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Master of Arts | Doctoral Degrees | Graduate Transfer Credits

Master of Arts

025:321 Introduction to Graduate Study in Music

Music Theory - Students must earn 6 sh
 
025:240 Analytical Techniques (unless exempt through advisory exam) 3 sh
     
Students exempted from 025:240 through the advisory examination in music theory must substitute an additional theory elective from the following:
 
025:145 Counterpoint Before 1600 3 sh
025:147 Counterpoint After 1600 3 sh
025:247 Post-Toanl Analysis 3 sh
025:249 Tonal Analysis 3 sh
025:256 Special Topics in Theory and Analysis 3 sh
     
One elective from these:    
025:145 Counterpoint before 1600 3 sh
025:147 Counterpoint after 1600 3 sh
025:241 History of Music Theory I 3 sh
025:242 History of Music Theory II 3 sh
025:247 Post-Tonal Analysis 3 sh
025:249 Tonal Analysis 3 sh
025:256 Special Topics in Theory and Analysis 3 sh
025:311 Advanced Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis 3 sh
025:312 Advanced Tonal Theory and Analysis 3 sh
     
Music History - Students must earn 6 sh
 
025:301 Advanced History and Literature of Music I 3 sh
025:302 Advanced History and Literature of Music II 3 sh
     
Students exempted from 025:301 and/or 025:302 through the advisory examination in music history must substitute a music history course from the following list for each of the exemptions:
 
025:303 Medieval Music 3 sh
025:304 Renaissance Music 3 sh

025:305

 Seventeenth-Century Music 3 sh
025:306 Eighteenth-Century Music 3 sh
025:307 Nineteenth-Century Music 3 sh
025:308 Music 1900-1945 3 sh
025:309 Music 1945-present 3 sh
025:310 American Music 3 sh
025:313 Major Composers 3 sh
025:314 Genres of Music 3 sh
025:315 Topics in the History of Opera 3 sh
025:318 Topics in Ethnomusicology 3 sh
025:319 Foundations of Ethnomusicology 3 sh
025:323 Medieval Music Notations 3 sh
025:324 Renaissance Music Notations 3 sh
025:325 Music Editing 3 sh
025:330 Seminar in Musicology 3 sh
025:331 Performance Practices of Medieval and Renaissance Music 3 sh
     
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Doctoral Degrees

All doctoral study in music includes the following:

  • 025:321 Introduction to Graduate Study in Music
  • Mimimum course requirements listed under the M.A. degree.
  • One or more additional music theory course(s) listed in the masters degree requirements
  • One or more additional course(s) in music history, chosen from those listed in the master's degree requirements.
  • One of these:
    025:500 Ph.D. Thesis
    025:501 Composition Ph.D. Thesis
    025:502 D.M.A. Essay
  • Proficiency in one or more foreign languages is required in most areas. Consult the area degree descriptions for information on specific language requirements.

Requesting Graduate Transfer Credit

  1. The student makes a formal request in writing to the Associate Director for Graduate Studies. The letter of request should include the following: the particular course title and number, the number of semester hours, the name of the professor who taught it, the institution where the course was taken, and a description of the course. The student should also provide a syllabus for the course, any written papers for the course, a transcript which indicates the final grade for the course, exams which seemed pertinent to the materials covered in the course, and any other materials of significance. All requests are to be submitted from the individual student and no recommendations from individual faculty members on behalf of a particular student will be accepted. Application forms can be obtained from the Academic Office, 1002 VMB, or print the form online (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
  2. The Associate Director will consult with faculty members in the area or area head, and will receive a recommendation in writing from the area or area head regarding the requested transfer credit. The Associate Director will then determine an outcome based on the recommendation from the area and any other submitted information, and will contact both the student and major advisor of the final determination of transfer credit.
  3. Students are urged to request transfer credit in the first year of enrollment in the graduate program. Any requests after that time will likely not be considered.
  4. It is the responsibility of the student to be an advocate for their academic file while here at The University of Iowa and to be cognizant of particular academic course requirements that pertain to their individual degree programs. Please contact David Gier, the Associate Director for Graduate Programs, at 335-1655, david-gier@uiowa.edu, 2037 VMB, with further questions or inquiries to these procedures.

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Last updated 18-jul-07