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Program
Requirements
Music Composition,
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Campus
Location:
Main Campus
Full-time/Part-time
Status
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered before and after 4:30 p.m.
General
Program Requirements:
Number of Didactic credits
required beyond the Baccalaureate:
30
Required Courses:
12 credits in composition seminar (Music Studies 540), 9 credits in Theoretical and/or Stylistic Analysis, 7 credits of electives (Canon and Fugue, Schenkerian Theory, Film Music, Aesthetics, Research, Improvisation, Music History and Music Theory courses are recommended), 2 credits of Digital Synthesis.
Internship:
False
Language Examination:
TrueReading knowledge of a foreign language is expected. If a deficiency exists, students may be required to take up to two semesters of a foreign language.
Culminating
Events:
Culminating Exam
Comprehensive Exam Description - Upon the imminent completion of a minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate study and with the approval of the major adviser, the candidate may request permission of the Associate Dean of the Boyer College of Music to take the written qualifying examination. This request must be made in writing at least one month before the scheduled date of the examination. If s/he wishes to do so, the candidate may take this examination during the final semester of graduate study. The master’s qualifying examinations will be given once each term.Comprehensive Exam Subject - 1. Composition majors take a five-hour written examination.
2. Composition majors also are required to submit a portfolio of their work completed during the time they participated in the Master of Music program.
3. The final part of the examination is either an oral examination, a special project defined by the department, or a combination of both, as determined by the candidate’s diversity of skills including critical and analytical insights and abilities.Comprehensive Exam Complete - Upon the imminent completion of a minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate study and with the approval of the major adviser.Comprehensive Exam Grade - At least two faculty members grade the written Comprehensive Examination.Comprehensive Exam Schedule - Students should contact the Associate Dean at least one month prior to the requested administration date.Other Culminating Events
Event Description - All candidates for the Master of Music degree are required to take a one-hour comprehensive examination in music literature and theory. A listening exam of l00 musical works of the standard literature from the Middle Ages through the 20th century is available to the student when admitted to the College. It is suggested that this examination be taken in the penultimate term of study. The list is intended as an aid to preparation for the examination. The examination is in three parts: Identification of specific selections from a list of 100 works, identification of a "mystery" selection, and score analysis.Event Philosophy - Students should plan to take the examination in the penultimate semester of study. The examination is in three parts: identification of specific selections from a list of 100 works, identification of a "mystery" selection, and score analysis. The examination is administered approximately ten times each year. Students notify the music graduate secretary no later than one week prior to the requested examination administration date. A list of examination dates is available at http://astro.ocis.temple.edu/~kreinber/graduate/dates.htmEvent Process - Members of the graduate music history and music theory department select the music scores and musical selections. Two graduate faculty members grade the examination. Students must pass all three sections. A score of 70% or better must be achieved in the identification section, and a "pass" or "weak pass" must be achieved in the "mystery" selection and the score analysis section.
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