School of Music

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Degree Requirements

Master of Music

Choral Conducting
degree requirements (32 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 6716 Methods of Musical Research and Bibliography
3
MUS 6905 Project and Problems in Music
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUS 6973* Individual Project
4
MUH/MUL 6000/7000
6
MUT 6000/7000
3
MUG 6105 Graduate Conducting
6
MUN 6010 Graduate Ensemble
1
Approved Electives
3

*Graduate recital in lieu of written thesis.

Composition
degree requirements (32 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 6716 Research and Bibliography
3
MUC 6444 Composition of Electronic Music or other approved MUT 6000/7000 course
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUH/MUL 5/6/7000
3
MUT 6000/7000
3
MUC 6930 Graduate Composition*
3
MUS 6973** Individual Project
3-6
Approved Music Electives (6000/7000)
6-9

*Students must enroll in composition studio every semester prior to thesis.

**Graduate original composition in lieu of written thesis.

Electronic Music (Secondary Concentration)

Current students may speak with the composition area about adding this as a secondary concentration to their master's program of study.

Ethnomusicology
degree requirements (32 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 6716 Research and Bibliography
3
MUH/MUL 6000/7000 Music History
9
MUH 5505 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUH 5684 Introduction to Historical Musicology
3
MUS 6971* Research for Master’s Thesis
4
MUN 6010 Graduate Ensemble
1
ANG 5/6/7000 Anthropology
3
Approved Electives
3

Reading and/or speaking knowledge of one appropriate foreign language is required.

*Graduate written thesis is required.

Instrumental Conducting
degree requirements (32 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 6716 Research and Bibliography
3
MUS 6905 Project and Problems in Music
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUS 6973* Individual Project
4
MUH/MUL 6000/7000
6
MUT 6000/7000
3
MUG 6105 Graduate Conducting
6
MUN 6010 Graduate Ensemble
1
Approved Electives
3

*Graduate recital in lieu of written thesis.

Jazz Studies
degree requirements (32 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUT 6177 Graduate Jazz Theory
3
MUM 6501 Music Production In Commercial Media
3
MUC 6625 Jazz Composition and Arranging
3
MVO 6460 Performance Principle (Jazz Studio
6-9)
MUS 6716 Research and Bibliography
3
MUS 6973 Individual Project or Recital
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUH/MUL 6000/7000
3
Approved Electives (a minimum of two hours must be in ensembles)
2-5
Music Education

The Master of Music in Music Education can be completed in residence, on-campus or at a distance, online.

major area (21 credits)
Courses
Credits

Music Education Core (12 credits)

MUE 6080 Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Music Education
3
MUE 6785 Research in Music Education
3
MUE 6931 Instructional Design in Music Education
3
MUS 6685 Psychology of Music
3

Music Core (9 credits)

MUT 6000/7000
3
MUH/MUL 6000/7000 (one class must be a course in world musics)
6
electives (9 credits)
Courses
Credits

Electives

Approved music and education electives.
9
dissertation (3 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 6971 Master’s Thesis or MUS 6973 Individual Project in Lieu of Thesis
3
Music History and Literature
degree requirements (32 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 6716 Research and Bibliography
3
MUH/MUL 6000/7000 Music History
9
MUH 5505 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUH 5684 Introduction to Historical Musicology
3
MUT 6000/7000 Music Theory
3
MUN 6010 Graduate Ensemble
1
MUS 6971* Research for Master’s Thesis
4
Approved Electives
3

Reading and/or speaking knowledge of one appropriate foreign language is required.

*Graduate written thesis is required.

Music Performance
degree requirements (32 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 6716 Methods of Musical Research and Bibliography
3
MUS 6973* Individual Project
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUT 6000/7000
3
MUH/MUL 6000/7000
3
MUH/MUL/MUR 6000/7000
3
MVO 6460 Performance Principal
6-9
Approved Electives (a minimum of two hours must be in ensembles)
5-8

*Graduate recital in lieu of written thesis.

Music Theory
degree requirements (32 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 6716 Research and Bibliography
3
MUT 6936 Music Theory Seminar
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUT 6751 Pedagogy of Music Theory
3
MUH/MUL 5/6/7000
6
MUT 6000/7000
6
MUS 6971* Research for Master’s Thesis
3-6
Approved Music Electives (6000/7000)
3-6

*Graduate written thesis is required.

Piano Pedagogy (Secondary Concentration)

Current students may speak with the piano area about adding this as a secondary concentration to their master's program of study.

Sacred Music
degree requirements (32 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 6716 Research and Bibliography
3
MUT 6531 or 6445 Figured Bass and Continuo or Advanced Counterpoint
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUH/MUL 6000/7000
3
MUR 6206 Survey of Hymnody
3
MVO 6460 Music Performance or MVO 6250 Secondary Music Performance
6
MUR 6705 Sacred Music Literature
3
MUS 6971 or 6973* Master’s Thesis or Individual Project
4
MUN Graduate Ensemble
1
Approved Electives
3

*Graduate recital in lieu of written thesis.

