Doctor of Musical ArtsOrdinarily, doctor of musical arts candidates will be expected to show from 75 to 90 hours of approved coursework beyond the bachelor's degree (including the master's degree) on their planned programs. Approximately 80 percent of the coursework on the planned program must be at the graduate level (5500-5600).If it is of acceptable quality and appropriate to the student's program, graduate credit not to exceed more than one-half the total credit earned beyond the bachelor's degree may be transferred from another institution to a doctoral program. Except for courses included in the earned master's degree, work done at institutions other than UMKC must have been completed within nine years of the awarding of the degree. A D.M.A. or Ph.D. student must take and pass the doctoral comprehensive examination and advance to candidacy within five years from the beginning of doctoral coursework (within four years if entering with a master's degree in the same or closely related field). After the establishment of degree candidacy, a maximum of five years will be allowed for completion of degree requirements. All D.M.A. students must demonstrate proficiency in one foreign language and satisfy the residency requirement. Residency for the D.M.A. cannot begin until the first term of enrollment as a D.M.A. student at the Conservatory. The residency requirement for the D.M.A. may be satisfied in any one of the following ways: 1) two adjacent semesters with a minimum of nine hours each, or 2) one semester with a minimum of nine hours and two summer sessions with a minimum of five hours each, provided that the full-time semester is adjacent to one of the summer sessions [it is expected that the summer sessions will be consecutive], or 3) completion of 24 hours within 18 consecutive months.
The Supervisory CommitteeThe supervisory committee for students seeking the doctor of musical arts shall consist of three faculty members who will approve the planned program of study and the doctoral research plan, and agree to serve as the three faculty responsible for writing and grading the major portion of the doctoral comprehensive examination.
Comprehensive ExaminationBefore taking the written comprehensive examination, the planned program, residency, language requirement, coursework, doctoral research plan and other divisional requirements must be completed. The student must be enrolled during the term the comprehensive examination is administered and 30 consecutive days are allowed for its completion. This examination of 24 hours consists of 18 hours of in-depth scrutiny of the major field, prepared and graded by the supervisory committee, and an objective examination covering music history and music theory, prepared and graded by faculty from the Musicology and Music Theory areas. The integrated music history-music theory examination consists of a research essay to be completed over the sixth weekend and a proctored component administered on the seventh Saturday of the fall and winter semesters. The integrated music history-music theory exam affects students who enter the DMA program beginning in fall 2006. Each section of the music theory and music history examinations must be passed with a grade of B- or better. If a student does not achieve a B- or better on any section of these exams, he or she must retake that section. The comprehensive examination must be completed successfully before the dissertation topic is approved. Performance students must also successfully complete their comprehensive exams before the final recital is given. Students selecting doctoral research options (Conservatory 5697 and 5698) instead of the dissertation must complete at least one project after comprehensive exams are passed.
The Comprehensive Examination CommitteeThe comprehensive examination committee for students seeking the doctor of musical arts shall consist of three faculty members of the supervisory committee and any other faculty who have contributed and graded questions.
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