PhD in Music Composition
Composition | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course | Credits | |
| MUC 6444 Composition of Electronic Music | 3 | |
| MUC 6930 Graduate Composition | 6 | |
| MUC 7931 Advanced Graduate Composition1 | 12-18 | |
| MUC/MUT 6000/70002 | 15-18 | |
Total Credits | 36-42 | |
Cognate | ||
| Course | Credits | |
| Interdisciplinary Cognate3 | 12-21 | |
| or | ||
| Performance Cognate4 | ||
| MVO 6460/7460 Music Performance Or MUG 6105/7106 Graduate/Advanced Conducting | 6 | |
| MUS 7905 Projects and Problems in Music Performance | 3 | |
| MUN 6010 Graduate Ensembles | 3-5 | |
Total Credits | 12-14 | |
| or | ||
| Musicology Cognate | ||
| MUH 6675 Seminar in Twentieth-Century Music | 3 | |
| MUH/MUL 5000/6000/7000 | 6-9 | |
| MUS 7905 Projects and Problems in Musicology | 3 | |
Total Credits | 12-15 | |
Supportive Courses in Music | ||
| Course | Credits | |
| MUE 6385 Music in Higher Education | 3 | |
| MUS 6416 Methods of Research and Bibliography | 3 | |
| MUS 6940 Supervised Teaching | 3 | |
| MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques | 3 | |
| MUT 6751 Pedagogy of Music Theory | 3 | |
| MUH/MUL 6000/7000 | 6 | |
| Approved Elective (MUE, MUH, MUL, MUS, MUT, Performance or Conducting) | 0-9 | |
Total Credits | 24-30 | |
| MUS 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 15 | |
Total Credit Hours: | 96 |
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| 1Students will enroll in private composition study (MUC 6930/7931) every semester prior to dissertation. 2Students with an electroacoustic focus, or mixed acoustic/electroacoustic curriculum, take the sequence MUC 6445, MUC 6446, followed by MUC 7447 and/or MUC 7938 | ||
| 3Interdisciplinary Cognate consists of either 12-21 credits outside of music, with a maximum of 6 credits of upper-division (3000/4000 level) undergraduate coursework, or a combination of courses from music and external departments totaling 12-21 GRADUATE credits. 4Student must audition and be accepted into performance or conducting studio at graduate performance level. | ||