MCOM.MFA - Master of Fine Arts - Composition

Performer-Composer (MFA)

• MLSN601 Hour Lesson(s) in Performance or Composition as assigned (4 classes)

• MLSN501 Half-Hour Lesson(s), in Year I, in whichever area (Performance or Composition) the Hour Lesson is not taken (2 classes)

• MFOR505 Performer-Composer Forum (2 classes)

• MFOR501/502/503/506/507/508 Other Graduate forums (2 classes)

• MBLExxx World Music Ensemble (in MFA1)

• Composition courses (with the prefix MCMP) totaling at least 4 units

• Performance courses (with the prefix MBLE or MPRF) totaling at least 4 units

• Courses in music technology, theory, history, or pedagogy, (with prefix MTEC, MTHY, MHST or MPCD, at least 10 units)

• Courses outside the School of Music (2 classes, not taught by music faculty)

• Winter Session (2 units of coursework with subject code MITM, taken in in January)

• MPRF590 Mid-Residence Recital (must include substantial original work)

• MPRF690 Graduation Jury & Recital (must include substantial original work)

• MCMP690 Graduation Portfolio Review

• Electives (to fulfill 60-unit degree requirement)