Graduate Division

Curricula for Graduate Degrees

Guitar

Master of Music in Performance

Admission Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in music or its demonstrated equivalent. For additional information, see "Admission Requirements" in the Graduate Division section of this bulletin.

Major

18 credit hours

  • L900 Guitar Graduate Major (14 cr.)
  • 2 credit hours selected from:
    • L900 Guitar Graduate Major (2 cr.)
    • M538 Survey of Guitar Literature (2 cr.)
  • I711 Master’s Recital (0 cr.)
  • F550 Chamber Music (1-1 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.

Other Required Credits

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.

Doctor of Music in Music Literature and Performance

Admission Requirements

Master's degree in guitar or its demonstrated equivalent. For additional information, see "Admission Requirements" in the Graduate Division section of this bulletin.

Major

36 credit hours

  • L900 Guitar Graduate Major (18 cr.)
  • F551 Practicum in Transcription for the Guitar (2 cr.)
  • Graduate music education course as approved by chair of the student’s advisory committee (E530 recommended) (3 cr.)
  • M627-M628 Individual Study of Literature of Guitar I-II (3-3 cr.)
  • L661 Doctoral Guitar Recital (1-1-1 cr.)
  • I821 Doctoral Chamber Music Recital (1 cr.)
  • M620 Doctoral Final Project (3 cr.)
Minor and Other Required Credits

24 credit hours. See “Structure of Doctoral Curricula” under General Requirements for Doctoral Degrees in this bulletin.

Tool Subjects
  • M539 Introduction to Music Bibliography (2 cr.)
  • HISP S491 Elementary Spanish for Graduate Students (3 cr.)

Academic Bulletins

PDF Version

Click here for the PDF version.

Previous Bulletins

Students are ordinarily subject to the curricular requirements outlined in the Bulletin in effect at the start of their current degree. See below for links to previous Bulletins.