PhD in Music (Ph.D./D.M.A)

The Music program consists of five areas of concentration: Musicology, Theory/Analysis, Ethnomusicology, Composition (Ph.D. and D.M.A.), and Performance (D.M.A.).

The Ph.D. Program in Music is designed to train students in the fields and subfields of musical scholarship, analysis, and composition. Doctoral study in music balances broad perspective and specialized knowledge. Students and faculty draw on the wealth of musical and music-related scholarly resources in the City of New York.

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PhD in History

The Ph.D. Program in History offers advanced study in history, with a balance of traditional and emerging fields of study. In addition to equipping students with a thorough knowledge of their selected areas of specialization, the course of study is designed to provide comprehensive training in the historical craft through an emphasis on research and historiography.

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PhD in French

The Ph.D. Program in French stresses a broad interdisciplinary approach as well as strong traditional training in the various periods and genres of French literature. Works of literature are studied in relation to stylistics, aesthetics, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and critical theory, as well as to history, politics, sociology, the arts, and other literatures.

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