| Seminars All Master of Music degrees have a requirement of 6 credits of music history seminars. In addition, the MM in Composition and the MM in Orchestral Conducting each require courses in advanced theory. Before registering for any music history seminar, including MU553 Opera History 1 and MU554 Opera History 2, students must have passed MU551 Introduction to Graduate Study with a grade of B– or higher, as well as the music history proficiency (exam or review course) pertaining to the historical period covered in the seminar. Two types of music history seminars are offered; MU552 Graduate Seminar in Music History courses run for 3 hours a week for the entire semester and are 3 credit courses. MU559 Special Topics in Music History courses run for 3 hours a week for seven weeks and are 1.5 credit courses. Students may choose to fulfil their required 6 credits of Music History by taking: two MU552 courses or one MU552 course and two MU559 courses but not four MU559 courses Music History seminars offered in 2009/10 are: MU552 Graduate Seminar in Music History: Beethoven's Symphonies (prerequisite MH2, MH3) MU552 Graduate Seminar in Music History: Brahms (prerequisite MH3) MU552 Graduate Seminar in Music History: Mozart (prerequisite MH2) • for Music Education majors: MU552 Graduate Seminar in Music History: Music of the Common Practice Period: Haydn to Mahler (no MH prerequisite) • MU559 Special Topics in Music History: Monteverdi (first 7 weeks) (prerequisite MH1) MU559 Special Topics in Music History: Berlioz (second 7 weeks) (prerequisite MH3) MU559 Special Topics in Music History: Late Stravinsky (first 7 weeks) (prerequisite MH4) MU559 Special Topics in Music History: American Music since 1960 (second 7 weeks) (prerequisite MH4) • MU553 Opera History 1 (prerequisite MH1, MH2) ______________________________________________________________________ back to top |