Degree Requirements

• Doctoral Level Conducting (664-732), 8 cr. -- 4 semesters of 2 cr. each
• Recitals (664-999), 1 cr. each, 5 cr. total
• Advanced Choral Conducting (660-553/554), 2 cr.
• Music Research Methods and Materials (660-619), 3 cr.
• Minor, 10-12 cr.
• Musicology and Music Theory, 9 cr.
• Language: one language at intermediate level (credits and method of completion varies -- French or German preferred)

The purpose of the doctoral minor is to add breadth and depth to the D.M.A or Ph.D degree. To insure coherence a minor program must be approved by the appropriate department, a student's advisor, or the Director of Graduate Studies, and must include courses at the 300-level or above. Typically, a minor requires 12 credits of work.

Students have a variety of options, including completing an internal minor within the School of Music (e.g., a D.M.A. conducting student who minors in ethnomusicology or a Ph.D. in music theory who minors in clarinet performance), completing a minor in a department outside the School of Music (e.g., a D.M.A. in horn performance who minors in Women's Studies or a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology who minors in East Asian studies). Students may, in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies, devise a distributed minor that brings together courses from a variety of departments around a particular topic or area of interest. For example, a D.M.A. student in voice devises a minor in vocal health that includes courses in communicative disorders, or a Ph.D. student in musicology devises a minor in Medieval History that includes courses in art history, history, and languages.