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Music D.A.
(Select from five emphases)
Degree Requirements - 66-71 Credits
Doctor of Arts in Music candidates will take written and oral comprehensive examinations at a time approved by the major advisor.
For additional information, see "Doctor of Arts Sequence and Check List" published by the School of Music.
See:"Graduate Admission Requirements" .
Conducting Emphasis
Music History and Literature Emphasis
Music Performance Emphasis
Music Composition Emphasis
Required Emphasis Credits - 5-9 hours
MUS 623 Individual Studies in Effective Teaching (3)
MUS 794 Supervised Practicum in College Teaching (2-6)
Primary Emphasis - 18 hours
The primary emphasis area develops a major scholarly and/or performing function for the college and university level in Conducting, Music History and Literature, Composition, Music Performance, or Music Performance (with an optional concentration in Pedagogy). Courses are selected by advisement based upon candidate's area of focus and upon the candidate's needs identified through the advisory examinations.
Secondary Emphasis - 10 hours
This area develops a secondary scholarly and/or performing emphasis in one of the degree emphasis areas (Music History and Literature, Composition, Music Performance, Conducting, Performance and Pedagogy), or in Jazz Pedagogy, Music Education, Opera Theatre, or related areas outside Music. It is expected that a creative project of some type will be undertaken as part of the concentration. The concentration area and its courses are selected by the candidate with the approval of the program advisor and the advisor for the Secondary Area of Concentration.
Elective Credits - 5 hours
Research Core - 12-13 hours
MUS 700 Introduction to Doctoral Research (3)
Select one Course (3 hours) (*music history exam)
MUS 643-MUS 648 Period Seminars in Music History (3)
Select one Course (2-3 hours) (*music theory exam)
MUS 501-503, 603 Graduate Music Theory and Analysis (2-3)
Select one Course (4 hours) (**individual performance area)
MUS 551, 665, 670-679 Individual Performance Studies (4)
Dependent upon results of *advisory exams/**performance area.
Research Proposal/Dissertation - 16 hours
MUS 797 Doctoral Proposal Research (4)
MUS 799 Doctoral Dissertation (12)
Note(s): The hours allotted to the doctoral dissertation may be divided between performance and dissertation requirements according to the plan of study as outlined and approved by the candidate's committee.
Performance and Conducting majors will perform two recitals for 8 semester hours and complete a four semester hour dissertation. Performance (with an optional concentration in Pedagogy) majors will perform one recital for four semester hours and complete an eight-hour dissertation. Students seeking the D.A. in Music Education, Music History and Literature or Composition will complete a 12-hour dissertation.
Composition majors will present a recital of their compositions written as part of their degree program.
A reading knowledge of one foreign language (typically French, German or Italian) is required by the following areas: brass, history and literature (a second language may be required through advisement), piano, strings, theory and composition, voice, woodwinds and instrumental conducting. Students in the areas of choral conducting and vocal performance should have skills in translation of vocal literature in one foreign language (French, German or Italian) as well as diction mastery of all three. In the woodwind area, a substitute research tool may be permitted after consultation and approval by the candidate's committee. Students should contact the Graduate Coordinator or appropriate area to clarify language requirements.
The candidate must complete two consecutive semesters (minimum of 9 semester credit hours per semester) of graduate work on the University of Northern Colorado campus in order to satisfy the Doctor of Arts residency requirement.
The Program Advisor or Graduate Coordinator will provide information concerning how the student's oral and research committees are formed, the student's responsibility in the committee process and the means of scheduling comprehensive examinations and the doctoral defense.
The Music Performance Emphasis has an optional concentration in pedagogy.
Music Education Emphasis
Required Emphasis Credits - 25 hours
Primary Emphasis (15 hours)
MUS 519 Foundations of Music Education (3)
MUS 533 Curriculum Trends in Music Education (3)
MUS 622 Directed Studies in Music (3)
EDF 640 Psychological Foundations of Education (3)
EDF 685 Philosophical Foundations of Education (3)
Secondary Emphasis (10 hours)
Elective Credits - 13 hours
Electives will be selected by advisement based on candidate's needs identified through advisory examination and special interests. Electives may be selected from courses offered by the School of Music, or from areas outside of music, such as Educational Administration, Special Education or Psychology.
Research Core - 12 hours
MUS 610 Research in Music Education (3)
MUS 700 Introduction to Doctoral Research (3)
SRM 602 Statistical Methods I (3)
SRM 603 Statistical Methods II (3)
Research Proposal/Dissertation - 16 Hours
MUS 797 Doctoral Proposal Research (4)
MUS 799 Doctoral Dissertation (12)
Note(s): The dissertation should include goals such as extension of the student's knowledge and improvement of his teaching ability in the field, development of new knowledge that will contribute to music education and implementation of music education theory to the practical aspects of ongoing school music programs.
Secondary Emphasis courses may be selected from courses offered by the School of Music, or from areas outside of music, such as educational leadership, special education or psychology. A project integrating one or more subject areas with music education will be part of the secondary emphasis expectation. The project is given on a directed study basis and may be extended into the framework of the dissertation.
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