Note: The points listed for each degree represents the minimum points for the degree. Additional points may be required as the result of Placement and Candidacy Exams.
Doctor of Philosophy in Music Composition*
| Course |
|
Points/Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations | 6 points | |
| Specialized Reseach Methodology | 3 points | |
| Cognates (course related to but not in specialization) | 6 points | |
| Departmental Content Seminar (Chamber Music) | 3 points | |
| Dissertation Proposal Seminar | 3 points | |
| Advised Research Courses | 15 points | |
| MPATC-GE 3026 | Recital (Seminar in Music) | 3 points |
| Applied Study (Private Composition) | 6-12 points | |
| Guided Electives | 4 points | |
| Minimum Points | 49-55 points |
*There are two basic concentrations: traditional/ contemporary/ and music computers/ technology
Ph.D. and Ed.D. in Music Education
| Course |
|
Points/Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations | 6 points | |
| Specialized Reseach Methodology | 3 points | |
| Cognates (course related to but not in specialization) | 6 points | |
| Departmental Content Seminar | 6 points | |
| Dissertation Proposal Seminar | 3 points | |
| Advised Research Courses | 15 points | |
| Departmental Seminar | 3 points | |
| Guided Electives | 6 points | |
| Minimum Points | 45 points |
Doctor of Philosophy in Music Performance*
| Course |
|
Points/Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations | 6 points | |
| Specialized Reseach Methodology | 3 points | |
| Cognates (course related to but not in specialization) | 6 points | |
| Departmental Content Seminar (Chamber Music) | 3 points | |
| Dissertation Proposal Seminar | 3 points | |
| Advised Research Courses | 15 points | |
| MPATC-GE 3026 | Two Recitals (Seminar in Music) | 4 points |
| Applied Study (private lessons) | 6-12 points | |
| Guided Electives | 3 points | |
| Minimum Points | 49-55 points |
*Jazz Studies is in the context of the Performance/Composition Programs
Note Concerning All Doctoral Degree Programs: E85.1016 Contemporary Practices, MPATC-UE 1067 Music History I, MPATC-UE 1068 Music History II, E85.1071 Types & Forms, MPATC-GE 2021 Music Reference & Research Materials, E85.2109 Applied Sight Reading & Dictation, and E85.2121 Harmonic Review & Trends cannot be used towards total required points.
Examples of courses available for doctoral requirements:
Foundations
All students are required to complete 6 credits (two courses) of course work in foundations during the first 24 credits of doctoral study. Graduate courses qualify for the foundations requirement when they are upper division courses (NYUSteinhardt 2000 level courses or their equivalent in other schools) and designed to broaden students' access to knowledge outside of the areas of specialization. To this end, courses are considered foundational when they: (1) provide broad basic content, not limited to a single profession, and are outside the student's specialization, and do not require prerequisites; (2) are based on current scholarship in the arts, humanities, sciences and/or social sciences; and (3) have wide applicability to common issues of the student's specialization and profession.
Cognates
A cognate is defined as a course outside of the student's specialization or a course that combines music with another academic discipline.
Examples:
MPATC-GE 2046 - Music Criticism
MPATC-GE 2042 - Psychology of Music
MPATC-GE 2127 - Aesthetics of Music
Specialized Research
MPATC-GE 2130 - Research in Music and Music Education
MPATC-GE 2130 - provides students with a comprehensive investigation of research in music, the various research paradigms and methods. In this course, doctoral students develop Topic Proposals.
Advised Research
Research courses by advisement should be related to the student's proposed topic or area of research interest. These courses should be carefully selected to ensure that the student has the appropriate skills and expertise to conduct research and analysis necessary to write the dissertation.
Courses such as the following might be used:
MPATC-GE 2016 - Analysis of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Music
- Canon & Fugue
- Seminar in Theory
MPATC-GE 2042 - Psychology of Music
MPATC-GE 2073 - Music Literature in the Classical Era
MPATC-GE 2127 - The Aesthetics of Compositional Process in the Symphony
MPATC-GE 2151 - Sonata in the 19th Century
MPATC-GE 2046 - Music Criticism
MPATE-GE 2047 - Advanced Computer Music: Synthesis & Composition
MPATC-GE 2048 - Scoring for Film & Multi-Media (Fall & Spring semesters)
MPAME-GE 2056 - Problems in Music Education
- Tests and Measurements in Music Education
MPAVP-GE 2066 - Music Theatre Process and Analysis
APSY-GE 2073 Research Design and Methods in Behavioral Science I
APSY-GE 2074 Research Design and Methods in Behavioral Science II -
MPAME-GE 2080 - Learning Theories and Music Education
MPAET-GE 2091 - Drama Criticism
MPATC-GE 2123 - Analysis of Contemporary Music Practices
MPATC-GE 2200 - Music Theory Seminar
MPAME-GE 2139 - Basic Concepts in Music Education
RESCH-GE 2135 - Historical Research
RESCH-GE 2134 - Experimental & Quasi-Experimental Design and Analysis
RESCH-GE 2136 - Philosophical Inquiry
RESCH-GE 2137 - Aesthetic Inquiry
RESCH-GE 2139 - Survey and Correlation Research
RESCH-GE 2140 - Qualitative Field Research: Design and Analysis I
RESCH-GE 2141 - Qualitative Field Research: Design and Analysis II (RESCH-GE 2140 is a prerequisite)
- Aesthetics of Music
- Principals & Appreciative Aspects of Music Performance
MUSIC-GA 2137 - Music Historiography (Arts and Science) (4 points)