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Members of
the Department
TBA
Music 110, 111, 200
or 201, and 101 or 220
Requirements: 11 semester courses:
110, 111, 200 or 201, and 101 or 220; two further courses
in music theory, analysis, or composition; three further
courses in music history; and two further classroom courses
above the 100 level (under certain circumstances a colloquium
may be substituted for one of these).
Foreign
Languages: Students are urged to acquire some knowledge
of German, French, and Italian.
Students who are contemplating
graduate work in music should consider taking Music 210
and any seminar.
Director: Richard Sherr
430d Thesis
8 credits
Full year course; Offered each year
431 Thesis
8 credits
Offered each Fall
Requirements: A GPA of 3.5 in classroom courses in music through the end of the junior year; a GPA of 3.3 in courses outside music through the end of the junior year. Honors students will fulfill the requirements of the major, will present a thesis or composition (430d or 431) equivalent to eight credits, and will take an oral examination on the subject of the thesis. The thesis in history, theory, or cultural studies will normally be a research paper of approximately fifty pages. The thesis in composition will normally be a chamber work of substantial duration. The final grade (highest honors, high honors, honors, pass) will be calculated as follows: thesis (60%); grades in music (20%); performance on the oral examination (20%).
Examination: Students will take
an oral examination on the subject of their thesis.
Majors who have demonstrated an extraordinary level of achievement in performance may, before March of the junior year, seek via audition before a representative committee of the department, to substitute 940y (for 8 credits) in their senior year for one or two of the courses designated as "two further classroom courses above the one hundred level" in the requirements of the major. |
