Master's Degree Credit Requirements

Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree in jazz studies (or the equivalent), including keyboard skills and proficiency in a keyboard, orchestral, wind, or percussion instrument equivalent to the completion of the third year of undergraduate instruction at USC; documentation of extensive jazz experience.

MUSC 707 Music Bibliography and Research	2 credits
Major Area:	20 credits
a) Jazz composition studies (8 credits of MUSC 716)
b) Nonjazz composition studies (2 credits of MUSC 516 or 716)
c) Jazz studies (9 credits from MUSC 524, 713, 714, 786)
d) Composition recital (1 credit of MUSC 790)
Music History (as determined by the Music Diagnostic Exam)	3 credits
Music Theory (one 700-level analytical course)	3 credits
Music Electives (may include ensemble credits)	4 credits
Total	32 credits

Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree in jazz performance (or the equivalent), including keyboard skills

MUSC 707 Music Bibliography and Research	2 credits
Major Area	20 credits
a) Applied studies (8 credits of MUSC 711Z)
b) Jazz studies (9 credits from MUSC 524, 713, 714, 786)
c) Recital (1 credit of MUSC 796)
d) Jazz Combo (2 credits of MUSC 735)
Music History (as determined by the Music Diagnostic Exam)	3 credits
Music Theory (one 700-level analytical course)	3 credits
Music Electives (may include ensemble credits)	4 credits
Total	32 credits

Master of Music in Jazz Studies

JAZZ COMPOSITION

Ensemble requirement: Minimum of two semesters in an appropriate jazz ensemble (MUSC 734)

MASTER OF JAZZ STUDIES

(JAZZ PERFORMANCE)

Ensemble requirement: Minimum of two semesters in an appropriate jazz ensemble (MUSC 734)