Cognates
Please refer to your Graduate Academic Handbook for a listing of approved cognate areas. Students should declare the cognate as soon as possible, typically at the end of the first year of study.
Cognate Approval Form – all subject areas
Cognate Guidelines and Course Requirements:
- Choral Music
- Classical Performance (for Jazz students)
- Composition (Closed for AY25-26)
- Conducting (Closed for Fall 2025)
- Jazz (for classical performers)
- Music Education
- Music Technology
- Musicology/Ethnomusicology
- Percussion
- Piano Pedagogy
- Theory
- Vocal Health and Science
- Voice