A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- M.A.
- Credential class
- ceterms:MasterDegree
- CIP
- 50.0903
- Total credits (published)
- 20
- Credits (computed from items)
- 290-357
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 232423
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_232423_2103aa9c
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 59
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Degree Requirements
0 items
Core Requirements
major core · 10 items
- As published: “D.M.A. Applied Music Lesson (to be repeated for 12-18 credit hours) 1”12-18
- 3
- As published: “Research Methods (in exceptional cases, students with recent credit in an equivalent graduate course may attempt to test out by exam)”3
- As published: “Graduate Musicology or Ethnomusicology Seminar (taken twice for a total of six credit hours)”6
- Approved electives 2Not resolved to a course3
- Approved music electives 1Not resolved to a course0-3
- As published: “Doctoral Recital (taken three times for a total of three credit hours)”3
- 1
- As published: “Doctor of Musical Arts Document (may be taken one credit at a time until three credits have been accumulated)”3
- Choose one of the following options (determined by diagnostic exam):Not resolved to a course6
Option 1:
2 items
- 3
- 3
Option 2:
5 items
- As published: “Advanced Seminar in Music Theory (taken twice)”3
- Choose one of the following:Not resolved to a course3
- 3
- 3
- SubtotalNot resolved to a course43-52
Concentrations
concentration · 1 item
- Concentrations require 13-20 hours of course work beyond the DMA core.Not resolved to a course13-20
Conducting Area
0 items
Brass Area
0 items
Percussion Area
0 items
Piano Area
0 items
String Area
0 items
Vocal Area
0 items
Woodwind Area: Performance on a Solo Instrument Track
0 items
Woodwind Area: Multiple Woodwind Track
1 item
- SubtotalNot resolved to a course13-20
Conducting Area
0 items
Requirements
6 items
- or: MUS 723 Score and Literature Survey for Orchestral Conductors Ior: MUS 725 Score and Literature Survey for Wind Conductors I3
- or: MUS 724 Score and Literature Survey for Orchestral Conductors IIor: MUS 726 Score and Literature Survey for Wind Conductors II3
- 2
- or: MUS 715 Seminar in Orchestral Literature for Conductorsor: MUS 716 Seminar in Wind Literature for Conductors2
- 3
- Approved Electives 1Not resolved to a course0-7
Requirements
6 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- Approved Chamber Ensembles (two semesters)Not resolved to a course2
- Approved Large EnsemblesNot resolved to a course2
- Approved ElectivesNot resolved to a course0-7
Percussion Area
0 items
Requirements
7 items
- 3
- 2
- As published: “Percussion Ensemble Literature Lab 1”1
- 3
- As published: “Percussion Ensemble (must be taken three times for a total of three credit hours)”3
- Approved Large EnsemblesNot resolved to a course5
- Approved ElectivesNot resolved to a course0-3
Piano Area
0 items
Requirements
7 items
- As published: “Group Piano Pedagogy Seminar (must be taken for one credit hour)”1
- 2
- As published: “Seminar in Piano Literature (taken 3 times for a total of 9 credits)”9
- 2
- 1
- 1
- Approved ElectivesNot resolved to a course0-4
String Area
0 items
Requirements
5 items
- 3
- 3
- As published: “String Chamber Music Performance (taken twice for four credit hours)”4
- As published: “String Excerpts (taken twice for four credit hours)”4
- Approved Electives 1Not resolved to a course0-6
Vocal Area
0 items
Requirements
6 items
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Seminar in Vocal Literature (taken twice for four credit hours)”4
- 3
- EnsemblesNot resolved to a course2
- Electives 1Not resolved to a course0-5
Optional Singing Health Emphasis
0 items
Minimum Requirements
7 items
- 2
- As published: “Special Topics in Psychology (Must be taken for three credit hours)”3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Speech Practicum B (clinical observation at the JMU/Rockingham Community Hospital Collaborative Voice and Swallowing Clinic)”2
- SubtotalNot resolved to a course16
Electives
electives · 6 items
- 3
- 3
- SubtotalNot resolved to a course6
- 3
- 3
- 3
Woodwind Area: Performance on a Solo Instrument Track
0 items
Requirements
6 items
- 2
- 2
- Approved Large EnsemblesNot resolved to a course4-6
- As published: “Woodwind Ensemble (minimum of two approved chamber ensembles for a total of two credit hours)”2
- Approved ElectivesNot resolved to a course7-8
- Residency Qualifying Recital: At the end of the first year, the student will play in a thirty-minute recital for the woodwind faculty.Not resolved to a course0
Requirements
5 items
- Applied instruction on a third instrument beyond the core applied instruction 1Not resolved to a course8
- As published: “Secondary Woodwind Pedagogy (taken twice for two credit hours)”2
- 2
- Approved Large EnsemblesNot resolved to a course8
- Residency Qualifying Recital: At the end of the first year, the student will play in a thirty-minute recital for the woodwind faculty.Not resolved to a course0
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