| GRADUATE STUDIES
IN COMPOSITION
Prospective Composition students are strongly urged
to contact the Director of Studies in Composition,
Shafer
Mahoney, and the Music Department Graduate Adviser,
L. Poundie Burstein,
to find out more about our program and admission
policies. Current Composition students likewise
are strongly recommended to meet at least once a year
with Profs. Mahoney and Burstein to discuss their
program.
Degree Requirements for Composition
Students
MUS 700 (3 cr.) Bibliography
MUS 724 (3 cr.) Advanced Studies
in Music Theory I
MUS 725 (3 cr.) Advanced Studies
in Music Theory II
MUS 731 (3 cr.) Composition I
MUS 732 (3 cr.) Composition II
MUS 751 (3 cr.) Advanced Studies
in Music History I
MUS 752 (3 cr.) Advanced Studies
in Music History II
MUS 775
or 776 (3 cr.) Seminar in Ethnomusicology
I or II
MUS 799 (3 cr.) Thesis
in Composition
Elective(s), totaling 3 credits (preferably
Orchestration)
[ Download the
checklist of requirements for Composition]
In certain cases, substitutions for these required courses
may be made in consultation with the Graduate Adviser
and the Director of Studies in Composition. A maximum
of 9-12 credits transferred from other institutions
might be accepted toward the M.A. Degree (students might
be asked to successfully pass the relevant proficiency
exam before such transfer credit is allowed); see Hunter
College Graduate Catalogue for details.
Composition students must take proficiency
exams in Western music history, music theory, keyboard
skills, dictation, and sightsinging before beginning
the program, and they also must take a foreign language
examination. Students whose proficiency exam test scores
suggest special problem areas might be asked to take
remedial undergraduate courses to remedy these weaknesses.
All students must pass the proficiency exams before
completing more than 18 credits towards their degree. |
