Graduate Course Catalog 2012-2013
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Music (MUSI)
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This program is offered in Durham.
Degree Offered: M.A.
The Department of Music offers programs leading to the degree of master of arts with options in music studies and music education. The program is flexible, allowing the student to emphasize any of a variety of areas and is built around a core curriculum stressing a broad knowledge of music. Graduates have established successful careers in performance, conducting, public school teaching, college teaching, and research. The program also serves as excellent preparation for doctoral study.
Admission Requirements
For the music studies option, a bachelor's degree in music, or its equivalent, from an accredited institution is required for admission. For the option in music education, applicants must already have teacher certification and a bachelor's degree in music. Graduate Record Exams are not required. However, an entrance exam in music theory is required for admission. Please contact the Music Department Graduate Coordinator for details. A placement examination covering aural skills, and music history will be administered to incoming students prior to registration. Any deficiencies in aural skills or music history must be remediated by the end of the second semester in order to remain in the program. In the music studies option, a reading knowledge of both German and French is strongly recommended for candidates who intend to continue on for a Ph.D. in musicology.
Applicants planning to enter the music studies option should contact the graduate coordinator concerning additional application requirements. Applicants for the music education option must arrange for an interview with the music education coordinator.
Graduate students interested in earning teacher certification in music should apply for the master of arts in teaching offered through the Department of Education.
Degree Requirements
Music Studies Option
This option offers the opportunity for in-depth study of music history and literature. The option has also proven valuable to students who wish to augment undergraduate degrees in performance and/or music education with more intensive studies in music theory, composition, music literature, instrumental and vocal performance, historical performance practices, and conducting. Required courses are MUSI 955, 956, 957, 958, 991, and 994. Additional courses at the 800 and 900 levels in music, or at the 800 and 900 levels in other departments, may be selected with the approval of the student's adviser to augment the required courses for a minimum total of 30 credits. Candidates pursuing advanced study in performance, conducting, or composition may also present a recital in consultation with their adviser and major teacher. A written essay of a substantive nature on a topic of the candidate's special interest is required, as approved by the adviser. Candidates must also pass a comprehensive oral examination that includes questions on the essay and on a number of unidentified scores from different historical periods. (Students are allowed to study these scores two hours prior to the exam.)
Music Education Option
The goal of the option in music education is to develop a broad knowledge at the graduate level in the fields of music education, performance, history, and theory. Required courses are MUSI 955, 994, and two courses selected from MUSI 805, 807, 809, 811, 813, 815, 956, 957, and 958. Also required are MUED 996 and either MUED 983 or 984. Each candidate will also complete an independent project (MUED 995) of a substantive nature in an area of the candidate's special interest as approved by the adviser. Additional courses at the 800 and 900 levels in music, or at the 800 and 900 levels in other departments, may be selected with the approval of the student's adviser to augment the required courses for a minimum total of 30 credits. Candidates must also pass a comprehensive oral examination that includes questions on the final project as well as on music history and/or theory, to be determined in consultation with the members of the candidate's oral examination committee.
Courses
Courses
| Abbreviation | Course Number | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUED | 841 | Techniques and Methods in Choral Music | 2 |
| MUED | 843 | Materials and Methods in Piano Music | 2 |
| MUED | 845 | Techniques and Methods in String Instruments | 2 |
| MUED | 846 | Techniques and Methods in String Instruments | 2 |
| MUED | 847 | Techniques and Methods in Woodwind Instruments | 3 |
| MUED | 849 | Techniques and Methods in Brass Instruments | 2 |
| MUED | 851 | Techniques and Methods in Percussion Instruments | 2 |
| MUED | 855 | Vocal Pedagogy | 2 |
| MUED | 865 | Instrumental Music Methods | 2 |
| MUED | 871 | Marching Band Methods | 2 |
| MUED | 890 | Teaching Elementary School Music | 3 |
| MUED | 891 | Teaching Secondary School Music | 3 |
| MUED | 895 | Special Studies | 1 TO 4 |
| MUED | 983 | Instrumental Literature and Its Performance | 3 |
| MUED | 995 | Special Projects | 1 TO 4 |
| MUED | 996 | Foundations and Perspectives of Music Education | 4 |
| MUSI | 803 | Music of the Renaissance | 3 |
| MUSI | 805 | Music of the Baroque | 3 |
| MUSI | 807 | Music of the Classical Period | 3 |
| MUSI | 809 | Music of the Romantic Period | 3 |
| MUSI | 811 | Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries | 3 |
| MUSI | 813 | Art Song | 3 |
| MUSI | 815 | Survey of Opera | 3 |
| MUSI | 831 | Advanced Instrumental Conducting | 2 |
| MUSI | 832 | Advanced Choral Conducting | 2 |
| MUSI | 836 | Graduate Early Wind Instruments | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 841 | Graduate Piano | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 845 | Graduate Voice | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 846 | Graduate Violin | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 847 | Graduate Viola | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 848 | Graduate Cello | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 849 | Graduate Bass | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 851 | Graduate Flute | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 852 | Graduate Clarinet | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 853 | Graduate Saxophone | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 854 | Graduate Oboe | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 855 | Graduate Bassoon | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 856 | Graduate French Horn | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 857 | Graduate Trumpet | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 858 | Graduate Trombone | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 859 | Graduate Euphonium | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 860 | Graduate Tuba | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 861 | Graduate Percussion | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 862 | Graduate Keyboards | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 863 | Graduate Jazz Guitar | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 864 | Graduate Drum Set | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 871 | Counterpoint | 3 |
| MUSI | 875 | Composition | 3 |
| MUSI | 876 | Composition | 3 |
| MUSI | 877 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| MUSI | 879 | Orchestration | 3 |
| MUSI | 881 | Analysis: Form and Structure | 3 |
| MUSI | 882 | Analysis: Form and Structure | 3 |
| MUSI | 895 | Special Studies | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 955 | Introduction to Bibliography | 3 |
| MUSI | 956 | Readings in Music History: Antiquity to 1600 | 3 |
| MUSI | 957 | Readings in Music History: 1600 to 1820 | 3 |
| MUSI | 958 | Readings in Music History: 1820 to the Present | 3 |
| MUSI | 991 | Research Seminar | 1 TO 4 |
| MUSI | 994 | Theory Seminar | 3 |
| MUSI | 995 | Independent Study in the History and Theory of Music | 1 TO 4 |
