Master of Arts
Concentration in Composition
Students are expected to complete a minimum of 36 credits of graded coursework, including four semesters of private composition instruction.
Students are expected to create two substantive works to be performed and evaluated by the faculty, one by the conclusion of the second semester and another by the conclusion of the fourth semester.
Students are expected to submit an article-length paper demonstrating analytical and critical abilities by midterm of the fourth semester.
Students are expected to demonstrate proficiency in one foreign language through examinations offered by the corresponding language departments at the University.
Concentration in Critical and Comparative Studies
Students are expected to complete a minimum of 36 credits of graded coursework, including MUSI 7511 (Introduction to Music Research) during the first semester and up to nine credits outside the department.
Students are expected to submit a first-year coursework portfolio at the conclusion of their second semester and, by the first week of the third semester, a revised version of a first-year research paper.
Students are expected to demonstrate mastery of one foreign language and proficiency in a second foreign language through examinations offered by the corresponding language departments at the University. This requirement may be waived in cases where knowledge of foreign languages is inessential to a student’s research program.
Doctor of Philosophy
Concentration in Composition
Of the 72 credits required for the doctoral degree, students are expected to complete a minimum of 54 credits of graded coursework, including four semesters of private composition instruction and no more than two courses at the 5000 level.
Students are expected to demonstrate either proficiency in one foreign language through an examination offered by the corresponding language department at the University or proficiency in a computer language through an examination administered by the Department of Music.
Students are expected to create two substantive works to be performed and evaluated by the faculty, one by the conclusion of the second semester and another by the conclusion of the fourth semester.
Students are expected to submit an article-length paper demonstrating analytical and critical abilities by midterm of the fourth semester.
Students are expected to pass a Qualifying Examination during the sixth semester consisting of written exercises and an oral examination.
Students are expected to obtain approval by midterm of the seventh semester of a proposal that describes both the composition and the essay that together will constitute the dissertation project.
Students are expected to complete all requirements stated above by the midterm of their seventh semester of study.
Students must write and defend a dissertation.
Concentration in Critical and Comparative Studies
Of the 72 credits required for the doctoral degree, students are expected to complete a minimum of 54 credits of graded coursework, including MUSI 7511 (Introduction to Music Research) during the first semester, up to nine credits outside the department and no more than two courses at the 5000 level.
Students are expected to demonstrate mastery of one foreign language and proficiency in a second foreign language through examinations offered by the corresponding language departments at the University. This requirement may be waived in cases where knowledge of foreign languages is inessential to a student’s research program.
Students are expected to submit a first-year coursework portfolio at the conclusion of their second semester and, by the first week of the third semester, a revised version of a first-year research paper.
By the end of the sixth semester, students are expected to pass a written Qualifying Examination consisting of essays in three fields, at least one of which are related to proposed dissertation research. A student who does not pass the examination, either on the first attempt or after submitting revisions requested by the faculty, has failed the exam and will not be permitted to continue in the program.
Students are expected to obtain approval by midterm of the seventh semester of a detailed prospectus of the dissertation project.
Students are expected to complete all requirements stated above by midterm of their seventh semester of study.
Students are expected to write and defend a dissertation.
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