School of Music

Sacred Music

Degrees Offered

Master of Music (MM)
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.

Secondary Concentration
Choral Conducting (12 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUG 6105 Graduate
6
MUS 6973 Individual Project
3
MUH/MUL/MUT 6000/7000 Approved Courses
3
Secondary Concentration
Composition (9 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUC 6930 Graduate Composition
6
MUC 5000/6000/7000 Elective
3
Secondary Concentration
Electronic Music (Secondary Concentration) (12 credits)
Courses
Credits

Four courses, 12 credits, from the following

MUC 5315 Introduction to Electroacoustic Music
3
MUC 6444 Composition of Electroacoustic Music
3
MUC 6445 Electroacoustic Music Composition: Digital I*
3
MUC 6446 Electroacoustic Music Composition: Digital II*
3
MUC 7447 Advanced Seminar in Electroacoustic Music*
3
MUC 7938 Seminar in Digital Sound Processing, Control, and Composition*
3

*Indicates the required sequence for Music Composition majors.

Secondary Concentration
Ethnomusicology (11 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUH 5505 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
3
MUH/MUL 5/6/7000 Approved Courses***
6
MUN 6496 World Music Ensemble
2

***An original research project in one of the MUH courses will be required.

Secondary Concentration
Instrumental Conducting (12 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUG 6105 Graduate
6
MUS 6973 Individual Project
3
MUH/MUL/MUT 6000/7000 Approved Courses
3
Secondary Concentration
Jazz Studies (12 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUT 6177 Graduate Jazz Theory
3
MUC 6625 Jazz Composition and Arranging
3
MVO 6460 Performance Principle (Jazz Studio)
3
MUS 6973 Individual Project or Recital
3
Secondary Concentration
Music Education (9 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUE 6785 Research in Music Education
3
MUE 6080 Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Music Education
3
MUS 6685 Psychology of Music
3
MUE 6931 Instructional Design in Music Education
3

(any 3 of the 4 classes may be taken to complete the 2nd concentration)

Secondary Concentration
Music History and Literature (12 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUH 5684 Introduction to Historical Musicology
3
MUH/MUL 5/6/7000 Approved Courses***
9

MUS 6716 Research Methods is a prerequisite for entrance into the concentration. Reading and/or speaking knowledge of an appropriate foreign language is strongly recommended. Also fulfills MUH/MUL course requirements in the first concentration.

***An original research project in one of the MUH courses will be required.

Secondary Concentration
Music Performance (9 credits)
Courses
Credits
MVO 6460 Performance
6
MUS 6973 Individual Project
3
Secondary Concentration
Music Theory (9 credits)
Courses
Credits
MUT 6751 Pedagogy of Music Theory
3
MUT 6936 Music Theory Seminar
3
MUT6000/7000 elective*
3

*in addition to MUT 3 Credit requirements in the first concentration

Secondary Concentration
Piano Pedagogy (Secondary Concentration) (9 credits)
Courses
Credits
MVK 6651 Piano Pedagogy
3
MVK 6661 Advanced Piano Pedagogy
3
MUS 6940 Supervised Teaching
3
Music In Medicine (Certificate)

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