DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
GRADUATE STUDENT HANDBOOK
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ADVISEMENT AND REGISTRATION

Students are urged to register each semester with care. Consult BOTH the Graduate Coordinator and the major professor in your area for advisement regarding your course of study. Please note the following guidelines:

• Applied Music Courses: For applied music lessons, be sure to check the online Schedule of Classes under the subject "Music, Applied" (not "Music"). Note: Students enrolled in Applied Music courses must pay an applied music fee.
  
  
• EXPLANATION OF APPLIED MUSIC COURSE NUMBERS
  
  
• Graduate-Level Courses: At UNM, graduate-level courses are numbered in the 500’s and above. However, some 400-level courses, and even some 300-level courses, permit graduate credit; these courses are identified in the UNM Catalog with asterisks. NOTE: Many music courses, especially ensembles, are cross-listed in the Schedule of Classes under both undergraduate and graduate course numbers; be sure to enroll under the graduate number to earn graduate credit.
  
  
• Problems Courses: Students who wish to take a “Problems” course–that is, an independent study–must plan the course, convince a professor to guide it, and submit a formal petition to the Graduate Committee. “Problems” courses may be taken only upon the recommendation of the professor of record (the professor who will guide the “Problem”) and with the approval of the Department Chair and Department Graduate Committee.
  
  DEADLINE: Requests for enrollment in “Problems” courses must be submitted in writing to the Graduate Coordinator by the Monday of the second week of classes.
  
  A form is available from the Music Office--be sure to obtain the one for MUS 551/MUSE 551 (there is a very similar form for Undergraduate Problems); you may also DOWNLOAD it. A maximum of six credits of Problems courses are iallowed toward the degree.

• Courses Outside of Music: A student may certainly enroll in courses outside the Department of Music, but he or she should be aware of any prerequisites; only graduate-level courses may apply toward a graduate degree.

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