Degrees Offered with a Major in Music

  • Doctor of Musical Arts
    • without a concentration
    • concentration in Choral Conducting
    • concentration in Composition
    • concentration in Instrumental Conducting
    • concentration in Performance
  • Doctor of Philosophy
    • without a concentration
    • concentration in Composition
    • concentration in Music History and Literature
  • Master of Music
    • without a concentration
    • concentration in Choral Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Composition
      • optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
      • optional second concentration in Music Theory
      • optional second concentration in Performance
      • optional second concentration in Sacred Music
      • optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
      • optional second concentration in Music Education
      • optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
      • optional second concentration in Electronic Music
      • optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
    • concentration in Composition
      • optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
      • optional second concentration in Music Theory
      • optional second concentration in Performance
      • optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
      • optional second concentration in Music Education
      • optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
      • optional second concentration in Electronic Music
      • optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology    
    • concentration in Electronic Music
      • optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Composition
      • optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
      • optional second concentration in Music Theory
      • optional second concentration in Performance
      • optional second concentration in Sacred Music
      • optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy 
      • optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
      • optional second concentration in Music Education
      • optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
    • concentration in Ethnomusicology
      • optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Composition
      • optional second concentration in Electronic Music
      • optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
      • optional second concentration in Music Theory
      • optional second concentration in Performance
      • optional second concentration in Sacred Music
      • optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
      • optional second concentration in Music Education
      • optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
    • concentration in Instrumental Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Composition
      • optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
      • optional second concentration in Music Theory
      • optional second concentration in Performance
      • optional second concentration in Sacred Music
      • optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
      • optional second concentration in Music Education
      • optional second concentration in Electronic Music
      • optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
      • optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
    • concentration in Jazz Studies
    • concentration in Music Education
      • optional second concentration in Composition
      • optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
      • optional second concentration in Music Theory
      • optional second concentration in Performance
      • optional second concentration in Sacred Music
      • optional second concentration in Electronic Music
      • optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
      • optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
    • concentration in Music History and Literature
      • optional second concentration in Composition
      • optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Music Theory
      • optional second concentration in Performance
      • optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
      • optional second concentration in Music Education
      • optional second concentration in Electronic Music
      • optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology 
      • optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
    • concentration in Music Theory
      • optional second concentration in Composition
      • optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
      • optional second concentration in Performance
      • optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
      • optional second concentration in Music Education
      • optional second concentration in Electronic Music
      • optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
      • optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
    • concentration in Performance
      • optional second concentration in Composition
      • optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
      • optional second concentration in Music Theory
      • optional second concentration in Sacred Music
      • optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
      • optional second concentration in Music Education
      • optional second concentration in Electronic Music
      • optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology 
      • optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
    • concentration in Sacred Music
      • optional second concentration in Composition
      • optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
      • optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
      • optional second concentration in Music Theory
      • optional second concentration in Performance
      • optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
      • optional second concentration in Music Education
      • optional second concentration in Electronic Music
      • optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology 
      • optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship

Requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.

