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Beth Snyder

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology

College: College of Music

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, New York University, 2016
    Major: Music
  • MM, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008
    Major: music
  • MA, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003
    Major: philosophy
  • BA, Boston University, 2000
    Major: philosophy

Current Scheduled Teaching

MUGC 6950.713Doctoral DissertationSpring 2025
MUMH 5010.002Introduction to Research in MusicSpring 2025
MUMH 3510.001Music History and Literature Since 1750Spring 2025
MUGC 6950.703Doctoral DissertationFall 2024
MUMH 1610.005Music as CommunicationFall 2024 Syllabus
MUMH 3510.001Music History and Literature Since 1750Fall 2024 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

MUGC 6950.713Doctoral DissertationSpring 2024
MUMH 5110.001History of OperaSpring 2024 SPOT
MUMH 3510.001Music History and Literature Since 1750Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MUGC 6950.703Doctoral DissertationFall 2023
MUMH 1610.003Music as CommunicationFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 3510.001Music History and Literature Since 1750Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 3510.001Music History and Literature Since 1750Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 4000.001Seminar in Music HistorySpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 1610.004Music as CommunicationFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 6000.002Seminar in MusicologyFall 2022 SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Snyder, B.M. (2023). 'An Impulse to Transfigure and Render New': The Anglo-Austrian Music Society in Wartime and Early Post-war Britain. Winter 2023 (17, no. 1) 1-29. Ann Arbor, Michigan, Music & Politics, University of Michigan Press. https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/mp/

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Geoffroy-Schwinden, R.D., Wright, B.F., Virani, V., Snyder, B., Sella, T., Dietlinger, B., "Team Mentoring Grant," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).

    • Sponsored Research

  • Snyder, B. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creative Activity Award," sponsored by University of North Texas, College of Music, University of North Texas, $3800 Funded. (2024).
  • Snyder, B. (Principal), "Junior Faculty Summer Research Support Award," sponsored by UNT, College of Music, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2023).
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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out of 7		 %
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students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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