DMA: Piano Performance & Pedagogy (Primary) Checklist

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DMA: Piano Performance & Pedagogy (Primary) Checklist

Student Name: / UO ID:
Last / First
Local Address:
Local Phone: / E-mail:
Term/Year entered doctoral program: / Year of residency (3 consecutive terms):
Primary Area Advisor: / By graduation, I will have completed 81 GRADUATE-level credits past the bachelor’s.
Supporting Area:
Supporting Area Advisor:
Colleges/Universities Attended / Degrees Awarded / Date
Proficiencies/Prerequisites (as individually required based on GEE results) / Term / Year / Grade / Grade / Grade
Music History – Choose one:
Graduate Entrance Exam (GEE) passed / Fall / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUS 66__ Survey (beyond courses required for the degree, including electives) / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUS 267, 268, and 269 Survey Music History / FWS / 16-1717-1818-1919-2020-2121-2222-2323-2424-25
Music Theory – Choose one:
Graduate Entrance Exam (GEE) passed / Fall / 161718192021222324252627282930
Proficiency Exam passed / FallWinter / 161718192021222324252627282930
Aural Skills – Choose one:
Graduate Entrance Exam (GEE) passed / Fall / 161718192021222324252627282930
Proficiency Exam passed / FallWinter / 161718192021222324252627282930
Core Requirements / Term / Year / Credits Needed / Credits Earned / Grade
MUS 611 Research Methods in Music / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
MUS 629 Repertoire & Analysis (not required of Theory supporting) / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
MUE 641 College Music Teaching / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
MUS 66 (Period survey course) / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
MUS 66 (Period survey course) / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
General Degree Requirements
Large Ensemble (3 terms) (for piano primary, 3 terms of Collaborative Pianist MUS 521, 522, 523) (Give course no. and title)
MUS / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUS / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUS / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
Non-Music Courses (at least 8 credits) chosen in consultation with faculty adviser, but excluding language courses taken to fulfill the language requirement. Non-music courses in developmental psychology, sociology or aesthetics are highly recommended. (Give course no. and title) / 8
FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
Foreign Language (check 1 option below)
Option A: Take two years of course work in one or both of the approved language(s) and earn a grade of B– or higher in the final term. (Give course no. and title)
FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
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Option B: Complete reading for knowledge course(s) and earn grade of B– or higher in final term. (Give course no. and title)
FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
Option C: School of Music proficiency examination(s)
Language: Term/Yr of proposed exam:
Primary Area Requirements / Term / Year / Credits Needed / Credits Earned / Grade
MUE 639 Pedagogy and Practicum (Music Performance: ) / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
Choose two or more 500- or 600-level courses or seminars in Musicology/Ethnomusicology or Theory. (Give course no. and title) / 6
MUS / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUS / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUS / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
Performance Studies (Studio Instruction MUP 741 or higher) (six terms) If supporting area is Piano Performance, MUP credits earned in primary area may fulfill supporting area requirement. (Give course no. and title) / 24
MUP / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUP / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUP / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUP / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUP / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUP / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
Pianists Only
MUS 650 Piano Literature / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
MUS 651 Piano Literature / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
MUS 652 Piano Literature / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
Additional Primary Area Requirements in Piano Pedagogy
MUE 571 Teaching Beginner levels / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
MUE 572 Teaching in Groups / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 2
MUE 573 Teaching Intermediate levels / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 2
MUE 639 Pedagogy and Practicum II / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
MUE 639 Pedagogy and Practicum III / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
MUE 528 Music for Early Childhood / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
MUE 547 Psychology of Music / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 3
MUS 607 DMA Thesis Organization / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930 / 2
Recital (70 minutes) or Research Paper (if supporting area is Piano Performance)
Proposed term/yr:
1-hr Public Presentation (for piano teachers on topics appropriate to the independent or college teacher such as repertoire, technique, group piano teaching, or learning theories OR a 1-hr Public Master Class)
Proposed term/yr:
Comprehensive Exams
Primary Area: / Proposed term/yr:
Supporting Area: / Proposed term/yr: / Proposed Term/Yr of Advancement:
Lecture-Document/Dissertation (check one option below) / Term / Year / Needed / Earned / Grade
Option A: Lecture Document (Minimum of 6 credits over at least two
terms after term of advancement) / 6
MUS 601: Research / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUS 601: Research / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
Option B: Dissertation (Minimum of 18 credits after term of advancement. Must be enrolled for at least three (3) credits of MUS 603 in both the term prior to and term of oral defense.) / 18
MUS 603: Dissertation / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUS 603: Dissertation / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
MUS 603: Dissertation / FallWinterSpringSum / 161718192021222324252627282930
Oral Defense of Dissertation or Presentation of Lecture and Oral Exam of Lecture-Document
Proposed term/yr of defense:

Formal Admission Approval

Approved: ______

Primary Area Advisor Date

Approved: ______

Director of Graduate Studies Date

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