Jazz Studies (Composition)

Degree Requirements

Studio (4 credits per semester)

JS 500	Studio Jazz Studies (Graduate)	4
	Or
	As assigned by department
Total Credit Hours:		16

Jazz Studies

JS 548T	Jazz Vocal Traditions	2
	Or
JS 570	Topics in Jazz Theory & Analysis	2
	Or
JS 572	Applied Modal Analysis	2
	Or
JS 577	Advanced Jazz Theory	2
	Or
JS 578	Advanced Jazz Theory II	2
	Or
JS 579T	Jazz Styles: Improvisation	2
	Or
JS 580T	Jazz Styles: Composition	2
	Or
JS 581T	Jazz Styles: Free Jazz & the Avant-Garde	2
Total Credit Hours:		4

Students must earn a minimum of 4 credits from any combination of the courses in this category.

Jazz History

JS 579T	Jazz Styles: Improvisation	2
	Or
JS 580T	Jazz Styles: Composition	2
Total Credit Hours:		2

Students must earn a minimum of 2 credits from either of the courses in this category.

Graduate Jazz Theory and Ear Training

JS 509	Theory & Ear Training for Improvisers	2
	Or
JS 511	Jazz Theory & Ear Training	2
Total Credit Hours:		2

Students must earn a minimum of 2 credits from either of the courses in this category.

Musicology

MHST 5xx	Any MHST course with a 500-level course number	2
	Or
MHST 6xx	Any MHST course with a 600-level course number	2
Total Credit Hours:		2

Music Theory or Composition

THYG xxx	Any credit-bearing course with a THYG prefix	2
	Or
CMP xxx	Any graduate-level course with prefix CMP	2
Total Credit Hours:		2

Electives

Total Credit Hours:

12

Portfolio Review or Recital

JS 697	Graduate Portfolio - Jazz Comp	2
	Or
JS 699	Master of Music Recital	2
Total Credit Hours:		2

Total Credit Hours: 42

Additional Requirements

1. Students who place out of Graduate Jazz Theory and Ear Training (JS 509 and/or JS 511) will have up to 14 elective credits
2. Promotional at the end of the first year (JS 593)