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Graduate Proficiency Examinations

At the beginning of their first semester of enrollment, all new graduate music students (except those in the Master of Music in Music Therapy and the Master of Music Education programs) Ìýmust take proficiency examinations in music theory and music history/literature. Students who do not take the Graduate Proficiency Exam in Music History/Literature must enroll in undergraduate music history courses. Students who do not pass the Graduate Proficiency Exam in Music History/Literature must complete remediation assigned by the Music History faculty or retake the exam within a calendar year of the first attempt. Students who choose to retake the exam and do not pass must then complete remediation assigned by the Music History faculty. Remediation may include enrollment in one or more undergraduate music history courses, or an alternate remediation as assigned by the faculty. Students who do not pass or do not take the Graduate Proficiency Exam in Music Theory must complete remediation assigned by the Music Theory faculty.

Ensemble Requirement

All Music graduate students who are full-time and in-residence Music majors are required to enroll and perform in a faculty-conducted ensemble for a minimum of two semesters. The choice of ensemble must be approved by the ensemble director and the applied studio faculty. Additional ensembles may be taken with the approval of the ensemble director, the applied faculty, and the Music Graduate Coordinator. The ensemble requirement may be waived for online-only Master of Music Education students with the approval of the advisor and the Graduate Coordinator. All graduate assistants must be enrolled in a major ensemble related to their primary applied area each semester that they hold an assistantship.

Chamber Music

All students pursuing the M.M. Performance Sequence are encouraged to enroll in a Chamber Music Ensemble () for a minimum of one semester.

Academic Advisor

All new graduate students must meet with the Music Graduate Coordinator/Graduate Advisor during the first two weeks of their first semester and submit a Plan of Study, which is a requirement for degree completion.

Collaborative Piano Sequence

This 35-hour sequence requires:

• 12 hours: applied music courses ()
• 2 hours: chamber music ()
• 11 hours: , , ,
• 7 hours of electives in a cognate music field, which may be selected from but are not limited to, the following: non-degree recitals, music technology, music history, music theory, music education, music therapy, music business, applied music, jazz studies, ensembles, and non-music courses.
• 2 hours: 2 semesters of ensemble selected from , , , , , , , , and . Multiple enrollments allowed.
• 1 hour: Exit requirements for the Collaborative Piano Sequence include a written comprehensive examination and one recital (). The comprehensive exam must be taken in the semester during which the student will graduate.

Composition Sequence

This 33-hour sequence requires:

• 9 hours: , , and
• 6 hours chosen from the following: , , , or
  (Choices will be made in consultation with the composition faculty.)
• 9 hours:
• 3 hours selected from: , , and ; , , , and
• 2 hours selected from: , , , , , , , , , and .
• 4 hours: (Exit Composition)Ìý

Conducting Sequence

This 35-hour sequence requires:

• 12 hours applied conducting ()
• 2 hours:
• 9 hours: , ,
• 9 hours of electives in a cognate music field, which may be selected from, but are not limited to, the following: non-degree recitals, music technology, music history, music theory, music education, music therapy, music business, applied music, jazz studies, ensembles, and non-music courses
• 2 hours: 2 semesters of ensemble selected from , , , , , and (For Choral Conducting majors,Ìý may satisfy the requirement with the permission of the Choral Department). Multiple enrollments allowed in applied conducting, ensembles, and non-degree recitals.
• 1 hour:ÌýExit requirements: 1 hour graduate recital (MUS 496) and written comprehensive examination. The comprehensive exam must be taken during the semester in which the student will graduate.

Jazz Performance Sequence

This 35-hour sequence requires:

• 8 hours: Applied Jazz ().
• 13 hours: , , , , .
• 4 hours: Jazz Ensemble (jazz big band) . Ensembles may be repeated.
• 9 hours of electives in a cognate music field which may be selected from, but are not limited to, the following: non-degree recitals, music technology, music history, music theory, music education, music therapy, music business, applied music, jazz studies, ensembles, music theory/composition, and non-music courses.
• 1 hour: Exit requirements include a written comprehensive examination and one recital (). The comprehensive exam must be taken in the semester during which the student will graduate.

