Accelerated Master’s Degree in Music
This accelerated program lets undergraduate students begin taking graduate-level courses during their final years of undergrad, saving time and money while deepening expertise and advancing careers sooner.
Accelerated Master’s Degree in Music
Undergraduate students at UM that are interested in graduate study in Music can get a head start through the accelerated Master’s Degree Program in Music.
Undergraduate students that would like to qualify for the Accelerated Master’s Program must meet the following requirements:
- Music major
- 3.0 minimum GPA
- 90 completed credit hours as an undergraduate
Students enrolled in the Accelerated Master's Degree Program in Music can earn 15 credit hours towards their graduate degree while completing their undergraduate studies.
Courses students in the Accelerated Master’s Degree Program in Music can take to earn credit towards the graduate degree:
- MUSC 5500: German for Musicians
- MUSC 5510: Music of the Medieval/Renaissance Period
- MUSC 5520: Music of the Baroque Period
- MUSC 5530: Music of the Classical Period
- MUSC 5540: Music of the Romantic Period
- MUSC 5550: Analysis I
- MUSC 5560: Analysis II
- MUSC 5570: Analysis III: 20th Century
- MUSC 5580: Advanced Ear Training
- MUSC 5620: 16th Century Counterpoint
- MUSC 5630: Music Since 1900
- MUSC 5650: History of Opera
- MUSC 5670: Afri-American Musical Traditions
- MUSC 5680: History of Jazz
- MUSC 5690: Instrumental and Vocal Arranging
- MUSC 5700: Introduction to Music Research
- MUSC 5710: Advanced Singer’s Diction I
- MUSC 5720: Advanced Singer’s Diction II
- MUSC 5730: Advanced Instrumental Directing
- MUSC 5740: Advanced Choral Methods
- MUSC 5750: Advanced Techniques of Marching Band
- MUSC 5760: History of Music in the United States
- MUSC 5790: Vocal Pedagogy
- MUSC 5860: Kodaly Music Education in America
- MUSC 5980: Psychology of Music
- MUSC 5553: Special Topics in Musicology
- MUSC 5559: Special Topics in Music Theory
- MUSC 5561: Symphonic Literature
- MUSC 562: Advanced Choral Literaturee
- MUSC 5563: Chamber Music Literature
- MUSC 5565: Instrumental Solo Literature
- MUSC 5575: Perspectives in World Music
- MUSC 5576: Topics in Ethnomusicology
- MUSC 5577: Diasporic African Music Cultures
- MUSC 6070: Wind Band Literature
- MUSC 6080: Advanced Keyboard Literature
- MUSC 6150: Advanced Conducting
- MUSC 6160: Advanced Conducting
- MUSC 6190: Foundations of Music Education
- MUSC 6200: Research in Music Education
- MUSC 6220: Seminar in Music Education
- MUSC 6230: Advanced Song Literature
- MUSC 6240: Advanced Opera & Oratorio Literature
- MUSC 6260: Music in the Elementary School
- MUSC 6300: Schenkerian Analysis I
- MUSC 6800: Introduction to Ethnomusicology
- MUSC 6820: Ethnographic Research Methods
Students must also have instructor approval.
Remember: For students who participated in the accelerated program prior to fall of 2026, 500-level courses for graduate credit required the student to reserve the course for graduate credit. A student who did not do so will be unable to use the 500-level course for the graduate degree and it will be considered the same as a course between 5000 and 5499 in the new course-numbering system.
Students enrolled for the graduate credit in a 5500- to 5999-level course must complete the graduate work. Should they decide they do not wish to do so, they need to work with the instructor, their dean's office, and the Registrar to change their enrollment to the appropriate undergraduate course number. Otherwise, they will be graded based on the criteria for the graduate course number.
Meet the Graduate Program Coordinator
If you have any questions about the Accelerated Master's in Music, don't hesitate to get in touch!
Rhonda Hackworth
Associate Professor of Music Education