DMA in Vocal Performance (Distance Learning) Curriculum
The Doctorate of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance Curriculum consists of forty-nine to fifty-four graduate semester hours
MU 701 Analysis of Tonal Music
MU 702 Advanced Analysis
MU 706 Seminar in Literature and Style in Performance I
MU 707 Seminar in Literature and Style in Performance II
MU 710 Music History Seminar I
MU 711 Music History Seminar II
MU 744 Advanced Vocal Pedagogy
MU 790 Research Methods
MU 896 Comprehensive Examination
MU 899 Document Research
MU 897 Dissertation Defense
Graduate Applied Voice
- MUA 731 Graduate Applied Voice (4 consecutive semesters)
Graduate Applied Vocal Coaching
- MUA 757 Graduate Applied Vocal Coaching (4 consecutive semesters)
MUA 705 Doctoral Recital I
MUA 805 Doctoral Recital II
Cognate Courses (In addition to the required courses listed above, the DMA student will choose a cognate area from the two areas listed below.)
1) Vocal Pedagogy Cognate Courses:
MU 744 Advanced Vocal Pedagogy (Since this course is included in the DMA required courses listed above, students who choose this cognate will need to take another 3-hour elective course in order for the student to earn the required hours for graduation.)
MU 845 Comparative Vocal Pedagogy
MU 846 Historical Vocal Pedagogy
MU 847 Musical Theatre Vocal Pedagogy
2) Worship Leadership Cognate Courses:
WL 715 Practical Technologies for Today’s Worship Leader
WL 752 Relational Issues in Worship
WL 754 History and Philosophy of Music and Worship
WL 755 Practical Skills in Worship
Remedial coursework if needed:
MU 545 Advanced Italian Diction
MU 546 Advanced French Diction
MU 547 Advanced German Diction
FR 101 Elementary French I
GR 101 German for Musicians
IT 101 Italian for Musicians
*Students who have completed the Master of Music requirements from the University of Mobile, including all required music history courses (MU 510 Music History Seminar I & MU 511 Music History Seminar II), may enroll in MU 750 Music of the World. This will avoid duplication of previously-taken graduate music history courses. All other doctoral students may enroll in this course for credit, as an elective, but it may not be substituted for a required graduate music history course in their degree plan without committee approval.