School of Music Courses

MUC 5315Introduction to Electroacoustic Music3
MUC 6444Composition of Electronic Music3
MUC 6445Electroacoustic Music Composition: Digital I3
MUC 6446Electroacoustic Music Composition--Digital II3
MUC 6625Jazz Composition and Arranging3
MUC 6930Graduate Composition3
MUC 6932Composition Seminar1-3
MUC 7447Advanced Seminar in Electroacoustic Music3
MUC 7931Advanced Graduate Composition3
MUC 7938Seminar in Digital Sound Processing, Control, and Composition3
MUE 5336CTeaching Secondary Choral Music3
MUE 5338CTeaching Instrumental Music3
MUE 5941LInternship in Music Teaching3
MUE 6080Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Music Education3
MUE 6385Music in Higher Education3
MUE 6399Creative Thinking in Music3
MUE 6444Materials and Methods of String Class Teaching2
MUE 6497Public School Orchestral Literature2
MUE 6647Trends in Teaching and Learning Music3
MUE 6696Technology Assisted Music Learning3
MUE 6747Assessing Music Learning3
MUE 6785Research in Music Education3
MUE 6790Capstone Project for Music Education3
MUE 6931Instructional Design in Music Education3
MUE 7045Seminar in Music Teacher Education3
MUE 7046Sociology of Music Education3
MUE 7746Measurement and Evaluation of Music3
MUE 7784Quantitative Research Methods3
MUE 7786Qualitative Research in Music Education3
MUE 7924Doctoral Colloquium in Music Education0
MUE 7938Music Education Seminar3
MUG 6105Graduate Conducting3
MUG 6227Advanced Choral Rehearsal Techniques3
MUG 7106Advanced Graduate Conducting3
MUH 5219Graduate Music History Review3
MUH 5505Introduction to Ethnomusicology3
MUH 5684Introduction to Historical Musicology3
MUH 6515Musics of the World3
MUH 6526American Vernacular Music3
MUH 6535African Popular Music and Globalization3
MUH 6538Jazz, Hip Hop, and African Connections3
MUH 6545The Guitar in Latin American Culture3
MUH 6548Seminar in Caribbean Music3
MUH 6549Seminar in Brazilian Music3
MUH 6635Seminar in American Music3
MUH 6665History of Opera3
MUH 6671Seminar in Renaissance Music3
MUH 6672Seminar in Baroque Music3
MUH 6673Seminar in Classical Music3
MUH 6674Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Music3
MUH 6675Seminar in Twentieth-Century Music3
MUH 6725Timbre: Critical Discussions3
MUH 6726Music and Audience3
MUH 6931Nationalism in Music3
MUH 6935Special Topics in Music History3
MUH 7411Medieval and Renaissance Notation3
MUH 7938Musicology Seminar3
MUL 6486Piano Literature3
MUL 6495Graduate Organ Literature3
MUL 6505Symphonic Literature3
MUL 6555Survey of Wind Literature3
MUL 6565Chamber Music Literature3
MUL 6645Choral Literature3
MUM 6007Strategic Music Entrepreneurship Development3
MUM 6008Foundations of Music Business3
MUM 6501Music Production in Commercial Media3
MUM 6502CMusic Production in Commercial Media3
MUM 6565CMultimedia Production for the Music Industry3
MUN 6010Graduate Ensemble1
MUN 6019Ensemble Participation0
MUN 6125Concert Band1
MUN 6135Symphonic Band1
MUN 6145Symphonic Wind Ensemble1
MUN 6215University Orchestra1
MUN 6315University Choir1
MUN 6325Women's Chorale1
MUN 6335Men's Glee Club1
MUN 6445Percussion Ensemble1
MUN 6496World Music Ensemble1
MUN 6497New Music Ensemble1
MUN 6649Musical Theatre Instrumental Ensemble1
MUN 6715Jazz Band1
MUN 6816Steel Drum Ensemble1
MUN 6835World Music Ensemble - African Popular Music Ensemble1
MUR 6206Survey of Hymnody3
MUR 6705Sacred Music Literature3
MUS 6685Psychology of Music3
MUS 6716Methods of Musical Research and Bibliography3
MUS 6905Projects and Problems1-3
MUS 6910Supervised Research1-5
MUS 6940Supervised Teaching1-5
MUS 6971Research for Master's Thesis1-15
MUS 6973Individual Project1-10
MUS 7656Teaching Music and the Creative Process3
MUS 7905Projects and Problems1-3
MUS 7941Internship1-12
MUS 7951Individual Project1-6
MUS 7955Preparation for Doctoral Project1-6
MUS 7956Doctoral Project1-6
MUS 7979Advanced Research1-12
MUS 7980Research for Doctoral Dissertation1-15
MUT 6051Graduate Music Theory Review3
MUT 6177Graduate Jazz Theory3
MUT 6445Advanced Counterpoint3
MUT 6531Figured Bass and Continuo Performance3
MUT 6565Late Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Styles3
MUT 6576Contemporary Styles3
MUT 6617Approaches to Theoretical Analysis in Music Education3
MUT 6627Seminar in Reductive Analysis3
MUT 6629Analytical Techniques3
MUT 6751Pedagogy of Music Theory3
MUT 6936Music Theory Seminar1-3
MUT 7316Advanced Orchestration3
MUT 7585Seminar in Musical Style3
MUT 7760History of Music Theory3
MVK 5156Improvisational Keyboard Skills and Related Technology2
MVK 6605Organ Pedagogy3
MVO 6250Secondary Music Performance1-3
MVO 6460Music Performance3
MVO 7460Music Performance3
MVS 6651String Pedagogy I3
MVV 6651Vocal Pedagogy3

College of the Arts Courses

HUM 5357Creativity and Health: Foundations of the Arts in Medicine3
HUM 5366Foundations of Arts in Public Health3
HUM 5367Arts in Public Health Practice3
HUM 5595Arts in Medicine in Practice3
HUM 6308Arts and Compassion3
HUM 6350The Art of Self-Care3
HUM 6352Art and Design in the Environment of Care3
HUM 6353Arts in Medicine Professional Seminar3
HUM 6354Arts in Medicine Advanced Professional Seminar3
HUM 6355Arts in Medicine Summer Intensive3
HUM 6358Arts in Medicine Capstone Proposal2
HUM 6359Arts in Medicine Capstone3
HUM 6365Collaborating Across Disciplines: The Arts Therapies3
HUM 6375The Arts and Human Development3
HUM 6596Arts in Medicine Capstone4
HUM 6597Research and Evaluation in Arts in Medicine3
HUM 6886Coding and Narrative Analysis in Arts in Health2
HUM 6930Special Topics in Fine Arts1-3
HUM 6942Arts in Medicine Graduate Practicum3
HUM 6944Arts in Action: Consulting Project in Performing Arts Management3
HUM 6947Arts and Public Health Professional Seminar3
HUM 6948Arts and Public Health Practicum3

MUSIC (D.M.A.)

SLO 1     
Knowledge 
Identify, describe and explain appropriate research methodologies.

SLO 2     
Skills
Master essential methods of research relevant to their area of expertise within the performance area and outside cognate area.

SLO 3     
Professional Behavior
Orally present integrated research of performance and cognate areas at an advanced level.

Music (PH.D.)

SLO 1
Knowledge
Identify, describe and explain appropriate research methodologies.

SLO 2
Skills
Master essential methods of research relevant to their area of expertise within the discipline.

SLO 3
Professional Behavior
Orally present musical research at an advanced level.

Music (M.M.)

SLO1
Knowledge
Utilize appropriate research methodologies.

SLO2
Skills
Master techniques of formal musical analysis.
SLO3
Professional Behavior
Communicate appropriately in oral format.