Concurrent Graduate Degrees:

Students who wish to pursue concurrent graduate degrees (two master’s degrees, or a doctoral and master’s degree) should consult the SOMD Graduate Office and the Division of Graduate Studies for information.

SOMD Specializations:

 The SOMD provides various graduate specializations that can be added to any master’s or doctoral degree in the SOMD. To pursue a specialization, a student must be admitted to a University of Oregon master’s or doctoral program.

Music students may pursue any of the SOMD specializations, with the following exceptions:

  • MA & PhD Music Theory students can not pursue the Music Theory Pedagogy specialization.
  • MM & DMA Music Performance Collaborative Piano students cannot pursue the Collaborative Piano Specialization.
  • Master’s in Piano Pedagogy students can not pursue the Piano Pedagogy Specialization.

For a full list of SOMD Specializations, please consult the Info For Music Graduate Students page.

Declaring the Specialization:

Students who choose to pursue a graduate specialization should declare their intention with the SOMD Graduate Office by fall term of the second year of study.

To declare the specialization:

  1. Review the specialization requirements. Any questions about the specialization, should be directed to the faculty member in charge of the specialization: 
    • Collaborative Piano: David Riley
    • Ethnomusicology: Juan Eduardo Wolf
    • Historical Performance Practice: Lori Kruckenberg
    • Jazz Pedagogy: Paul Krueger
    • Music Theory Pedagogy: Music Theory area chair
    • Piano Pedagogy: Grace Ho
    • Violin & Viola Pedagogy: Leslie Straka
  2. Fill out the SOMD Specialization Application. After receiving and reviewing this form, the student will be sent a DocHub form to complete. 
  3. A finalized copy of the form will be sent to the student. The student is responsible for emailing the completed forms to the Division of Graduate Studies (graduatestudies@uoregon.edu) for processing. CC’ the SOMD Graduate Office in this email communication.

Specialization Requirements:

All courses required of a Specialization must be taken for a letter grade and passed with a B- or better. Courses taken P/NP may not be used to fulfill Specialization requirements unless approved by the SOMD Graduate Office.

All courses required for graduate specializations may overlap with the primary degree requirements.

Graduating with the Specialization:

No later than Friday of Week 2 in the term of graduation, the student must apply for their degree via GradWeb also indicating the graduate specialization they also plan to receive.

Graduate specializations are indicated following the major degree on official records and transcripts once the student graduates with their primary degree.

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