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Please use the links below to view the degree plan for the emphasis area within your degree of choice. Degree plans provide more detailed information on what is needed to graduate for each degree offered. For more complete information about your degree please read the Graduate Handbook or make an appointment to speak with the Director of Graduate Studies via the Advising Calendar.

Master of Music

MM – Composition
MM – Conducting (Choral)
MM – Conducting (Instrumental)
MM – Ethnomusicology
MM – Music Education
MM – Music Theory
MM – Musicology
MM – Performance (Instrumental)
MM – Performance (Keyboard)
MM – Performance (Piano Accompanying)
MM – Performance (Piano and Dance Accompanying)
MM – Performance (Vocal)

MM Student Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1	Technical Competency: Students will demonstrate advanced technical competency in their specific area of study; including analyzation, creativity, compositional techniques, the development of compositional craft, advanced knowledge of scoring, harmony, varied compositional methods, advanced analytics techniques, conducting techniques, rehearsal techniques, score study, interpretation, and public performances, artistic expression, knowledge of repertory, and performance/technical skills as defined by the particular area of concentration.
Outcome 2	Repertory: Students will evaluate and demonstrate knowledge and describe characteristics of broad core repertory. Students will demonstrate broad knowledge of music history and repertories through the present time.
Outcome 3	Pedagogical Competency: Students will demonstrate competency and creativity in pedagogy, knowledge of instrumentation and instrumental pedagogy, and knowledge of pedagogical content for teaching general, instrumental, and vocal music in a wide variety of settings and contexts.
Outcome 4	Field Proficiency: Students will demonstrate knowledge and field proficiency in their area of specialization including: evaluating current content, philosophies, materials, technologies, and curriculum development for K-12 music and in higher education, analyzing advanced analytics techniques and understanding of musical forms/processes through aural/verbal/visual analyses, or a familiarity and engagement with a wide selection of Western and non-Western musical literature.
Outcome 5	Original Research and Composition: Students will demonstrate the ability evaluate, analyze, and create compose original compositions and conduct/communicate orally and in writing original research in their area of specialization.
Outcome 6	Synthesize Related Music Areas: Students will synthesize comprehensive knowledge and skills in one or more areas of music outside the major such as history, theory, ethnomusicology, performance, or pedagogy with their specialized area of study.

Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees

DMA – Composition
DMA – Conducting
DMA – Performance (Instrumental)
DMA – Performance (Keyboard)
DMA – Performance (Vocal)

DMA Student Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1	Technical Proficiency: Students will evaluate and demonstrate advanced levels of technical skills on their instruments, in composition, or in conducting and the ability to produce music that is both highly expressive and artistically appropriate in performance practice.
Outcome 2	Musicianship and Analysis: Students will demonstrate fluency in musical analysis through their understanding of and capability with musical forms/processes and aural/verbal/visual analyses.
Outcome 3	Synthesize Related Music Areas: Students will synthesize comprehensive knowledge and skills in one or more areas of music outside the major such as theory, history, ethnomusicology, performance, or pedagogy with their specialized area.
Outcome 4	Repertoire: Students will analyze, discuss, and demonstrate detailed knowledge of specific musical repertories as appropriate to their area of specialization, and familiarity and engagements with a wide selection of music.
Outcome 5	Original Research: Students will conduct and communicate orally and in writing original scholarly research in their area of focus. Students will evaluate scholarly resources available in the library and online; demonstrate methods of organizing, interpreting, and writing up research; utilizing correct research methods/design for the chosen study, and master academic writing and citation style according to the current accepted published manual of style. Students may orally present their research to an audience.

Doctor of Philosophy Degrees

PhD – Music Education
PhD – Music Theory
PhD – Musicology

PhD Student Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1

Research Literature: Students will analyze, evaluate, and discuss both broad and detailed knowledge of the scholarly literature pertaining to their major research focus.

Outcome 2

Field Proficiency: Students will demonstrate they can function as a high-level professional in the field by showing both a broad and a detailed knowledge of their area of focus.

Outcome 3

Original Research: Students will conduct and communicate orally and in writing original scholarly research in their area of focus. Students will evaluate scholarly resources available in the library and online; demonstrate methods of organizing, interpreting, and writing up research; utilizing correct research methods/design for the chosen study, and master academic writing and citation style according to the current accepted published manual of style. Students may orally present their research to an audience.

Master of Music

MM Student Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1

Outcome 2

Repertory: Students will evaluate and demonstrate knowledge and describe characteristics of broad core repertory. Students will demonstrate broad knowledge of music history and repertories through the present time.

Outcome 3

Pedagogical Competency: Students will demonstrate competency and creativity in pedagogy, knowledge of instrumentation and instrumental pedagogy, and knowledge of pedagogical content for teaching general, instrumental, and vocal music in a wide variety of settings and contexts.

Outcome 4

Outcome 5

Original Research and Composition: Students will demonstrate the ability evaluate, analyze, and create compose original compositions and conduct/communicate orally and in writing original research in their area of specialization.

Outcome 6

Synthesize Related Music Areas: Students will synthesize comprehensive knowledge and skills in one or more areas of music outside the major such as history, theory, ethnomusicology, performance, or pedagogy with their specialized area of study.

Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees

DMA Student Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1

Technical Proficiency: Students will evaluate and demonstrate advanced levels of technical skills on their instruments, in composition, or in conducting and the ability to produce music that is both highly expressive and artistically appropriate in performance practice.

Outcome 2

Musicianship and Analysis: Students will demonstrate fluency in musical analysis through their understanding of and capability with musical forms/processes and aural/verbal/visual analyses.

Outcome 3

Synthesize Related Music Areas: Students will synthesize comprehensive knowledge and skills in one or more areas of music outside the major such as theory, history, ethnomusicology, performance, or pedagogy with their specialized area.

Outcome 4

Repertoire: Students will analyze, discuss, and demonstrate detailed knowledge of specific musical repertories as appropriate to their area of specialization, and familiarity and engagements with a wide selection of music.

Outcome 5

Doctor of Philosophy Degrees

PhD Student Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1

Research Literature: Students will analyze, evaluate, and discuss both broad and detailed knowledge of the scholarly literature pertaining to their major research focus.

Outcome 2

Field Proficiency: Students will demonstrate they can function as a high-level professional in the field by showing both a broad and a detailed knowledge of their area of focus.

Outcome 3