Department of Music

 

Admission Requirements

Applicants must have earned a baccalaureate degree from a recognized institution of higher education. The student must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better in all undergraduate courses in music. If the student does not have an undergraduate degree in music, the student must take the Department of Music Graduate Diagnostic Exam before enrolling in any graduate courses in order to determine which undergraduate foundation courses may be necessary.

Master of Music

The Department of Music offers graduate courses in the areas of music education, performance, conducting, history and theory. The degree requires a total of 30 or 36 hours credit for completion, and may include a concentration in performance, music education, or conducting.

Concentration Areas

Music Performance

Audition is required before enrollment in any graduate applied lessons in this track:
  • MUS 815A - 8150T Applied Music (9)
  • MUS 8520 Music Bibliography (3)
  • MUS 8460 Music Analysis for Performance (3)
  • Music History and Literature (3)
    To be selected from:
    • MUS 8546 Renaissance Music Literature
    • MUS 8556 Baroque Music Literature
    • MUS 8566 Classical Music Literature
    • MUS 8576 Romantic Music Literature
    • MUS 8586 Music from 1900 - 1945
    • MUS 8446 Music Since 1945

Electives in Music - (6)

Option A

  • MUS 8970 Treatise (3)
  • MUS 8980 Recital (3)

Option B

  • MUS 8980 Recital (6)

Music Education

  • MUS 8630 Research in Music Education (3)
  • MUS 8610 Organization and Administration of Music (3)
  • MUS 8640 Foundations of Music Education (3)
  • Music History and Literature (3)
    To be selected from:
    • MUS 8546 Renaissance Music Literature
    • MUS 8556 Baroque Music Literature
    • MUS 8566 Classical Music Literature
    • MUS 8576 Romantic Music Literature
    • MUS 8586 Music from 1900 - 1945
    • MUS 8446 Music Since 1945
  • MUS 8660: Pedagogy of Music Theory (3)
  • MUS 8686: Pedagogy of Multicultural Music (3)
  • Additional Music or Education Electives - (6)

    Option A

    • MUS 8990 Thesis (6)

    Option B

    • Additional Music or Education Electives (12)

Conducting

Audition is required before enrollment in Conducting Practicum in this track.
  • MUS 8700 Conducting Practicum (9)
  • MUS 8520 Music Bibliography(3)
  • MUS 8460 Music Analysis for Performance (3)
  • Music History and Literature (3)
    To be selected from:
    • MUS 8546 Renaissance Music Literature
    • MUS 8556 Baroque Music Literature
    • MUS 8566 Classical Music Literature
    • MUS 8576 Romantic Music Literature
    • MUS 8586 Music from 1900 - 1945
    • MUS 8446 Music Since 1945 Music
  • Electives (6)
  • MUS 8980 Recital (6)

Graduate Minor in Music

The following courses constitute a graduate-level minor in music:
  • Music 8150 Applied Music (3)
  • Elective in Music Literature or Theory (3)
    To be selected from:
    • MUS 8406 Advanced Composition
    • MUS 8446 Music since 1945
    • MUS 8456 Advanced Orchestration
    • MUS 8476 Counterpoint
    • MUS 8546 Renaissance Music Literature
    • MUS 8556 Baroque Music Literature
    • MUS 8566 Classical Music Literature
    • MUS 8576 Romantic Music Literature
    • MUS 8586 Music from 1900 - 1945
    • MUS 8460 Music Analysis for Performance
  • Elective in Music (3)

For more information...

about the graduate program in music, please call (402) 554-2251.