GradSHARK Launch PAAD – Music, MM
Undergraduate students interested in graduate study in music can get a head start in earning a graduate degree through the GradSHARK Launch PAAD for Music.
Requirements to qualify:
- Music major
- 3.0 minimum GPA
- 90 completed credit hours as an undergraduate
Number of credit hours a student can earn towards the graduate degree while completing their undergraduate studies:
12 credit hours (no more than 6 hours per term)
Courses* undergraduate students in the Launch PAAD can take to earn credit towards the graduate degree:
- Mus 500: German for Musicians
- Mus 501: Music of the Medieval/Renaissance Period
- Mus 502: Music of the Baroque Period
- Mus 503: Music of the Classical Period
- Mus 504: Music of the Romantic Period
- Mus 505: Analysis I
- Mus 506: Analysis II
- Mus 507: Analysis III: 20th Century
- Mus 508: Advanced Ear Training
- Mus 512: 16th Century Counterpoint
- Mus 513: Music Since 1900
- Mus 515: History of Opera
- Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions
- Mus 518: History of Jazz
- Mus 519: Instrumental and Vocal Arranging
- Mus 520: Introduction to Music Research
- Mus 521: Advanced Singer’s Diction I
- Mus 522: Advanced Singer’s Diction II
- Mus 523: Advanced Instrumental Directing
- Mus 524: Advanced Choral Methods
- Mus 525: Advanced Techniques of Marching Band
- Mus 526: History of Music in the United States
- Mus 529: Vocal Pedagogy
- Mus 536: Kodaly Music Education in America
- Mus 548: Psychology of Music
- Mus 553: Special Topics in Musicology
- Mus 559: Special Topics in Music Theory
- Mus 561: Symphonic Literature
- Mus 562: Advanced Choral Literature
- Mus 563: Chamber Music Literature
- Mus 565: Instrumental Solo Literature
- Mus 575: Perspectives in World Music
- Mus 576: Topics in Ethnomusicology
- Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures
- Mus 607: Wind Band Literature
- Mus 608: Advanced Keyboard Literature
- Mus 615: Advanced Conducting
- Mus 616: Advanced Conducting
- Mus 619: Foundations of Music Education
- Mus 620: Research in Music Education
- Mus 622: Seminar in Music Education
- Mus 623: Advanced Song Literature
- Mus 624: Advanced Opera & Oratorio Literature
- Mus 626: Music in the Elementary School
- Mus 630: Schenkerian Analysis I
- Mus 680: Introduction to Ethnomusicology
- Mus 682: Ethnographic Research Methods
Students must also have instructor approval.
*Students who fail to reserve 500-level courses for graduate credit at the time they take the course will not receive graduate credit for the course (graduate level work must be completed to earn graduate credit). Reserving graduate credit with 500-level courses is required to ensure the Graduate School and instructor know the student must complete graduate credit requirements for the course. Students cannot later claim graduate credit for 500-level courses if they did not take the appropriate steps to notify the Graduate School prior to taking the course.
To Enroll:
Students must be accepted into the Launch PAAD and complete the requisite GradSHARK Launch PAAD Course Enrollment Form for this degree. The form must be received by the Graduate School (the form requires approval from your Undergraduate Advisor, the course instructor(s) and the Graduate Program Coordinator for Music). During each subsequent term, the student must submit a new enrollment form for this program if they wish to take courses that can count towards a graduate degree (students will not officially be registered for graduate courses until this form is complete).
For more information about participation in the GradSHARK Launch PAAD, guidelines, financial aid and available areas of study, please see the GradSHARK Launch PAAD homepage.