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We are now accepting Program Planning Sheets for Fall 2013. Click here to access the online form.
To adjust your summer 2013 schedule, use the eAdd/eDrop system. Click here for more information.
Questions?
Contact the Music Graduate Office
Merrill Hall 011
1201 E. 3rd Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812-855-1738
Office hours: 9:00 am-12:00 pm, 1:00-4:00 pm
Fax: 812-856-5570
E-mail: musgrad [at] indiana [dot] edu
- musicdgs [at] indiana [dot] edu (Prof. Eric Isaacson), Director
- serbes [at] indiana [dot] edu (Sara Erbes), Academic Advisor
- anmiller [at] indiana [dot] edu (Angie Miller), Recorder
- musgrad [at] indiana [dot] edu (Sherri Bishop), Secretary
- musdoc [at] indiana [dot] edu (Jennifer Kirby), Doctoral Clerk
More Information
Doctoral Dissertation, Final Project, and Piano Essay
The capstone for all doctoral degrees is a substantial research project or composition. Students in music education, music theory, musicology, and composition write a dissertation. Students in piano write a doctoral piano essay. All other majors complete a doctoral final project. The four stages to completing this requirement are outlined below.
1. Topic proposal
- Topic proposal guidelines
- DM students (except composition and piano majors)
- DM composition students
- DM piano students
- All PhD and DME students (music education, music theory, and musicology)
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval of any research involving human subjects
2. Final project or dissertation written component
- Detailed descriptions
- DM students (except composition and piano majors)
- DM composition students
- DM piano students
- PhD and DME students (music education, music theory, and musicology)
- Style guidelines
3. Public presentation
- DM students (except composition and piano majors, for whom a public presentation is not required)
- PhD and DME students (music education, music theory, and musicology)
- Public lecture or defense calendar
4. Final copies
- DM students (except composition and piano majors)
- DM composition students
- DM piano students
- PhD and DME students (music education, music theory, and musicology)
