Organ: Technology, Master of Music
View ChecksheetMinimum Total Hours (Non-Thesis): 32
Program Code: M724 Q483
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Course | ||
| Choose 6 hours in the following: | 6 | |
| Master's-Level Organ for Performance Majors 1 | ||
| GRRE 5042 | Graduate Recital-Master of Music Degree 2 | 2 |
| Core Courses | ||
| Organ Construction & Design | ||
| MUTE 5423 | History and Fundamentals of Pipe Organ Construction and Design | 3 |
| MUTE 5453 | Organ Construction and Design I | 3 |
| MUTE 5463 | Organ Construction and Design II | 3 |
| Organ Literature | ||
| Choose two of the following: | 6 | |
| Organ Literature I: Renaissance and Baroque | ||
| Organ Literature II: 1750-1900 | ||
| Organ Literature III: 1900-Present | ||
| Musicology | ||
| Choose a graduate level MUHI, MUSC, or MULI course 3 | 3 | |
| Music Theory | ||
| Choose any graduate level MUTH course 4 | 3 | |
| Electives | ||
| Choose 3 hours as advised | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 32 | |
| 1 | Organ majors must enroll in ORGN 5020 for at least three consecutive semesters. |
| 2 | 50 minutes: 30 minutes total public performance (solo 1/2 recital, area recitals, ensemble accompaniment, etc.) and 20 minutes total public presentation/lecture on a topic or project related to organ building. |
| 3 | No coursework taken to remediate deficiencies determined by the student’s score on the Prelim Exam may be used to fulfill the Musicology requirement. It may, however, be used as elective credit, providing it is at the 5000- or 6000-level. |
| 4 | Except for MUTH 5812, MUTH 5822, or any Music Technology courses. |
General Requirements for all Master's Degrees
The master’s degree requires the equivalent of at least two semesters of satisfactory graduate work and additional work as may be prescribed for the degree.
All coursework applied to the master’s degree must carry graduate credit.
Master’s degree programs which require a thesis consist of at least 30 credit hours. All non-thesis master’s degree programs require at least 32 credit hours.
Credit transferred from other institutions must meet specific criteria and is subject to certain limitations.
Courses completed through correspondence study may not be applied to the master’s degree.
To qualify for a graduate degree, students must achieve an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the degree program coursework and in all resident graduate coursework attempted. A student must also have at least a 3.0 in all coursework (including undergraduate coursework if any).
Additional information for master's degree students may be found in the Graduate College Bulletin.