Master of Music in Composition Degree Requirements
Adviser: Rob Frank
| Required Courses | Credit Hours |
| MUHI 6335 Introduction to Graduate Studies | 3 |
| MUAS 6010 Recital Attendance (four terms) | 0 |
| MUTH course selected from the following: 6300, 6330, 6360 | 3 |
| MUHI (5000-6000 level) chosen with adviser’s approval | 3 |
| MUTH 6310 or 6311 Electronic Music | 3 |
| MUTH 6328, 6329 Composition | 6 |
| Thesis | 6 |
| MURE 6001 Recital | 0 |
| MUTH elective (5000 or 6000 level) chosen with adviser’s approval | 3 |
| Ensemble or Contemporary Music Workshop: two terms | 0 |
| Elective: chosen with adviser’s approval | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 30 hours |
Additional Degree Requirements
Attendance at regularly scheduled seminars is expected. Failure to attend will
be reflected in the grade given in composition courses.
Successful completion of MUTH 6010 or the Functional Keyboard Proficiency Examination.
It is expected that the student will actively study composition every term in residence at SMU.
The thesis work may be for any medium and must be equivalent in complexity and accomplishment to an eight-to-10 minute concert work for orchestra. A brief proposal of the work must be submitted for approval to the thesis committee upon enrollment for thesis credit.
A degree recital (MURE 6001) consisting of works completed during graduate study is to be presented for approval by the student’s committee.