Music Therapy Sequence

This is a 37-hour sequence. Entrance into the Music Therapy sequence requires that the student has completed or will complete equivalency requirements for music therapy certification. Equivalency includes a degree in music and the following: , , (4 hours), , , , and . Depending upon the student's undergraduate studies, some may need to take one or more of the following: , , , , , ; and , , , .

This 37-hour sequence requires:Ìý

• 16 hours: , , , , , ,
• 3 hours: music elective
• 2 hours: 2 semesters of ensemble selected from , , ,Ìý, , , , , , and
• 12 hours: 300-/400-level courses in concentrations such as psychology, education, gerontology, and creative technologies, or others designed by student with music therapy faculty approval
• 4 hours: Exit requirement: 4 hours of Thesis

Performance Sequence

This 35-hour sequence requires:

• 12 hours: applied music courses on the major instrument (-438)
• 2 hours: music pedagogy and literature courses ()
• 9 hours: , ,
• 9 hours of electives in a cognate music field, which may be selected from, but are not limited to, the following: Non-degree recitals, music technology, music history, music theory, music education, music therapy, music business, applied music, jazz studies, ensembles, and non-music courses
• 2 hours: 2 semesters of ensemble, selected from , , , , , , , and ( may satisfy the requirement with the permission of the Choral Department). Multiple enrollments allowed in ensembles.
• 1 hour: Exit requirements: Written comprehensive examination and one recital (). The comprehensive exam must be taken in the semester during which the student will graduate.

Piano Performance Only

In addition to the courses listed above, piano performance majors are required to take and an additional 2 hours of . Electives are reduced to 5 hours. may satisfy the ensemble requirement with the approval of the Keyboard Area Coordinator.

String Pedagogy Sequence

This 36-hour sequence requires:

• 8 hours: applied music courses on the student's primary instrument ().
• 4 hours: string pedagogy courses ( and MUS 420A6x for your specific applied instrument).
• 2 hours: string pedagogy practicum ().
• 9 hours: core music courses (; or ; ).
• 7 hours: electives in a music and/or education field, which may be selected from, but are not limited to, the following: music education, applied music on a secondary stringed instrument, conducting, non-degree recitals, chamber music, music therapy, and early childhood education.
• 4 hours: orchestra ().
• 2 hours: Exit requirement is a Final Project in String Pedagogy (). The final project must be taken in the semester during which the student will graduate.

This degree has a fully online plan of study available as well as a traditional full-time on campus option.

Graduate Proficiency Examinations

New incoming Master of Music Education students are not required to take the Graduate Proficiency Exams in music theory and music history/literature.

Ensemble Requirement

All Music graduate students who are full-time and in-residence Music majors are required to enroll and perform in a faculty-conducted ensemble for a minimum of two semesters. The choice of ensemble must be approved by the ensemble director and the applied studio faculty. Additional ensembles may be taken with the approval of the ensemble director, the applied faculty, and the Music Graduate Coordinator. The ensemble requirement may be waived for online-only Master of Music Education students with the approval of the advisor and the Graduate Coordinator. All graduate assistants must be enrolled in a major ensemble related to their primary applied area each semester that they hold an assistantship.

This 32-34-hour degree program requires:

• 16 hours: , , , , ,
• 2 hours: 2 semesters of ensemble selected from , , , , , , , , , and
• 12 hours of electives in a cognate field, which may be approved by the M.M.Ed. advisor and the Music Graduate Coordinator
• 2 - 4 hour Exit Requirements: Choose one of the following:
  
  • 4-hour thesis ();
  • a 2-hour professional practice music education project (); OR
  • 4 additional hours and a comprehensive exam to complete a non-thesis/project degree

The comprehensive exam must be taken in the semester during which the student will graduate.