College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Master of Music

Degree Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours in advanced and graduate courses in music. Specific requirements for each area of concentration are outlined below.

|Applied Music|
|Composition|
|Music Literature|
|Music Theory|
|Music Performance and Pedagogy|
|Accompanying and Chamber Music (Piano)|
|Music Education|

  APPLIED MUSIC

Requirements	Hours
MUSI 6300 Introduction to Musicology	3
MUSI 6106 (orchestra or wind ensemble for string, woodwind, brass, or percussion majors; Opera for voice majors; conducting majors participate in the ensemble of the conducting specialization) or	2
MUSI 6200 (piano and organ majors) Accompanying Seminar	2
Graduate-level applied music courses (additional hours of applied music in the major area will not be applied toward the degree)	12
Music literature/history courses	6
Music theory courses	3
Electives	4
Students must also present a graduate recital showing evidence of memorization

 COMPOSITION

Requirements	Hours
MUSI 6300Introduction to Musicology	3
MUSI 6104 or MUSI 6106 Graduate Ensemble	2
Graduate-level composition courses (additional hours in composition will not apply toward degree)	12
Music theory courses	6
Music literature/history courses	3
Electives	4
Students must also present a recital of their own compositions.

 MUSIC LITERATURE

Requirements	Hours
MUSI 6300Introduction to Musicology	3
MUSI 6103, 6104, or 6106 Graduate Ensemble	2
Music literature/history courses	15
Music theory courses	3
Electives	4
MUSI 6399-MUSI 7399 Thesis	6

 MUSIC THEORY

Requirements	Hours
MUSI 6300, Introduction to Musicology	6
MUSI 6301Pedagogy of Music Theory	6
MUSI 6103, 6104, or 6106Graduate Ensemble	2
Music theory courses	12
Music literature/history courses	3
Electives	4
MUSI 6399-MUSI 7399 Thesis	6

 MUSIC PERFORMANCE and PEDAGOGY
 Piano, Strings or Voice

Requirements	Hours
MUSI 6200 (Accompanying Seminar) or two semesters of MUSI 6100 (Chamber Music)	2
MUSI 6100 (Chamber Music)	2
MUSI 6106 (voice [vocal chamber ensemble])	2
MUSI 6298 Research on Recital Literature	2
MUSI 6300 Introduction to Musicology	3
MUSI 6350 Applied Pedagogy	3
MUSI 6351 Applied Pedagogy	3
Graduate-level courses in applied music-pedagogy (additional hours of applied music in the major area will not apply toward the degree)	8
Music literature/history courses	6
Music theory courses	3
Electives	3
A recital is also required, half of which will be a solo performance by the student and half of which will be solo performances by the student's private pupils.

 ACCOMPANYING and CHAMBER MUSIC
 Piano

Requirements	Hours
MUSI 6300 Introduction to Musicology	3
Graduate-level courses in applied piano (additional hours in applied piano will not apply toward the degree)	12
MUSI 6200 Accompanying Seminar	4
MUSI 6100 Chamber Music	2
Piano literature courses	3
Music literature/history courses	3
Music theory courses
Electives	3
Three recitals as accompanist are also required, one with a string player, one with a wind player, and one with a vocalist. The recitals will include chamber music.

 MUSIC EDUCATION

Requirements	Hours
MUSI 6300 Introduction to Musicology	3
MUED 6315 Concepts of Music Education	3
MUED 7330Psychological Foundations of Music Learning	3
Music theory and/or music literature/history    courses	6
Music education courses	6
Music Electives	6
Electives in education, education    psychology, or music	9