Conservatory 5500-5600 Music Theory
(three courses) 9
Conservatory 5500-5600 Music History
(three courses)(a) 9
CONSVTY 5531 Advanced Orchestration 3
CONSVTY 5533 Advanced Composition
(three classes) 9
CONSVTY 5533 Advanced Composition
(one additional) -or- CONSVTY 5534
Advanced Electronic Music Composition 3
CONSVTY 5593 Introduction to Research
and Bibliography in Music 3
CONSVTY 5699 Dissertation Research(b) 6
Area of Concentration(c) 11
(a) All doctoral students are required to complete three graduate music history courses. One must be a period course (CONSVTY 5555 - 5559), one must be a seminar course, and the remaining course may be either. Any substitutions must be approved by the music history faculty.
(b) An extended work in a format approved by the composition faculty. Two copies of the full score must be placed in the Conservatory Library.
(c) The area of concentration is developed by the student with guidance and approval of the supervisory committee as part of the planned program. Examples include Applied Music/Ensemble Performance, Music Scholarship, Conducting (Choral and/or Instrumental), Music Technology and interdisciplinary courses.
Language Requirement: A proficiency in one foreign language is required. See this section of the catalog for options.
