Degree Requirements
| Overall GPA of 3.0 or higher required. | ||
| One semester of counterpoint and 1 of electronic music are required if not taken in the undergraduate degree. | ||
| Composition (two semesters at three credit hours each) | 6 | |
| Composition (Repeated) * | ||
| MUSC 670 | Perspectives of Musicology and Ethnomusicology (or other as approved) | 3 |
| MUSC 771 | Music Research and Bibliography | 3 |
| MUSC 764 | Compositional Techniques in Contemporary Music | 3 |
| or MUSC 464 | Analysis of Twentieth Century Art Music | |
| Music Theory Electives: | 6 | |
| Analysis of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Music | ||
or MUSC 763 | Analytical Techniques | |
| Theory Topics | ||
| Pedagogy of Theory | ||
| Transcription and Arranging | ||
| Music Electives (must be selected from available offerings above MUSC 400) | 5 | |
| MUSC 697 | Research | 4 |
| Composition/Thesis ** | ||
| Ensemble (two semesters) *** | 2 | |
| Comprehensive Oral Examination **** | ||
| Total Hours | 32 | |
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If MUSC 660 is take above 6 credits, it can be used as a Music or Music Theory Elective.
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Composition majors must submit a composition in a large form as a thesis.
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All candidates for the master of music degree are required to participate for credit for two semesters (or summer sessions) in a performing group which meets at least two clock-hours per week and which is selected with the advisor’s approval.
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A general comprehensive oral examination must be passed by all candidates for the master of music degree.
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.