General Catalog 2025-2026

Minor in Anthropology and History of Music

The Minor in Anthropology and History of Music is a complementary academic offering to the Bachelor of Arts in Popular Music. The program studies music from the point of view of human activity and circumstances. It develops the skills of inquiry, reading, writing and the interpretation of human musical acts. It applies the knowledge of investigation, administration and basic organization of documents and musical ethnographic material. The ethnographic-historical study begins with the immediate context of Puerto Rico, the area of the Great Caribbean and the Americas to human musical endeavors as a global phenomenon.

In order to declare this minor, students must have been accepted to the Bachelor of Arts Program in Popular Music and have approved course MUSI 1123 Comparative History of Music II.

The Metropolitan Campus is authorized to offer this minor.

Requirements for the Minor in Anthropology and History of Music - 18 credits

Courses for the Minor in Anthropology and History of Music

MUSIC 2060Anthropology and History of Music

3

MUSIC 2070Musical Research Theories and Methods

3

MUSIC 2080Paradigms in Anthropology and Music History

3

MUSIC 3020Music and Research: Archives

3

MUSIC 3030Music and Research: Fieldwork

3

MUSIC 3040Music and Research: Design and Writing

3