Sample Curriculum
Master of Music-Composition
50 Total Credit Hours
Concentration Area
Composition Lessons
Music Theory Courses (3000 or 4000 level)
Credit hours
12
12
Other Studies in Music
Intro to Graduate Study
Musicology course (3000 or 4000 level)
Music Theory courses (3000 or 4000 level)
Composition Seminar
4
4
4
6
Electives
Upper-division courses (3000 or 4000 level)
8
 Departments must offer a graduate degree program
 Tonal Counterpoint is required if the equivalent was not completed during
undergraduate study
Other Requirements
- Proficiency Entrance Exam in Music Theory and Aural Skills
- Proficiency Entrance Exam in Musicology
-Convocation Attendance
-Submission of at least one composition for every end-of-quarter Composer’s Series
concert
-Final Written Exam
-Final Oral Comprehensive Exam
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