Summary of DMA Degree Graduation Requirements

1. Satisfactory completion of the candidacy examination and submission of the approved Report on Candidacy Examination presentation of recitals or compositions. 


2. Registration for at least three graduate credit hours during the autumn or spring semester or summer term when the candidacy and final oral examinations are taken and during the autumn or spring semester or summer term in which graduation is expected. 


3. Submission of the Application to Graduate form on GRADFORMS no later than the third Friday of the semester (or third Friday of summer term) in which graduation is expected. 


4. Completion of a minimum of 80 graduate credit hours, at least 50 of which must be completed beyond the master’s degree. For a master’s degree earned at another institution to count toward the 80 hours, it must be officially transferred. Of the 50 post-master’s hours, at least 24 graduate hours must be taken at this university. 


5. Cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.0. 


6. Approval of complete and defensible DMA document draft by the DMA document committee members and submission of the Report on Final Examination form and the complete and defensible document draft to the Graduate School at least two weeks before the date of the final oral examination. 


7. Satisfactory completion of the final oral examination and submission of the Final Oral Examination Report form to the Graduate School by the published deadline for the autumn or spring semester or summer term of graduation deadline for the autumn or spring semester or summer term of graduation. 


8. Committee approval of the Report on Final Document and completion of Survey of Earned Doctorates after electronic submission and acceptance of document by the published deadline for the autumn or spring semester or summer term of graduation. 


9. Completion of DMA degree requirements within five years after being admitted to candidacy. 


10. Receipt of final grades in the Office of the University Registrar by the published deadline. 


11. Completion of DMA degree requirements established by the Graduate Studies Committee in Music. 

Students are responsible for meeting all degree and graduation requirements by the requisite deadlines, as well as following all existing policies and procedures. Failure to do so may prevent the student from graduating on time. See Appendix H.3 for more information.