This section covers all the requirements and timelines for Senior Comprehensive Projects in Music.
All Music majors must propose a senior comprehensive project according to the guidelines of their declared focus or concentration. During the fifth semester (for most students, this is the fall semester of your junior year), you must meet with your advisor to discuss your proposal ideas; by January 15 (before the sixth semester), you must submit your proposal. Study-abroad students are not exempt from this timeline and should meet with their professors remotely. If you fail to submit your proposal by January 15, the Department will assign a paper topic for MUSC 490 (Senior Seminar), and you will be required to take an exam rather than submit a portfolio, give a recital, and/or give a presentation. If the faculty requires you to revise and resubmit all or part of your proposal, you must do so by the first Monday following spring break. If the faculty determines a second revise-and-resubmit is needed, you must do so by the last day of classes.
If you elect to graduate in the fall semester (either graduating a semester early, or taking an additional semester), the deadline for your proposal is June 15 of the previous year. For example, if your last semester will be Fall 2030, you would need to submit your proposal by June 15, 2029. If the faculty requires you to revise and resubmit all or part of your proposal, you must do so by August 15. If a second revise-and-resubmit is required, then you must do so by September 15.
Explore the text links below for your focus/concentration to see its comprehensive project guidelines. Please review the proposal requirements for your focus/concentration before you meet with your advisor to discuss your project ideas (see link below). All concentrations include written and public components. Each senior project component is graded Pass with Distinction (PD), Pass (P), or Fail (F).
Production Focus and Concentration
Composition Focus and Concentration