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This course centers on musicological inquiry and trains you to frame, scope, and plan an original study. Students survey key methods, including historical, analytical, textual, critical, public musicological, and interdisciplinary. Students also practice advanced research skills: systematic searching, source evaluation, data management, and synthesis using core tools, such as citation managers, discipline databases, thematic catalogs, scores, and recordings. Guided workshops and consultations move students from exploratory mapping and focused questions to evidence-based argumentation. By the end of the course, students define a research question for their thesis prospectus (MM) or research paper topic proposal defense (DMA), produce an annotated bibliography, and draft research abstract. 2.0 credits