Doctor of Musical Arts

Performance

The Doctor of Musical Arts is a 90-credit, residential degree program delivered at the University of Florida. This DMA program may include up to 30 graduate credits officially transferred from a master's degree. This uniquely designed program is set to prepare highly qualified, elite musicians for both higher education and artistic job markets. The degree is distinguished by the requirement of a cognate (to be determined by the end of the first year) in a discipline outside of Music, such as Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Management, Arts in Medicine, Digital Media, or other areas suitable for interdisciplinary partnership. Cognates can be selected from a number of graduate programs across the UF campus, and a comprehensive list of graduate certificate programs is available on the Graduate School website.

  • Placement exams for music history and theory are offered prior to the first semester. Students who do not place out of review courses, may use these for electives within the DMA.
     
  • Students may have no more than 30 master's courses evaluated for transfer to the DMA program. The full Graduate School Transfer of Credit policy is available online in the graduate catalog. The academic program plans below may vary slightly according to the individual transfer review.
     
  • Students present three degree recitals (typically one each spring). Each recital should have 60-75 minutes of music, which must include one work by a living composer.
     
  • All students will collaborate with a composer and premiere at least one new composition during the DMA degree. The composer can be a student composer at UF or another institution, or a professional composer anywhere in the world. Students are encouraged to seek grant funding to commission a new work. The chair of the supervisory committee and the composition faculty can help facilitate contact with composers and granting organizations.
     
  • If approved by the student's supervisory chair, one of the three recitals may be a chamber or a lecture recital.
     

  • Capstone experiences for the degree include a written exam; an oral examination, including a prepared lecture; and a doctoral project defense to assimilate applied music and cognate disciplines.

degree requirements ( credits)
Courses
Credits

Doctor of Music Arts

Transfer advising takes place during the first semester
90
major area (57-63 credits)
Courses
Credits
Music & Performance Courses: (actual courses may vary depending upon transferred master's credit)
57-63
MVO 7460 Performance
9
MUS 7951 Individual Project
9
MUN 6xxx Ensembles/Chamber Music
4
MUE 6385 Music in Higher Education
3
MUS 6716 Methods of Musical Research and Bibliography
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUS 6940 Supervised Teaching
2
MUH/MUL/MUR 6xxx/7xxx Selected from Graduate Music History/Literature/Sacred Music Offerings
9
MUT 6xxx/7xxx Selected from Graduate Music Theory Offerings
6
Approved Electives
3 to 6
cognate (15-21 credits)
Courses
Credits
The DMA cognate
15-21

The cognate area of study is comprised of 5-7 courses, which provides a secondary skill set and knowledge base, and will inform the doctoral project undertaken at the end of the degree. Students identify a cognate area by the end of the first year of doctoral study. Multidisciplinary projects, with the permission of the supervisory committee, may allow for courses in more than one department outside of the School of Music. The graduate coursework taken in a discipline outside the School of Music may include an internship (see below)

electives (1-12 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUE 7940 Internship
1-12

An Internship may be taken in support of the primary concentration and/or the cognate area of study. In consultation with the DMA advisor and the supervisory committee chair, the student will conduct proposed projects, engage in other projects at the internship agency or organization, and participate in meetings and professional activities to learn about the agency or organization. Internship course credits vary from 1 to 12 credits, with 1 credit requiring 48 contact hours.

dma exam (3 credits)
Comprehensive written and oral examinations take place in the spring of year 2. The primary focus of the written examination will be major areas of study in music history and music theory and analysis. Responses to questions should demonstrate general, comprehensive musical knowledge, as well as, where appropriate, applicable examples from one’s own discipline. Questions will focus on the synthesis and application of knowledge rather than on recall of information. The oral examination, including a prepared lecture, is undertaken only after successful passage of the written final examination.
doctoral project (3 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 7956 Doctoral Project
3

The doctoral project entails a creative presentation and an accompanying document detailing the assimilation of the music discipline and the outside cognate. This should happen no later than the beginning of the semester prior to the one during which the doctoral project will be undertaken. The doctoral project is intended to outline, detail, and summarize the topic, assimilating the candidate’s primary music discipline and his/her cognate discipline.

degree requirements (3 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 7956 Doctoral Project
3

The final doctoral examination, which includes the defense of the doctoral project, is primarily focused on the doctoral project and its application to the field. The supervisory committee may ask questions related to the defense as well as questions of a general nature from the program of study. In no case may this exam be scheduled earlier than the term preceding the semester in which the degree is to be conferred. The doctoral defense is open to the academic community, to which announcements and invitations should be extended.

