Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MUSC 771 | Music Research and Bibliography | 3 |
| Performance: (four semesters at four credit hours each) | 16 | |
MUSC 700 | Performance (major performance area) | |
| Music History and Literature | 9 | |
| Selected 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 | 6 | |
| Selected from the following with at least one doctoral level seminar: | ||
| Upper Division Composition | ||
| Counterpoint, 16th Century | ||
| Counterpoint, 18th Century | ||
| Analysis of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Music | ||
| Compositional Techniques in Contemporary Music | ||
| Electronic Music | ||
| Techniques for Electronic Music Performance | ||
| Jazz and Commercial Music Harmony | ||
| Theory Topics | ||
| Pedagogy of Theory | ||
| Analytical Techniques | ||
| Compositional Techniques in Contemporary Music | ||
| Applied Repertoire (two semesters at three credit hours each, total of 6 credit hours) | 6 | |
MUSC 730 | Master Class in Applied Repertoire | |
| Recital/Research | 20 | |
| Doctoral Recital (Minimum 12 credits required) | ||
| Research (Minimum 2 credits required) | ||
| Written Qualifying Examination | ||
| Comprehensive Oral Qualifying Examination | ||
| Final Oral Examination of Research and Performance of Final Recital | ||
| Total Hours | 60 | |
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MUSC 731 Keyboard Literature is open to Keyboard Majors only.
Major Learning Outcomes
Performance
Students who earn the graduate degrees in Performance will:
- Demonstrate advanced competencies in performance.
- Develop knowledge and skills in one or more fields of music outside the major such as theory and analysis, history and literature, musicology and ethnomusicology, and pedagogy.
- Expand competencies sufficient to understand texts in the repertoire. Voice majors are expected to be proficient in English, German, French, and Italian diction and to have general phonetic knowledge and skills that can be applied to other languages.