Student Handbook

PREFACE

The Handbook for Doctoral Students in Music is a compendium of the requirements, procedures, resources, and facilities of the program. The appendices include sample examinations, award, concert office and dissertation guidelines. As Professor Atlas, who created this Handbook, wrote in earlier editions, "Under no circumstances is the Handbook intended as a substitute for dialogue and communication." If you have any questions or uncertainty, please ask.

David Olan    
Executive Officer

Ph.D. Program in Music
Graduate School & University Center
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 817-8590
(212) 817-1529 (FAX)

Professor David Olan , Executive Officer, Composition Adviser, (212) 817-8591
Professor Allan W. Atlas, Deputy Executive Officer for Musicology
Professor Norman Carey, Deputy Executive Officer for Performance, (212) 817-8594
Professor Stephen Blum, Deputy Executive Officer for Ethnomusicology, (212) 817-8609
Professor Joseph N. Straus, Deputy Executive Officer for Theory, (212) 817-8595

Peg Rivers, Assistant Program Officer, (212) 817-8602
Charity Lofthouse, College Assistant, (212) 817-8600

Music website: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/music  

April 2003

NB:  This program publication supplements the official Graduate Center Bulletin, as well as the current GC Student Handbook and the Announcement of Courses. Please make sure to consult these publications for official Graduate Center information.

Table of Contents:

New Items

Requirements and Advisory System:
  Ethnomusicology requirements 

  Composition (PhD and DMA) requirements

  Musicology requirements

  Performance (DMA) requirements

  Theory/analysis requirements                     

  Advisory System                           

Examinations, Dissertation, and Recitals
  First Examination         

  Second Examination                           

  Language Examinations                     
         Sample German Exam
         Sample French Exam

  Evaluation of Student Progress                    

  The Dissertation       
        Dissertation Proposal Guidelines                   
    
  DMA-Performance Recitals and Special Obligations of DMA-Performance Students

Financial Aid and Services
  Financial Aid, Awards, and Teaching
               
  Computer Music Lab                           
                                       
  The Concert Office    
                               
Rules of Governance and Miscellany
  Rules of Governance                            
               
  Academic Levels                   

  Job Hunting