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Master of Arts in Composition
(11 semester course credits)
MUS 210 Selected Issues in Contemporary Performance and Improvisation (1)
MUS 212 Seminar in 20th-Century Literature and Theory (1) or
MUS 237 Seminar in Music Literature and Criticism (1)
MUS 224 Contemporary Instrumentation and Orchestration (1) or
MUS 266 Advanced Orchestration Seminar (1)
MUS 248 Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis (1)
MUS 256 Tonal Analysis (1)
MUS 250 Thesis (1), which consists of the preparation and performance of a major work, including documentation of the work in score or other appropriate form. As part of the thesis project, students must submit an article suitable for publication in a music journal or magazine, and must present their written work to a faculty committee for discussion and review.
MUS 291 Composition Seminar (1)
And select courses from the following to equal 1 credit:
MUS 205 Selected Issues in Composition (.5–1)
MUS 225 Individual Instruction in Performance and Composition (.5)
MUS 260 Composition Practicum (.5)
MUS 291 Composition Seminar (1)
And select 3 course credits in electives.
The following undergraduate courses are open to graduate students as well:
MUS 101 20th-Century Styles and Techniques I: 1900–1945 (1)
MUS 102 20th-Century Styles and Techniques II: 1945 to the Present (1)
MUS 112 Cross-Currents in Rock Music (1)
MUS 114 Musics of the World: The Pacific, Asia, and India (1)
MUS 116 Women and Creative Music (1)
MUS 117 History of European Music to 1750 (1)
MUS 118 Classic and Romantic Music (1)
MUS 120 American Music (1)
MUS 147 Introduction to Electronic Music (.5–1)
MUS 154 Introduction to Computer Music (.5–1)
MUS 155 Advanced Chromatic Harmony and Post-Tonal Analysis (1)
MUS 159 Seminar in Musical Performance, Composition, and Improvisation (1)
MUS 163 The World of Opera (1)
MUS 170 African American Music: The Meaning and the Message (1)
MUS 180 Special Topics in Music: Deep Listening (.5–1)
First-Year Review: All Candidates
Students in all graduate music programs must demonstrate professional standards of achievement in the chosen field. At the end of the first year of residence (two semesters of full-time enrollment or its equivalent), students must submit a portfolio representing the work accomplished during the period of enrollment. Only after completion of a successful faculty review will the student be permitted to proceed with the second year of study.
Inquiries concerning any of these requirements should be addressed to the Music Department at 510.430.2171.
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