Instrumental
major area (33 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUG 6105 Graduate Conducting
6
MUG 7106 Advanced Graduate Conducting
9
MUS 6905 Project and Problems
6
MUS 7xxx Individual Project (Lecture Recital)
3
MUS 7xxx Doctoral Project
6
MUS 7xxx Individual Project (Recital)
3
supportive class (30 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 6716 Methods of Musical Research and Bibliography
3
MUH/MUL 6xxx/7xxx
9
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUT 6xxx/7xxx
6
MVO 6250 Secondary Music Performance
2
MUS 6940 Supervised Teaching
2
MUE 6385 Music in Higher Education
3
MUN 6xxx Graduate Ensemble
2
electives (12 credits)
Courses
Credits
Approved Elective Courses
12
degree requirements (15 credits)
Courses
Credits
Approved Cognate Courses
15

Comprehensive Exam

Final Exam

Composition

The Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Florida is uniquely designed to prepare highly qualified, elite musicians for both higher education and artistic job markets. This degree is distinguished by the requirement of a cognate (to be determined by the end of the first year) in a discipline outside of Music, such as Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Management, Arts in Medicine, Digital Media, or other areas suitable for interdisciplinary partnership.  Capstone experiences for the degree will include solo and chamber recitals, lecture recitals, and a doctoral project assimilating applied music and cognate disciplines.

major area (51 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUC 6930 Graduate Composition
6
MUC 6444 Composition of Electronic Music or other approved MUT 6xxx/7xxx course
3
MUS 6940 Supervised Teaching
3
MUC 7931 Advanced Graduate Composition
12
MUC/MUT 6xxx/7xxx
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUT 6xxx/7xxx
9
MUT 6751 Pedagogy of Music Theory
3
MUS 7xxx Doctoral Project
6
MUS 7xxx Individual Project (Recital)
3
supportive class (18 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 6716 Methods of Musical Research and Bibliography
3
MUS 6xxx/7xxx
6
MUH/MUL 5/6/7xxx
3
MUH 6xxx/7xxx
3
MUE 6385 Music in Higher Education
3
(6 credits)
Courses
Credits
Approved Elective Courses
6
degree requirements (15 credits)
Courses
Credits
Approved Cognate Courses
15

Comprehensive Exams

Final Exams

Choral
major area (36 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUG 6105 Graduate Conducting
6
MUG 7106 Advanced Graduate Conducting
12
MUS 6905 Project and Problems
6
MUS 7xxx Individual Project (Lecture Recital)
3
MUS 7xxx Doctoral Project
6
MUS 7xxx Individual Project (Recital)
3
supportive class (29 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 6716 Methods of Musical Research and Bibliography
3
MUH/MUL 6xxx/7xxx
6
MUH/MUL/MUR 6xxx/7xxx
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUT 6xxx/7xxx
6
MUS 6940 Supervised Teaching
2
MUE 6385 Music in Higher Education
3
MUN 6xxx Graduate Ensemble
3
(9 credits)
Courses
Credits
Approved Elective Courses
9
degree requirements (16 credits)
Courses
Credits
Approved Cognate Courses
16

Comprehensive Exam

Final Exam

Doctor of Philosophy

Composition
major area (36-42 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUC 6444 Composition of Electronic Music
3
MUC 6930 Graduate Composition
6
MUC 7931 Advanced Graduate Composition*
12-18
MUC/MUT 6000/7000**
15-18

*Students will enroll in private composition study (MUC 6930/7931) every semester prior to dissertation.

**Students with an electroacoustic focus, or mixed acoustic/electroacoustic curriculum, take the sequence MUC 6445, MUC 6446, followed by MUC 7447 and/or MUC 7938

cognate (12-14 credits)
Courses
Credits
Interdisciplinary Cognate* or Performance Cognate**
12-21
MVO 6460/7460 Music Performance Or MUG 6105/7106 Graduate/Advanced Conducting
6
MUS 7905 Projects and Problems in Music Performance
3
MUN 6010 Graduate Ensembles
3-5

*Interdisciplinary Cognate consists of either 12-21 credits outside of music, with a maximum of 6 credits of upper-division (3000/4000 level) undergraduate coursework, or a combination of courses from music and external departments totaling 12-21 GRADUATE credits.

