82 graduate hours. Up to 32 graduate hours can be brought into the curriculum from the master's degree.

Area A (Major Area)

Choose a minimum of 40 credit hour(s) from the following:

MUSI 5720/7720  Required

Electroacoustic Composition

3

MUSI 5730/7730  Required

Interactive Composition

3

Additional classes including lessons, recitals, conducting projects, ensembles, literature, pedagogy, diction, and techniques. Composition majors must give two degree recitals (one chamber recital and one performance/reading of the dissertation).

Area B (Musicology/Ethnomusicology)

Choose a minimum of 9 credit hour(s) from the following:

Musicology/Ethnomusicology courses approved by advisor At least six credits for this requirement must be taken at UGA as a doctoral student. MUSI 6290 taken Spring 2021 or later may be used to meet the Area B requirement. (MUSI 6290 taken before Spring 2021 cannot.)

Area C (Music Theory)

Choose a minimum of 9 credit hour(s) from the following:

Music Theory courses approved by advisor At least six credits for this requirement must be taken at UGA as a doctoral student. MUSI 6150(E) does not count for this area.

Area D (Electives or Minor)

Choose 12 credit hour(s) from the following:

Courses from any area, music or non-music, at the graduate level Six of these hours must be taken as a doctoral student at UGA. Questions about the appropriateness of a course as an elective can be adjudicated by the student’s advisory committee.

Area E (Research)

MUSI 6300  (3 hours)

Music Bibliography

3

Choose a minimum of 9 credit hour(s) from the following:

MUSI 9000

Doctoral Research

1-18

MUSI 9300  (min 3 hrs)

Doctoral Dissertation

1-18

Nine of these hours must be taken as a doctoral student at UGA.

Courses with undergraduate numbers, GRSC 7770, GRSC 7001, MUSI 6150(E), MUSI 6290 taken before Spring 2021, and MUSI 7005/9005 do not satisfy graduate curricular requirements and thus cannot be used in any Area.

GRSC 7001

GradFIRST: First-year Research and Scholarship Training Seminar

1

Select additional courses, as needed, in consultation with an advisor to meet the minimum number of required credit hours for this program.