WMU - School of Music
Accelerated Degree Program:
Application

Admission requirements for Accelerated Degree Program:

  1. A minimum GPA of 3.0 based on at least 30 undergraduate credit hours earned at Western Michigan University.
  2. Have completed or will be completing 88 total undergraduate credit hours at the time of application.
  3. A minimum GPA of 3.25 in core lower-level music theory, history, and aural skills courses completed at the time of application, with no grade less than a ‘C’ at the 1000-level and no grade less than a ’B’ at the 2000-level. These courses include Mus 1600, 1610, 1620, 1630, 1700, 2590, 2600, 2610, 2650, 2700, and 2710. You may apply for provisional admission if you are in the final semester of completing these courses.
  4. A Personal Statement in which you discuss your reasons for choosing the program and your primary area of interest (e.g., history, theory, ethnomusicology, historical performance practice, music technology, etc.). Also, outline your career goals, and identify those skills and knowledge areas you feel you must develop in order to achieve these goals.
Applications may be submitted online using the form below. Applicants who are in the final semester of their lower-level academic core and/or completing 88 credit hours may apply, but must provide verification of satisfactory completion before they will be permitted to register for graduate-level courses.

Please note that acceptance into ADP status does not guarantee final admission into the Master of Arts degree program. Acceptance at this stage will allow you to enroll in graduate-level course work.

Application Form - Accelerated Degree Program

Last Name:     First Name:

WIN:     WMU Email:

Major:      Primary Instr/Voice:

Overall WMU GPA:     Total credit hours:     Credits being taken this semester:    

                   

Please indicate the grade received for each of the following courses:
If you placed out of the course by proficiency examination or transfer credits and did not receive a grade, select "Credit."
If you are currently enrolled in the course, select "Pending."

Music Theory
           

Aural Skills
           

Music History
       

The thesis option in which I am most interested at this time is:
 Written Thesis + Lecture     Lecture/Recital + Thesis Essay     Composition + Thesis Essay    Project + Thesis Essay   

My primary area of research would be:  Music History    Music Theory    Other (specify)  

I have studied the following foreign language(s) in college:

I am in the Lee Honors College.

I would want to continue Applied Lessons with my studio teacher in my 5th year.

Personal Statement (see #4 above):

               

Upon submission, you should be redirected to a receipt page confirming all of your information you just entered. If this does not appear or if you have any other questions, please send an email directly to: mus-theo@wmich.edu 

http://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/masters/adp_application.html
Revised: 16 Jan 2010