Suggested Plan of Study  

The program for the Master of Music in String Performance provides studies for the performer and teacher-scholar. The program requires a minimum of 30 semester credit hours of advanced graduate study after completion of a baccalaureate degree in music with violin, viola, cello, or bass as the major or principal instrument. The applicant must be sufficiently prepared to begin studies at the Music 7802 level. Deficiencies may be removed by additional preparatory coursework assigned by the advisor.  

The program described below is not rigid. It is intended to indicate both the nature of the coursework and the usual elements for fulfilling the requirements for the MM degree. The student's actual course work will be designed to provide a well-rounded total program, including depth in the major area and breadth in supportive studies.    

Each student selects a program of study in consultation with an advisor. It must include a reasonable concentration and breadth of study designed to foster research, scholarship, and knowledge of a specialty in relation to allied academic areas, must be approved by the advisor, and is subject to the rules of the Graduate Studies Committee. At least 50% of the courses must be designated graduate study only (courses at the 6000-8000 level).

Major Area of Concentration — 18 total credit hours   

Core Courses (required) 

• Music 7802.31-34 – Applied Music (4 credit hours, repeatable to 16 total credit hours) 
• Music 7805.01 – Master’s Thesis Recital (2 credit hours)

Supportive Studies — 12 total credit hours

Ensembles (6 total credit hours)

All students pursuing the Master of Music in String Performance must register for Symphony Orchestra each semester in which they take eight or more hours.

• Music 7215.01 – Symphony Orchestra
• Music 7208.03 – Small Ensemble: Strings (2 registrations)

Course Electives (6 total credit hours)

Complete at least one of:

• Music 7810.30 — Music Pedagogy: String Instruments
• Music 8810.3 — String Pedagogy for Applied Teaching
• Music 8895 — Seminar in Music: Practices, Pedagogies, and Philosophies of Teaching

Complete at least three credit hours of coursework in music theory, analysis and cognition; history and literature; or musicology and ethnomusicology.

Minimum Total Semester Credits – 30 credit hours

Questions? Email mus-grad@osu.edu.