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Performance Pedagogy Degree Plan

The performance pedagogy concentration requires a total of 33 credit hours.

Major Area

12 credit hours

  • MUS 540: Internship Recital (3 credit hours)
  • MUS 595: Directed Studies in Performance Pedagogy (3 credit hours)
  • MUS 550: Recital (3 credit hours)
  • Applied Concentration (3 credit hours), instrumental or vocal, chosen from:
    MUS 520, 521, 522, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, or 541

Other Courses

12 credit hours

  • MUS 515 (Research and Bibliography) (3 credit hours)
  • MUS 577 (Analysis of Tonal Music) or MUS 578 (Analysis of Twentieth Century Music) (3 credit hours)

and choose two of the following:

  • MUS 575 (Music Theory Pedagogy) (3 credit hours)
  • MUS 573 (Survey of Music Theory) (3 credit hours)
  • MUS 562 (Seminar in Music History) (3 credit hours)

Electives

9 credit hours

  • Major area electives - further study in Applied Concentration (see above), or literature or pedagogy courses from the respective area of specialization, such as MUS 413G, 415G, 418G, 419G, 420G, 423G, 428G, 429G, 434G, 445G, 459G, 460G, 461G, 462G, 464G, 465G, 471G, 473G, 474G, 509, 511, 513, 514, 518, 519, 571, 580, 595, 597, or 598 
  • For course titles and descriptions see the University Catalog.

All full-time students must enroll and participate in a minimum of one section of MUS 544 Graduate Ensemble each semester whether or not the student has an assistantship.