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Doctor of Musical Arts

Degree Curriculum

| Semester hour requirements | Special requirements | Curricula |

Semester hour requirements

Majors in performance, composition, and conducting

Requirements	Hours
Required Core	48
Designated Electives (minor)	12
Total	60

Major in music education

Requirements	Hours
Required Core	45
Designated Electives (minor)	12
Free Electives	3
Total	60

Special requirements

1. Public performances (see curricula for specific requirements)
2. Doctoral document: a scholarly and analytical expansion of material presented in the public performances, or a presentation of original research in an area of music education.

Curricula

Required courses and designated electives

D.M.A. with a major in Performance

Requirements	Hours
MUSA 8120:8220:8420: Doctoral Applied Music	16
MUSA 8240:8241:8242:8243: Doctoral Performance	8
MUSI 8300: Doctoral Research Seminar	3
MUSI 8301: Seminar in Performance Pedagogy	3
MUSI 8303: Seminar in Music Theory	3
MUSI 6100: Graduate Chamber Music (orch. inst.: 4 hrs.; key. inst.: 2 hrs.)
and/or
MUSI 6200: Accompanying (key. inst.: 4 hrs.)
and/or
MUSI 8106: Graduate Large Ensemble (orch. inst.: 2 hrs.)
and/or
MUSI 6206: Opera Performance (voice: 6 hrs.)	6
MUSI 8350:8351: Performance Practice I & II	6
Minor area (music literature, music theory, conducting, music education, or outside [non-music])	12
MUSI 8399: Research: Doctoral Document	3
Total	60

Public performances required:

1. Orchestral Instrument 1 solo recital
   1 chamber music recital
   1 lecture recital
   1 concerto performance with orchestra or 2nd solo recital
   
2. Keyboard Instrument 1 solo recital (2 for organ majors)
   1 accompanying/chamber music recital (piano and harpsichord majors)
   1 lecture recital
   1 major solo work with orchestra or an additional solo recital
   
3. Voice 2 solo recitals (may include chamber music) 1 lecture recital 1 major solo work with orchestra or major opera role

   Works must be performed from memory when appropriate.

D.M.A. with a major in Conducting:

Requirements	Hours
MUSA 8120: 8220:8420: Doctoral Applied Music	16
MUSA 8240:8241:8242:8243: Doctoral Performance	8
MUSI 8300: Doctoral Research Seminar	3
MUSI 8301: Seminar in Performance Pedagogy	3
MUSI 8303: Seminar in Music Theory	3
MUSI 8106: Graduate Large Ensemble	2
MUSI ____: Large or Small Ensemble	4
MUSI 8350:8351: Performance Practice I & II	6
Minor area (music literature, music theory, applied music, music education, or outside [non-music]	12
MUSI 8399: Research: Doctoral Document	3
Total	60

Public performances required:
3 concerts conducting medium to large ensembles 1 lecture performance

D.M.A. with a major in Composition

Requirements	Hours
MUSA 8130:8230:8430: Doctoral Composition	18
MUSA 8240:8241: Doctoral Performance	4
MUSI 8300: Doctoral Research Seminar	3
MUSI 8302: Seminar in Composition and Theory Pedagogy	3
MUSI 8303: Seminar in Music Theory	3
MUSI 6104: New Music Ensemble	4
MUSI 6100 or 8106: Graduate Chamber Music or Graduate Large Ensemble	4
MUSI 8380:8381: Contemporary Analysis I & II	6
Minor area (music literature, music theory, applied music, conducting, music education, or outside [non-music])	12
MUSI 8399: Research: Doctoral Document	3
Total	60

Public performances required:
1 recital of compositions for various media
1 major work (public performance or reading)

D.M.A. with a major in Music Education

Requirements	Hours
Courses selected in consultation with advisor from the following:	15
MUED 6315: Concepts in Music Education
MUED 6320: Seminar in Music Elementary Education
MUED 6322: Instrumental Music Teaching, Grades 4-12
MUED 6330: Music in Early Childhood
MUED 7305: Teaching for Music Understanding
MUED 7310: Public School Music Rehearsal and Management
MUED 7330: Psychological Foundations of Music Learning
MUSI 6320: Advanced Choral Conducting
MUSI 6330: Advanced Instrumental Conducting
MUSI 6301: Pedagogy of Music Theory
MUSI 6350:6351: Applied Music Pedagogy
MUSI 6197:6297:6397: Selected Topics in Music
MUED 8310: History of Music Education in U.S.
MUED 8321: Design and Skills of Experimental Research in Music Education
MUSI 8301: Seminar in Performance Pedagogy
MUSI 8302: Seminar in Composition and Theory Pedagogy
MUSI 8197:8297:8397: Selected Topics
MUED 8394: Scholarship and Issues in Music Education	6
MUSI 8300: Doctoral Research Seminar	3
MUED 8311: Pedagogy Practicum	3
MUSI 8303: Seminar in Music Theory	3
MUSI 8106: Doctoral Large Ensemble	2
MUSI 6101 or 6104: Chamber music or New Music Ensemble	1
EDRS 7380-7381: Inquiry and Analytical Skills	6
Minor area: (performance, music literature/theory, conducting, composition)	12
Free elective	3
MUSA 8240: Doctoral Performance	0-2
MUSI 8198:8298:8398: Research: Doctoral Document	4-6
Total	60