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Admission Requirements and Deadlines

Music Composition, DMA

Deadline
Fall: August 15

Spring: December 15

Application Type:
Applications are processed as they arrive up to the deadline date.

Letters of reference
Number Required:2

From whom:
Evaluations can be from a variety of sources who know the abilities of the applicant. Evaluators can provide insight into your abilities and talents, as well as comment on your aptitude for graduate study.

Statement of Goals:
The Statement of Goals should include your special interests within the discipline and expectations for the program.

Standardized Test Scores:
The GRE/MAT is required. .

Minimum TOEFL score or range of scores needed to be accepted:
575 on the paper-based version or 230 on the computer-based version of the TOEFL examination to be considered for admission. Any student admitted with a TOEFL score below 600 on the paper-based or 250 on the computer-based examination must pass an English skills course during their first semester at Temple University.

Portfolio:
Applicants must submit with the admission application evidence of compositional activity. Any compositions submitted will be returned to the applicant. If an applicant has enrolled in the Seminar in Composition prior to his or her application for formal admission to the program in Composition, the work accomplished there may serve to meet this entrance requirement, if satisfactory.

Resume:
A resume is required.

Other:

  • The program provides opportunity for advanced study in composition that conforms to the very highest artistic and pedagogical ideals. For this reason, enrollment in the program is limited.
  • Due to the large number of applications for admission and the competitive nature of its music programs, the College admits only a portion of its applicants. In addition to the general admissions credentials required of all Temple University graduate applicants, Boyer College of Music specialized admission criteria (i.e., auditions, portfolios, interviews, recommendations, departmental term papers, and standardized examinations) are very heavily weighted in Boyer College of Music admission decisions. Graduate applicants may be rejected for admission for failing to obtain the required level of proficiency in any one area of the specialized admission criteria regardless of the level of success in meeting the Temple University general admission criteria. In addition to the level of success demonstrated in the above-mentioned criteria, a final admission factor is the College’s Optimum Enrollment Policy. This Policy may preclude the admission of any student who meets the minimum requir
  • Background Experience Required
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    Advanced Standing
    The DMA in Composition program consists of 52 discrete credits taken beyond the Master's degree. At the time of admission, the entire master's degree serves as advanced standing credits; these credits are not counted toward the 52 required credits in the doctoral degree. However, students may transfer into the doctoral degree up to 12 additional graduate credits in coursework taken beyond the Master's degree. Typically this coursework is undertaken after admission to the DMA degree and must be approved by the major advisor and the Associate Dean. The maximum number of advanced standing credits awarded is 30.


     

     
       
       
     
       
     
       
     

     

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