Graduate
Admission Requirements
Admission to the Department of Music's Graduate Degrees requires a minimum of a baccalaureate degree from a regionally-accredited institution with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.75 for admission. An applicant with 9 or more graduate credits must have a cumulative graduate GPA of at least 3.0, and this GPA supersedes the undergraduate GPA. Current PSU graduate students must be in good academic standing.
For continuation in the program, students are required to be in good academic standing, requiring a 3.00 GPA for all graduate coursework taken at PSU and a term GPA of at least 2.67 each term.
Degrees Offered
- MUS - Master of Arts in Music or Master of Science in Music
- MUSC - Master of Music in Conducting
- MUSP - Master of Music in Performance
- JZST - Master of Music in Jazz Studies
- NEW -
Masters of Arts or Science in three summers.pdf
Application Deadlines:
FALL: August 1
WINTER: November 15
SPRING: February 1
SUMMER: May 1
How to Apply
Admission to graduate study is selective and is granted on the basis of evidence of suitable preparation and the probability of success in the intended field of study. Failure to supply complete and accurate information will subject you to the University's policies governing academic dishonesty.
Applicants must submit two separate application packets:
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Application Packet One |
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Application Packet Two |
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Return the following items to the Office of Admissions, Registration, and Records as a complete packet: |
Return the following items to the Department of Music as a complete packet: |
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1. University Application for Graduate Admission 2. $50.00 non-refundable application fee. The fee is good for one year. Pay by check, money order, or credit card. Do not send cash. 3. One official transcript (in a sealed [closed] envelope from the issuing institution) from each post-secondary institution attended.(A transcript from PSU is not required.) |
1. 2. One official transcript, in its unopened envelope, from each post-secondary institution attended, including Portland State University if attended. 3. Two letters of recommendation (use the Recommendation for Admission Form available with the application.) 4. Statement of purpose. 5. M.M. students must complete an audition while M.A. & M.S. students must submit one of the following as part of their application process to demonstrate graduate level work: a) History Paper, b) Theory Paper, descriptive analysis or composition, c) Complete audition at a Performance Level of MUP 490 (Applied Music Senior Level), and d) Teaching Certificate |
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Submit Application Packet One to: |
Submit Application Packet Two to: |
Scholarship Information
Graduate Teaching Assistants
A limited number of Graduate Teaching Assistantships are available through the Department of Music each year. GTAs will receive a tuition remission for 9 graduate credit hours per term for the academic year (fall, winter and spring) and a monthly stipend. In order to be considered as a GTA, a completed Graduate Teaching Assistant Application 11_12.pdf and a completed Application Packet to the Department of Music must be received in the Department of Music by February 15th.
Graduate Forms
- GM1 - Master of Music Audition Form
- GM2 - Graduate Advisory Committee/2 Years Plan Form
- GM3 - Department of Music Petition Form
- GM4 - MM Exit Oral Exam Form
- GO-7 Request for Change of Status
- GO-10 Reservation of Graduate Credit
- GO-13 Change in Graduate Degree Program
- GO-15 Validation of Out-of-Date Graduate Credit
- GO-16 Appointment of Final Oral Examination Committee
- GO-17 Masters Recommendation for the Degree
- GO-19 Request for Change of Major
- GO-21 Proposed Pre-Admission and Transfer Credit
- University Graduate Petition Form
- Overload Approval
- Projected Graduate Courses 2010-2013
- Graduate Placement Test Information.pdf
- Graduate MA/MS Written Exit Examination Information
- Graduate Flowchart: What you need to know
- Information on Music Teaching Certificate
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