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Master of Music – Composition

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Master of Music – Composition

MM Degree Total

36 credits

Year One

Fall

Spring

Credits per Semester |

Total Credits

Composition Lessons

3

3

6

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

Career Strategies: Portfolio

2

-

2

Career Strategies: Auditions¹

and/or

and/or

-

2

Career Strategies: Entrepreneurship¹

-

and

4

and/or

and/or

-

2

Career Strategies: Recording¹

Library and Internet Research

2

-

2

Year One Total

9

9

18

Year Two

Fall

Spring

Composition Lessons

3

3

6

Composition Seminar

1

1

2

Recital

1

-

1

Composition Thesis Defense

-

1

1

Research Topics in Opera Studies²

and/or

and/or

and/or

2

2

Research Topics in Musicology²

and

and

8

and/or

and/or

and/or

2

2

Research Topics in Analysis²

Year Two Total

9

9

18

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.