What the degree asks for, group by group. The map sets out every course by how many must come before it; open a course there to see what it needs and what it opens.
Choose one · 8 creditsMaster's-level woodwind applied study
2 semesters at 4 credits, in the course for the major instrument. Applied lessons are repeatable: the credits are reached over several terms, and a single course here stands for all of them.
- MUSPERF-507MASTERS LEVEL-FLUTE4
- MUSPERF-509MASTERS LEVEL-OBOE4
- MUSPERF-511MASTERS LEVEL-CLARINET4
- MUSPERF-513MASTERS LEVEL-SAXOPHONE4
- MUSPERF-515MASTERS LEVEL-BASSOON4
Required · 4 creditsRecital
In place of applied study in the recital semester.
- MUSPERF-990MASTERS RECITAL1-4
Choose two · 2 creditsLarge performance ensemble
2 credits.
- MUSIC-570UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA1
- MUSIC-574WIND ENSEMBLE1
- MUSIC-576CONCERT BAND1
Required · 2 creditsSmall performance ensemble
Two semesters.
- MUSIC-565ADVANCED ENSEMBLE-WOODWIND1
Choose three · 9 creditsMusicology and music theory
At least one course in musicology and one in music theory, from the approved lists; 9 credits, earned at UW-Madison. The Guide also lists MUSIC 823, which has no page among its courses, so it is not drawn.
- MUSIC-405SEMINAR: CULTURAL STUDY OF MUSIC3
- MUSIC-411SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES3
- MUSIC-412SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE RENAISSANCE3
- MUSIC-413SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE BAROQUE ERA3
- MUSIC-414SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE CLASSIC ERA3
- MUSIC-415SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE ROMANTIC ERA3
- MUSIC-416SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY3
- MUSIC-419MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES3
- MUSIC-497SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC1-3
- MUSIC-511HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICES3
- MUSIC-513SURVEY OF OPERA3
- MUSIC-515PROSEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY3
- MUSIC-516ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR MUSIC AND SOUND3
- MUSIC-821HISTORICAL MUSIC THEORIES 13
- MUSIC-822HISTORICAL MUSIC THEORIES 23
- MUSIC-911SEMINAR IN MUSICOLOGY3
- MUSIC-915SEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY3
- MUSIC-523ORCHESTRATION I3
- MUSIC-621RENAISSANCE POLYPHONY3
- MUSIC-622BAROQUE COUNTERPOINT3
- MUSIC-623FORM AND ANALYSIS2-3
- MUSIC-624FORM AND ANALYSIS II2-3
- MUSIC-629JAZZ THEORY AND ANALYSIS3
- MUSIC-921CURRENT ISSUES IN MUSICAL THOUGHT 13
- MUSIC-927SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION3
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