Electives (Graduate Students)
Fall 2026
Courses with a ^ indicate instructor permission needed.
- MUS 410 – Jazz History
- MW 10:20 – 11:10am | K. Prouty – (MUS 892a 001 F)
- MUS 421 – Music of the 19th Century
- TTH 9:10 – 10am | K. Bartig – (MUS 892a 002 W)
- MUS 422 – Music of the 20th Century
- TTH 10:20 – 11:10am | K. Bartig – (MUS 892a 003 W)
- MUS 424 – Music, Sexuality, and Gender
- MW 10:20-11:10am | M. Ray – (MUS 892a 004 F)
- MUS 428 – Southern Appalachian Music
- TTH 9:10-10:00am | C. Scales – (MUS 892a 006 F)
- MUS 429 – Music East Asia
- TTH 10:20-11:10am | M. Largey – (MUS 892a 005 W)
*Grad Students need corresponding MUS 892a course to satisfy a core requirement
- MUS 833– Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology
- Tue Thu: 12:40pm-2:00pm | M. Largey
- MUS 992 (001) – Seminar in Musicology
- Topic: Copyright, Creativity, and Music
- TTH 12:40-2:00pm | C. Scales
- MUS 992 (002) – Seminar in Musicology
- Topic: Musical Patronage
- TTH 10:20-11:40am | N. Field
- MUS 992 (003) – Seminar in Musicology
- Topic: Musicals & the Construction of Worlds
- MWF 9:10-10:00am | M. Ray
- MUS 868.001 Early 20th-Century Tonal Analysis | Mon Wed Fri: 11:30am-12:20pm (Tran)
- MUS 868.002 Analysis Popular Music | Tue Thu: 3:00pm-4:20pm (Stroud)
- MUS 869 Tonal Counterpoint | Wed Fri: 11:30am-12:20pm (Johnson)
- MUS 872 Tonal Forms | Tue Thu: 8:00am-8:50am (Johnson)
- MUS 873 Post-Tonal Techniques | Mon Wed: 3:00pm-3:50pm (Tran)
- MUS 875 Analysis of Musical Scores | Mon Wed: 3:00pm-4:20pm (Sly)
- MUS 877 Scoring for Orchestra & Band | Mon Wed Fri: 9:10am-10:00am (Biedenbender)
- MUS 879 Tonal Literature & Analysis | Mon Wed Fri: 9:10am-10:00am (Tran)
- MUS 976 Performance & Analysis | Mon Wed: 9:10am-10:30am (Schumacher)
- MUS 876 Keyboard Skills & Practical Musicianship ^ | Tue 1:50-2:40pm; Thu 12:50-2:40 (Callahan)
- MUS 970 Pedagogy of Theory I ^ | Tue: 3:00pm-5:50pm (Schumacher)
- MUS 979 Proseminar Music Theory ^ | Thu: 3:00pm-4:50pm (Sullivan)
MUS 434 Orchestral Musicianship (1)
MUS 435 Opera Theatre^ (1-2)
MUS 481 Acting for Singers Opera Scene Study (1)
MUS 415 Art Song Literature: German (2)
MUS 841 Sem in Adv Collab Piano Tech (2)
MUS 842 Vocal Coaching Techniques (2)
MUS 843 Sem in Piano Pedagogy (2)
MUS 857 Seminar in Choral Literature (2)
MUS 844 Secondary Emphasis^: Piano | Organ | Jazz (1)
MUS 845 Secondary Emphasis^: Voice (1)
MUS 846 Secondary Emphasis^: Brass (1)
MUS 847 Secondary Emphasis^: Strings (1)
MUS 848 Secondary Emphasis^: Woodwinds (1)
MUS 442 Advanced Techniques Real Time Performance (2)
MUS 483 Composition for Non-Comp. Majors^ (2)
MUS 489 Screen Scoring ^ (2)
MUS 491.086 Electroacoustic Improv Workshop ^ (1-2)
MUS 491.090 Electronic Instrument Design ^ (3)
MUS 964 College Music Teaching* ^ (2)
MUS 967 Teaching & Learning Across the Lifespan ^ (3)
MUS 491.097 Alexander Technique ^ (1)
MUS 491.099 Yoga for Musicians ^ (1)
MUS 491.301 Music Entrepreneurship: (2)
Topic: Music of Entrepreneurship
MUS 893 Topics in Entrepreneurship: (2)
Topic: DIY Recording and Licensing
MUS 466/866 Internship – Career Development^ (1-2)
MUS 491.045 Sem in African Drumming* ^ (1-2)
*Requires enrollment in MUS 129
MUS 491.046 Percussion Pedagogy ^ (1-4)
MUS 491.059 American Songbook I ^ (2)
MUS 891.059 American Songbook I ^ (1)
MUS 491.076 Instrumental Conducting ^ (2)
MUS 890 Independent Study – Masters ^
MUS 990 Independent Study – DMA ^