The M.M. in Music History and Literature from the Baylor University School of Music offers students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the manifold traditions, styles and cultural contexts through which music has and continues to define itself. Special strengths of Music History at Baylor in comparison to other colleges and universities include our excellent teaching faculty, our small class sizes, and the personal attention our students receive both in and out of class. The faculty includes specialists in all eras of western music history, these professors also have expertise in Ethnomusicology, Jazz, Latin American Music, and Performance Practice. Students choosing the M.M. in Music History will conduct research under faculty mentors who are engaged in scholarly discourse on national and international levels. Graduates with degrees in Music History from Baylor have gone on to doctoral study at other prestigious institutions and have become Music History professors themselves. Others have become arts administrators and music editors. Several graduates work for education and outreach programs of opera companies.