Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Music 24 months PHD Programme By University of Kansas |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Starting Month

Jan-2000Starting Month

Programme overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Study Level

PHD

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree is a program both demanding and rewarding for those highly qualified students interested in pursuing the highest level of academic and musical academic study. The Doctor of Philosophy student can expect to focus on research and scholarship in an area of interest within the scope of the major emphasis. It is often sought by those who aspire to careers in research and graduate-level teaching. The requirements help the student develop broad and profound understanding of music as it pertains to the student’s major area of emphasis, sophisticated skill and extensive experience in pursuing new knowledge of that emphasis, and a rational system for evaluating the relationships between the specialty and other areas of human understanding. The program culminates with completion of a substantial piece of original research.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Study Level

PHD

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree is a program both demanding and rewarding for those highly qualified students interested in pursuing the highest level of academic and musical academic study. The Doctor of Philosophy student can expect to focus on research and scholarship in an area of interest within the scope of the major emphasis. It is often sought by those who aspire to careers in research and graduate-level teaching. The requirements help the student develop broad and profound understanding of music as it pertains to the student’s major area of emphasis, sophisticated skill and extensive experience in pursuing new knowledge of that emphasis, and a rational system for evaluating the relationships between the specialty and other areas of human understanding. The program culminates with completion of a substantial piece of original research.

Admission Requirements

6.5+
Regular admission requires a bachelor's degree and a grade-point average of at least a B (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) from KU, regionally accredited institution, or foreign university with substantially equivalent bachelor's degree requirements. The bachelor's degree is not acceptable if it contains credit awarded for work experience that was not directly supervised by faculty members of an accredited university or not evaluated in units that identify the academic content. Other English Language Requirements: TOEFL (paper) all part scores at least 53.

2 Years
Jan-2000

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