MASTER OF MUSIC (M.M.)
MASTER OF MUSIC EDUCATION (M.M.E.)
AND
MASTER OF VOICE PEDAGOGY (M.V.P.)

1. A maximum of six graduate credits may be earned by transfer from other institutions. Credit by examination is not awarded at the graduate level; in the case of course waivers, the credits involved must be replaced with other elective course credits.
2. Minimum “B” grades must be earned in all “Major area” courses
3. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 must be maintained at all times. Students who fall below this level become ineligible to hold graduate assistantships and place themselves at risk of academic dismissal.
4. All degree requirements must be completed within seven years of initial enrollment. Students who have not completed a degree within this time may be required to repeat courses and/or to meet further requirements.
5. Only courses carrying graduate credit may be counted toward Master degree requirements.
6. Graduate students must earn credit for at least two terms of choral ensemble experience. For students pursuing the M.M. degree, these credits must be earned in Symphonic Choir except when, by petition to the conducting faculty, permission is granted to substitute other experiences.
7. Students pursuing the M.M. degree must earn minimum grades of “B” or “Y” in all courses mandated to remove deficiencies in musical preparation, as determined by placement examinations at the time of initial enrollment.
8. All graduate students must pass a final oral examination in each major field, taken not sooner than the term during which all other requirements will be completed. The oral examination may be scheduled only after completion of any and all non-credit-bearing courses being taken to remove deficiencies in musical preparation. This stipulation does not apply to the course TH525, Analysis of Post-Tonal Music, or to foreign language courses being taken to establish proficiency levels.
9. Apart from workshops taken to satisfy choral ensemble requirements, students pursuing the M.M. degree may present toward “Electives” a maximum of four summer workshop credits and/or a maximum of two credits of choral ensemble participation beyond ”Core” requirements. Excess credits earned in the primary applied music field may not be presented toward “Electives”. In some degree programs, “Electives” must be chosen from discrete lists of courses unless otherwise approved by the major field department.
10. Sacred Music, Choral Conducting, and Organ Performance majors must demonstrate, by means of examination or of transcript grades, a reading knowledge of either French or German equivalent to two years of study at the college level. Piano Accompanying and Coaching majors must demonstrate a reading knowledge of both these languages as well as a command of English, Italian, French, German, and Latin diction. Voice Pedagogy and Performance majors must present one year each of college-level study in two of the following languages: French, German, and Italian. See “Foreign languages” in the “Arts and Sciences” chapter of this catalog. Graduate credit is not awarded for foreign language study.
11. Voice primary and choral conducting students may be assigned to an undergraduate diction course as determined by proficiency examination.
12. Students must register for applied study during the term when they plan to give a voice, organ, or piano recital, unless this requirement is specifically waived by the applied department.
13. Transcript documentation of prior conferral of a baccalaureate degree is required before conferral of any Master degree may take place.