**Student must audition and be accepted into performance or conducting studio at graduate performance level.

supportive class (24-30 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUE 6385 Music in Higher Education
3
MUS 6416 Methods of Research and Bibliography
3
MUS 6940 Supervised Teaching
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUT 6751 Pedagogy of Music Theory
3
MUH/MUL 6000/7000
6
Approved Elective (MUE, MUH, MUL, MUS, MUT, Performance or Conducting)
0-9
dissertation (15 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUS 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
15
History, Literature, Ethnomusicology

The PhD in Music with a concentration in Music History & Literature offers two specializations and three cognates: Historical Musicology or Ethnomusicology. Within these two specializations, graduate students will choose to complete coursework in a performance or conducting cognate, or an interdisciplinary cognate. For the performance or conducting cognate an audition is required for formal acceptance into the graduate studio. Students who select the performance or conducting cognate will take at least six elective credits from outside the School of Music.

Doctoral students may have no more than 30 master's courses evaluated for transfer to the PhD program. The full Graduate School Transfer of Credit policy is available online in the Graduate Catalog. The academic program plans below may vary slightly according to the individual transfer review.

Both specializations require reading and/or speaking knowledge of two appropriate foreign languages, related to research interests.

(The specializations and cognates are school designations and do not appear on the University of Florida transcript or diploma. Along with the degree, the major of Music with the concentration in Music History & Literature appears on the transcript; the Doctor of Philosophy degree with the major in Music appears on the diploma.)

degree requirements (96 credits)
Courses
Credits
Historical Musicology Specialization
96 credits

Musicology Core:

MUH 5505 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
3
MUH 5684 Introduction to Historical Musicology
3
MUH 7938 Musicology Seminar
12-15
MUH/MUL 6/7000 Music History/Literature
18-21

Supportive Courses in Music:

MUS 6716 Research Methods and Bibliography
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUT 6/7000 Music Theory
3
MUS 6940 Supervised Teaching
3
MUE 6385 Music in Higher Education
3

Performance/Conducting Cognate:

MVO 6460/7460; MUG 6105/7106 (Performance or Conducting)
6
MUS 7905 Projects and Problems (Lecture Recital or Recital, as determined by performance studio instructor)
3
MUN 6010 Graduate Ensembles
3
XXX Approved Electives
15

OR -

Interdisciplinary Cognate:

XXX Approved Courses
12
XXX Approved Electives
15
MUS 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
15
degree requirements (96 credits)
Courses
Credits
Ethnomusicology Specialization
96 credits

Musicology Core:

MUH 5505 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
3
MUH 5684 Introduction to Historical Musicology
3
MUH 7938 Musicology Seminar
9-12
MUH/MUL 6/7000 Music History/Literature
15-18

Anthropology Core:

Ang 5/6/7000 Anthropology Courses
6

Supportive Courses in Music:

MUS 6716 Research Methods and Bibliography
3
MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUT 6/7000 Music Theory
3
MUS 6940 Supervised Teaching
3
MUE 6385 Music in Higher Education
3

Performance/Conducting Cognate:

MVO 6460/7460; MUG 6105/7106 (Performance or Conducting)
6
MUS 7905 Projects and Problems (Lecture Recital or Recital, as determined by performance studio instructor)
3
MUN 6010 Graduate Ensembles
3
XXX Approved Electives
15

- OR -

Interdisciplinary Cognate:

XXX Approved Courses
12
XXX Approved Electives
15
MUS 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
15
Music Education
major area (45 credits)
Courses
Credits

Note: Credit from the masters degree may be transferred in to cover up to 30 of these hours, or elective hours.

Music Education (9-12 credits)

MUE 6080 Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Music Education
3
MUE 6931 Instructional Design in Music Education
3
MUE 7046 Sociology of Music Education
3
MUS 6685 Psychology of Music
3

Music (9 credits)

MUT 6629 Analytical Techniques
3
MUH/MUL 6000/7000
3
MUC/MUG/MUH/MUL/MUN/MUT/MVB 6000/7000
3

Music Teacher Education (6 credits)

MUE 7045 Seminar in Music Teacher Education
3
MUE 6385 Music in Higher Education
3
MUE 7924 Doctoral Colloquium in Music Education (Monthly meetings of approximately 1.5 hours; register each semester in residence.)
0

Research (12 credits)

MUE 6785 Research in Music Education
3
MUE 7786 Qualitative Research in Music Education
3
MUE 7784 Quantitative Research in Music Education
3
EDA/EDF/EDG/EDH/EEX 6000/7000 - course relevant to student's research interests
3

Outside Cognate (6-9 credits; depends upon the number of core Music Education courses selected)

Concentrated study in a related field inside or outside of music education suited to the student's interest and needs, approved by the student's committee. Cognates should inform the student's research and/or teaching.
6
electives (30 credits)
Courses
Credits

Approved Electives (30 credits)

Music, music education, and relevant courses outside of music and music education as approved by the student's committee.

May include credits transferred in from the masters degree.
30
dissertation (15 credits)
Courses
Credits

Successful Completion of the Written and Oral Qualifying Exam

MUS 7979/7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
15

Successful Oral Defense of the Dissertation

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