Doctoral degrees are awarded to candidates who display deep understanding of the subject matter of their disciplines as well as the ability to make original contributions to knowledge in their fields. The University of Arizona FFSOM offers the Doctor of Musical Arts degree with concentrations in the fields of Composition, Conducting, and Performance, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree with concentrations in Music Education, Music Theory, or Musicology. The FFSOM does not permit double use of courses in a major and a minor or in a second minor.
Core Academic Courses for DMA Degrees
Composition, Conducting, and students in Voice, Piano/Keyboard, and Instrumental Performance must select fifteen units of course work from the following three categories of core courses:
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Category A--Music Education (min. 3 units): 550, 551, 603, 604, 650, 654, 655, 672, 696a
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Category B--Music Theory (min. 3 units): 520A, 520B, 521A, 521B, 521C, 534, 541 OR 542, 622, 623, 624A, 624B, 625A, 625B, 696c
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Category C--Historical Musicology and Ethnomusicology (min. 3 units): 530, 531, 532, 533, 535, 536, 568, 595b, 596b, 696b, 696f
Ensemble Policy for DMA Degrees
Doctoral degrees may require large conducted ensemble participation as delineated in each degree grid. Applied music registration (MUSI) requires concurrent enrollment in the appropriate large conducted ensemble (MUS 500). The appropriate large conducted ensemble varies by degree plan. The required large conducted ensemble must be chosen from the following list, designed to support applied and academic study in each degree plan:
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Bowed Strings: MUS 500O (Section 1), Arizona Symphony
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Voice: MUS 500L Arizona Choir
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Wind/Percussion: MUS 500D, E, O, or R
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Piano/Keyboard, Harp, Guitar: MUS 500 or 501 or 502
An audition process designed and administered by the ensemble directors in consultation with the applied faculty and approved by the Director of the FFSOM will determine participation in the appropriate large conducted ensemble. Students whose degree grids specify a large conducted ensemble requirement of two or more credits must participate in a large conducted ensemble in a two-semester sequence.
For course and program requirements for specific DMA degrees in music, please see The Graduate Handbook