Degree Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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One semester of electronic music and 2 of counterpoint or equivalent, if not taken in previous study. | ||
Composition | 18 | |
Composition (Repeated; at least 3 credits must be in electronic music) | ||
Music History and Literature | 9 | |
Select from the following including at least one doctoral level seminar. | ||
Topics in Popular Music | ||
Topics in the Study of Western Art Music | ||
Topics in the History of Jazz | ||
Topics in Music of Sub-Saharan Africa | ||
Topics in Musics of the Americas | ||
Topics in Musics of East Asia | ||
Topics in Musics of South Asia | ||
Topics in Gender and Sexuality in Music | ||
Topics in Race and Ethnicity in Music | ||
Topics in Musics of the Arab World | ||
Music of Africa | ||
Special Topics | ||
Perspectives of Musicology and Ethnomusicology | ||
Keyboard Literature * | ||
Special Topics | ||
Independent Study | ||
MUSC 796 | Graduate Seminar | |
Music Theory | 12 | |
Pedagogy of Theory | ||
Compositional Techniques in Contemporary Music | ||
Teaching Practicum | ||
One additional course selected from the following: | ||
Analysis of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Music | ||
Theory Topics | ||
Analytical Techniques | ||
Transcription and Arranging | ||
MUSC 771 | Music Research and Bibliography | 3 |
Research/Recitals | 20 | |
Doctoral Recital (May be repeated -- 8-12 hours) | ||
Research (major composition project -- 4-8 hours) | ||
Research (research document -- 2-6 hours) | ||
Qualifying Examination, which includes both written and oral components | ||
Final Oral Examination | ||
Total Hours | 62 |
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MUSC 731 Keyboard Literature is open to Keyboard Majors only.
Major Learning Outcomes
Composition
Students who earn graduate degrees in Composition will develop:
- Advanced competencies in composition.
- Knowledge and skills in one or more fields of music outside the major such as history and literature, theory and analysis, musicology and ethnomusicology, performance, and pedagogy.