Graduate
Curricula for Graduate Degrees
Jazz Studies
Master of Music in Jazz Studies
Prerequisite
Bachelor of Music or its demonstrated equivalent.
Admission
Audition. Performance proficiency equivalent to the bachelor’s degree in Jazz Studies at Indiana University.
Major
18 credit hours
- M592 Jazz Literature 2: The Bebop Era (3 cr.)
- M591 Jazz Literature 1: Pre-Jazz to Bebop (3 cr.) or M593 Jazz Literature 3: Jazz since Bebop (3 cr.)
- 3 credit hours selected from O511 Fundamentals of Jazz Theory (1 cr.)/O521 Jazz Improvisation 1 (2 cr.) or O522-O523-O524 Jazz Improvisation 2-3-4 (3 cr.)
- O550 Jazz Chamber Ensemble (1-1-1 cr.)
- I711 Master’s Recital (0 cr.)
6 credit hours selected from:
- E570 Pedagogy of Jazz (2 cr.)
- E582 Methods and Materials for Teaching Vocal Jazz (3 cr.)
- M583 Duke Ellington (3 cr.)
- M591 Jazz Literature 1: Pre-Jazz to Bebop (3 cr.)
- M593 Jazz Literature 3: Jazz since Bebop (3 cr.)
- M584 Research in the History and Analysis of Jazz (3 cr.)
- M594 Big Band Jazz (3 cr.)
- O512 Jazz Composition (3 cr.)
- O516 Jazz Arranging 1 (2 cr.)
- O517 Jazz Arranging 2 (2 cr.)
- O522-O523-O524 Jazz Improvisation 2-3-4 (3 cr.)
- O525 Rhythm Section Literature and Performance (2 cr.)
- O530 American Popular Song Performance (3 cr.)
- O800 Jazz Performance (2 cr.)
Music History and Literature Requirement
6 credit hours. See “Structure of Master’s Curricula” under General Requirements for Master’s Degrees in this bulletin.
Outside Area
6 credit hours. See “Structure of Master’s Curricula” under General Requirements for Master’s Degrees in this bulletin.
Major Ensemble
2 credit hours each semester until four fall-spring enrollments are reached or the student graduates.