07.02 The Master of Arts Degree
Candidates for the Master of Arts degree may major in Music Composition, Music Education, Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Music Theory, or Pedagogy of Music Theory. The basic residence requirement for the Master of Arts degree is one year of full-time study or its equivalent (for Musicology majors, two years). Students holding a graduate award (who normally take no more than 24 credits during a year) or those who find it necessary to take part-time employment should plan to devote at least two years to the master's degree program. Graduate award holders majoring in Pedagogy of Music Theory can complete their programs in one year of full-time residence plus one summer session. No assurance can be given that the requirements for any program can be completed in one academic year or through summers-only enrollments. The exception to this general rule is the Master of Arts in Music Education Summers-Only program which may be completed through consecutive summer enrollment.
Requirements for the Master of Arts degree are expected to be completed within five years after the work is begun. Students who do not finish their program within five years may petition the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for an extension of time. Such extension, if granted, will be of limited duration.
All students in the Master of Arts degree program are encouraged to avail themselves of the School's applied music instruction. The area and extent of such study will be determined in consultation with the advisor. Students majoring in Musicology and Music Theory are expected to cultivate a proficiency on a keyboard instrument, even if their principal instrument is not the piano, organ, or harpsichord.
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