Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Music Theory


The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Music Theory requires a minimum of 60 credit hours of graduate-level coursework, distributed into the categories listed below. Course selections must be approved by your doctoral advisory committee. A list of all course offerings can be found on the Schedule of Classes. To track progress, please download the degree progress check-sheet (.pdf).

Contact Information

Area Coordinator: Alan Street, dastreet@ku.edu, 785-864-9748

Graduate Student Academic Services: musicgrad@ku.edu

 

A list of all course offerings can be found on the Schedule of Classes. To track progress, please download the degree progress check-sheet (.pdf).

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): Musicology Program Guide

Prerequisites

Must be cleared in accordance with school and area policies or the completion of a Master of Music (MM) degree from KU in the past two years.

Music History

CheckCourse
 Medieval : Exam / MUSC 474
 Renaissance : Exam / MUSC 475
 Baroque : Exam / MUSC 476
 Classical : Exam / MUSC 477
 Romantic : Exam / MUSC 478
 20th Century : Exam / MUSC 479

Music Theory

CheckCourse
 Harmony : Exam / MTHC 400
 Aural Skills : Exam / MTHC 402
 Form : Exam / MTHC 404
 20th Century : Exam / MTHC 406

Language

CheckCourse
 Exam / Courses
 Exam / Courses

Music Core

Research Skills (3 hours)

Waiver or equivalent course accepted with approval

CourseHrsTermGrade
CourseHrsTermGrade
MUSC 8013  
Waiver or equivalent course accepted with approval

Major Area

Seminar in Music Theory (12 hours)

CourseHrsTermGrade
MTHC 7893  
MTHC 7893  
MTHC 7893  
MTHC 7893  

Advanced Music Theory (12 hours)

CourseHrsTermGrade
MTHC 3  
MTHC 3  
MTHC 3  
MTHC 3  

Electives (15 hours)

Any graduate-level course (500 or above)

CourseHrsTermGrade
    
    
    
    
    

Dissertation (18 hours)

CourseHrsTermGrade
MUSC 999   
MUSC 999   
MUSC 999   
MUSC 999   
MUSC 999   
MUSC 999   

Written Qualifying Exams

Must be completed prior to scheduling the Oral Comprehensive Exam

ExamDateResult
ExamDateResult
Music History  
Music Theory  
Musicology  

Scholarly Presentation

EventDateResult
   

University-Level Exams

Exam Authorization forms should be submitted at least 2 weeks in advance of the exam date

ExamDateResult
Oral Comps Exam  
Final Oral Exam / DMA Document Defense  

Graduate Advisory Committee

Minimum of 5 faculty members for doctoral committees

Graduate Advisory Committee
 Chair 
 MUSC
 MTHC
 Music
 Grad Studies Rep.
 Optional

Graduation Requirements

 Requirement
 Complete Required Graduate Credit Hours
 3.0 Cumulative Graduate GPA
 Applied for Graduation in Enroll & Pay
 Complete Exam Authorization Form (.pdf) (pdf) (at least two weeks prior to exam date)
 Submit thesis to ProQuest/KU Scholar Works for publication
 Complete the Doctoral Completion Survey and send Certificate of Completion to musicgrad@ku.edu
 Submit ETD release form to musicgrad@ku.edu
 Send signed Title & Acceptance pages to musicgrad@ku.edu
 Verify all recital programs are on file at musicgrad@ku.edu