

· Thesis (3, independent study via distance-learning tutorial)

· A required independent, non-credit cross-cultural music experience (ways to fulfill this requirement will be discussed with each student).