Graduate programs in music education, offered cooperatively with the College of Education, lead to the Master of Arts, Master of Education, Doctor of Education, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Admissions Information Admission to graduate degree programs in music is highly selective. A lower score on the TWE or MEWT requires that an MEI remedial course be taken every semester until the required English score is achieved. In addition, a grade of B or better is required in all courses used to fulfill requirements for the degree, a scholarly research paper must be written as part of at least one of the three required courses in Other Studies in Music, a Final Project must be completed satisfactorily, and an oral comprehensive examination of courses required in Major Studies and in Studies in Areas Supportive of the Major must be passed.
Specific courses are require d in each area of specialization.
In addition, a grade of B or better is required in all courses used to fulfill requirements for the degree, a Thesis must be written, an oral defense of the Thesis must be passed, and a written comprehensive examination must be passed. Specific courses are required in each area of specialization. The Doctor of Philosophy and the Doctor of Musical Arts degrees require no fixed total number of earned credits. Rather, they require the satisfactory completion of a significant body of course work that, in the student's and the Graduate Advisor's judgment, prepares the student for the preliminary examination that leads to admission to candidacy, as well as certain specific courses in each area of specialization. A dissertation is required for all doctoral degrees in music.