[Smt-talk] Ph.D. in Music Theory on cvs [was: Princeton and Theory]

[Charles J. Smith]

Dear friends,

There are lots of issues here that I would like to weigh in on here,  
but time is too pressing right now.

About the problem of degree identification on cvs, though, there  
seems to me to be a simple solution, something we have recommended  
that recipients of UB's Ph.D. in Historical Musicology and Music  
Theory adopt. List your degree as follows:

Ph.D. in Music Theory [official title "Ph.D. in Historical Musicology  
and Music Theory")

This solves the problem of self-identification of people whose  
degrees would have a clear title in a rational world. (And reflects  
our own history rather well, the time 10 years ago when UB did have a  
separate degree, before the combination brought upon us by the state  
Dept. of Education.) All this makeshift approach is designed to do is  
lead the eyes past the name of the degree (which doesn't matter very  
much) to what does matter: the school, the advisor(s), and the  
dissertation title.

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The only potential for mischief I see here is from delusional self- 
misrepresentation, but I think we can trust search committees to toss  
out (or prosecute) any applications with lines like

Ph.D. in Music Theory (official title "D.M.A. in English Horn  
Performance")

or

Ph.D. in Music Theory (official title "Ph.D. in Comparative Literature")

Although I suppose that even these are at least conceivable...

Best,
Charles


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