Graduate Bulletin

Master of Music – Composition

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MM Degree Total 38 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring		Credits per Semester |  Total Credits
MUS 6070	MUS 6070	Composition Lessons	3 3 6
MUS 6071	MUS 6071	Composition Seminar	1 1 2
MUS 6670 or MUS 6888	MUS 6670 or MUS 6888	Music Theory and Composition Pedagogy/Music Technology Research	1 1 2
MUS 6891		Career Strategies: Portfolio	2 - 2
	MUS 6892 or	Career Strategies: Auditions1	- [2] [2]
	MUS 6893 or	Career Strategies: Entrepreneurship1	- [2] [2]
	MUS 6894	Career Strategies: Recording1	- [2] [2]
MUS 6895		Library and Internet Research	2 - 2
MUS 5599		Intensive Arts Projects	1 - 1
Year One Total			10 9 19
Year Two
Fall	Spring
MUS 6070	MUS 6070	Composition Lessons	3 3 6
MUS 6071	MUS 6071	Composition Seminar	1 1 2
	MUS 6080	Recital	- 1 1
	MUS 6883	Composition Thesis Defense	- 1 1
MUS 6665	MUS 6666 or	Research Topics in Opera Studies2	[4] [4] [8]
MUS 6691	MUS 6692 or	Research Topics in Musicology2	[4] [4] [8]
MUS 6791	MUS 6792	Research Topics in Analysis2	[4] [4] [8]
MUS 5599		Intensive Arts Projects	1 - 1
Year Two Total			9 10 19

¹Students are required to take two of the three Career Strategies courses (Audition, Entrepreneurship, and/or Recording) to complete their degree requirements.

²Students are required to take two of the three Research Topics courses (Opera Studies, Musicology, or Analysis) to complete their degree requirements.