Master of Arts with Major in Music - Music History/Literature Track
Music master students must meet ALL Music Department and Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters admission requirements.
Admission Requirements:
1. A baccalaureate degree in music.
2. A combined GRE score in 1000. The Music Department may support a petition to waive a lower GRE score if in the last 60 credits of undergraduate course work the student attained a 3.0 GPA.
3. An initial interview with the departmental coordinator to discuss the program.
4. A satisfactory performance audition. Students cannot register for any graduate courses in the music program until they have successfully completed the entrance audition.
5. Placement examinations in music theory and music history. (Master of Arts Entrance Requirements: Placement Exams)
Degree Requirements:
| Graduate Core Courses | Prefix | Credits | Prerequisites |
| Introduction to Graduate Research | MUS 6716 | 2 | |
| Seminar in Theoretical Styles | MUT 6935 | 3 | |
| Seminar in Historical Styles | MUH 6688 | 3 | |
| Thesis/Recital/Lecture | MUS 6971 | 4 | |
| Total Graduate Core Courses | 12 |
| Select one of the following: | Prefix | Credits | Prerequisites |
| Advanced Studies in Choral Music: A Survey of Choral Literature | MUL 6648 | 3 | MUS 6716 |
| Survey of Orchestra Literature | MUL 6505 | 3 | MUS 6716 |
| Survey of Symphonic Wind Literature | MUL 6555 | 3 | MUS 6716 |
| Graduate Piano Literature | MUL 6410 | 3 | MUS 6716 |
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Select approved electives from the list above or below to total 17 credits: |
Prefix | Credits | Prerequisites |
| Seminar in Music History | MUH 6935 | 3 | MUS 6716 |
| Graduate Applied Music | MV* 6*** | 2 | |
| Choral Ensembles: Graduate Level | MUN 6315 | 3 | |
| World Music Seminar | MUH 6588 | 3 | MUS 6716 |
| 20th-Century Music | MUH 6375 | 3 | MUS 6716 |
| Women Composers in the Western Tradition: A Historical Overview | MUH 6625 | 3 | MUS 6716 |
| Total credits required for Music History/Literature Track | 20 |
