Conducting, M.M.

Degree Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Overall GPA of 3.0 or higher required.
Conducting		14
MUSC 700J	Performance: Conducting (four semesters at two credit hours each, total 8 credit hours)
MUSC 710	Conducting Topics (two semesters at three credit hours each, total of 6 credit hours)
MUSC 771	Music Research and Bibliography	3
Survey Course		3
Select from the following in the primary performance area:
MUSC 631	Survey of Orchestral Music
MUSC 632	Survey of Wind Music
MUSC 633	Survey of Vocal Music
Techniques Course		2
Select from the following in the primary area:
MUSC 780	Choral Techniques
MUSC 781	Instrumental Techniques
Music Theory		3
Select one of the following:
MUSC 761	Theory Topics
MUSC 762	Pedagogy of Theory
MUSC 763	Analytical Techniques
MUSC 764	Compositional Techniques in Contemporary Music
Complete one Music Theory or Music History course from the following:		2-3
Music Theory
MUSC 460S	Upper Division Composition
MUSC 461	Counterpoint, 16th Century
MUSC 462	Counterpoint, 18th Century
MUSC 463	Analysis of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Music
MUSC 464	Compositional Techniques in Contemporary Music
MUSC 465S	Electronic Music Production
MUSC 466	Techniques for Electronic Music Performance
MUSC 468	Jazz and Commercial Music Harmony
If not taken above:
MUSC 761	Theory Topics
MUSC 762	Pedagogy of Theory
MUSC 763	Analytical Techniques
MUSC 764	Compositional Techniques in Contemporary Music
Music History
MUSC 470A	Topics in Popular Music
MUSC 470B	Topics in the Study of Western Art Music
MUSC 470C	Topics in the History of Jazz
MUSC 470D	Topics in Music of Sub-Saharan Africa
MUSC 470E	Topics in Musics of the Americas
MUSC 470F	Topics in Musics of East Asia
MUSC 470G	Topics in Musics of South Asia
MUSC 470H	Topics in Gender and Sexuality in Music
MUSC 470I	Topics in Race and Ethnicity in Music
MUSC 470J	Topics in Musics of the Arab World
MUSC 477	Music of Africa
MUSC 593	Special Topics
MUSC 670	Perspectives of Musicology and Ethnomusicology
MUSC 731	Keyboard Literature *
MUSC 793	Special Topics
MUSC 795	Independent Study
MUSC 796	Research
MUSC 689	Master's Recital (6 credits will be divided between several semesters based on ensemble conducting assignments)	6
Ensemble (2 semesters) **		2
Comprehensive Oral Examination ***
Total Hours		35-36

*

MUSC 731 Keyboard Literature is open to Keyboard Majors only.

**

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.

***

A general comprehensive oral examination must be passed by all candidates for the master of music degree.

Degree Progress

The School of Music requires the following milestones for all students in the MM Conducting program. According to the graduate catalog, students will receive a yearly evaluation of their academic progress.  Students who are either not making adequate degree progress or who are failing to uphold professional standards may receive notice of probation, suspension, or dismissal. Students may be notified of academic consequences outside of routine evaluation processes if an issue must be addressed immediately.

Each year, no later than the first day of classes of the Fall semester, the School of Music will post an updated version of the School of Music Graduate Manual. 

Benchmarks

• Year One: Schedule and complete 1^st hearing and recital 
• Year Two: Form MM Committee and successfully complete Oral Examination

Satisfactory Progress

• Expectations for all Graduate Students may be found on the School of Music Degree Progress tab in the Graduate Catalog.
• Additional details may be found in the School of Music Graduate Manual.

Major Learning Outcomes

Conducting M.M.

Upon completion of the program, students will :

• Effectively lead a musical ensemble using non-verbal gestural communication in both rehearsal and performance settings

• Program concerts for instrumental and vocal ensembles demonstrating a knowledge of varied repertoire applicable to the areas of specialization and in a variety of performance settings

• Synthesize and apply knowledge from areas such as music theory and musicology to study scores and develop a personal artistic interpretation of works for rehearsal and performance

• Rehearse instrumental and vocal ensembles through the use of effective pedagogical and rehearsal techniques combined with a knowledge of the fundamentals of sound production