Curriculum for PhD in Music Performance and Composition: For Composers
Degree Requirements: 49-55 points
A doctoral degree represents highly personalized study working closely with doctoral adviser. General areas of study are designated with specific recommendations made in consultation with the doctoral adviser. Courses to be selected in consultation with adviser from the following areas:
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Ph.D. Requirements and points |
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Foundations |
6 points |
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Specialized Research |
3 points |
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Cognates |
6 points |
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Departmental Content Seminar (Seminar in Composition) |
3 points |
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Dissertation Proposal Seminar |
3 points |
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Advised Research Courses |
15 points |
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Recital (Seminar in Music) |
3 points |
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Applied Study (Private Composition) |
6-12 points |
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Guided Electives |
4 points |
Remedial Coursework may be recommended as a result of testing and additional electives may be recommended based on the results of the candidacy examination.
Undergraduate 0 level courses may not be credited toward degree requirements.
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Foundations |
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(Foundational to Arts and Arts Education) |
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Literature and the Arts in the Fall semester |
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Aesthetic Foundations of the Arts in the Spring semester |
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Specialized Research |
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(a course relating specifically to the student's proposed research) |
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| MPAME-GE 2130 | Research in Music and Music Education (Develop Topic Proposal) | 3 |
| RESCH-GE 2137 | Aesthetic Inquiry | 3 |
| RESCH-GE 2140 | Qualitative Field Research: Designs and Analysis I | 3 |
| RESCH-GE 2141 | Qualitative Field Research: Designs and Analysis II | 3 |
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Cognates |
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(academic courses outside of specialization) |
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| MPATC-GE 2046 | Music Criticism | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2042 | Psychology of Music | 3 |
| RESCH-GE 2137 | Aesthetic Inquiry (Fall semester) | 3 |
| MPATE-GE 2047 | Computer Music Composition | 3 |
| AHUM-GE 2248 | Creative Experiences in the Related Arts | 3 |
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Departmental Content Seminar |
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| MPATC-GE 2028 | Seminar in Composition (Spring semester) | 3 |
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Dissertation Proposal Seminar |
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| RESCH-GE 3001 | Dissertation Proposal Seminar | 3-6 |
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Advised Research |
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| Aesthetics of Music (Mini Proposal Preparation) (required) Fall semester | ||
| MPATC-GE 3026 | Seminar in Music and Music Education (Recital Preparation) (required) | 2-4 |
| NYU Composers' Forum (required) to be completed a minimum of three times for 3 points. Additional participation in the Composer's Forum is mandatory as MPATC-UE 0080 for 0 credits, until the final recital of compositions has been presented | ||
| MPATC-GE 2020 | Advanced Orchestration (Spring semester) | 3 |
| Stylistic Analysis (post-Schenker) (Spring semester) | ||
| MPATC-GE 2022 | Expanded Music and Its Impact on Profession (Spring semester) | 3 |
| Canon & Fugue (Spring semester) | ||
| MPATC-GE 2039 | Contemporary Music (Fall semester) | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2123 | Analysis of Contemporary Practices (Fall semester) | 3 |
| MPATE-GE 2047 | Advanced Computer Music, Synth + Comp (both terms) | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2048 | Scoring for Film & Multi-Media (Fall and Spring semesters, BY PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR) | 3 |
| RESCH-GE 2136 | Philosophical Inquiry | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2016 | Analysis of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Music (Spring semester) | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2200 | Seminar in Music Theory: Linear Reductive Analysis (Fall and Spring semesters) | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2050 | Music in Non Western Civilizations | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2042 | Psychology of Music | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2127 | The Aesthetics of Compositional Process in the Symphony (Spring term) | 3 |
| MPATE-GE 2603 | Digitally Controlled Music Systems (both terms, BY PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR) | 3 |
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Applied Study |
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MPATC-GE 2321 |
Private Composition |
3 |
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Guided Electives |
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| MPATE-GE 2047 | Advanced Computer Music Composition | 3 |
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Remedial Theory and History |
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May be assigned based upon the result of Graduate Theory and History Placement Exams |
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| MPATC-UE 1067 | Music History I | 2 |
| MPATC-UE 1068 | Music History II | 2 |
| MPATC-UE 1077 | Music History III | 2 |
| MPATC-UE 1078 | Music History IV | 2 |
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Music Department Elective Courses |
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| MPATC-UE 2039 | Analysis of Contemporary Music (Fall semester) | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2123 | Analysis of Contemporary Practices (Fall semester) | 3 |
| MPATE-GE 2047 | Advanced Computer Music Composition (Fall and Spring semesters, BY PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR,) | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2048 | Scoring for Film & Multi-Media (Fall and Spring semesters, BY PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR) | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2016 | Analysis of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Music (Spring semester) | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2200 | Seminar in Music Theory: Schenkerian Analysis (Fall and Spring semesters) | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2042 | Psychology of Music (Spring; Wednesday 6:10-7:50) | 3 |
| MPATC-GE 2127 | The Aesthetics of Compositional Process in the Symphony | 3 |
| MPATE-GE 2047 | Computer Music Synthesis: Fundamental Techniques (Fall and Spring) | 3 |
| MPATE-GE 2603 | Digitally Controlled Music Systems (Fall and Spring semesters, BY PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR) | 3 |