Updated: September 3, 2024

University of South Carolina
School of Music
MUSIC GRADUATE COMMITTEE

 

The Graduate Committee is responsible for approving all policies and procedures relating to graduate programs, faculty, and students, and for ensuring that these policies and procedures are executed. In addition, the committee approves new or revised graduate courses/programs before presentation to the Music Faculty. It periodically reviews graduate programs and policies and considers matters of academic policy or discipline for graduate students. The committee also considers other matters as deemed necessary by administrative personnel of the Music Graduate Faculty.

The Music Graduate Committee comprises nine members of the Music Graduate Faculty:

Standing Members
Director of Graduate Studies (chair), Dean of the School of Music (ex officio), and a faculty member from each of the Music History, Music Theory, Music Education, and Piano Pedagogy areas. These four faculty members are appointed for three-year, overlapping terms.

Additional Members (overlapping two-year terms)
Three music faculty from diverse areas are appointed on a rotating basis by the Dean of the School of Music, in consultation with the Music Graduate Director.