- Master's degree candidates in music must complete all courses, including deficiencies, specified in their course of study as required by the Petrie School of Music.
- A grade lower than B- will not count for graduate program credit in any course within the Major Area, including the Graduate Ensemble.
- A grade lower than C- will not count for graduate program credit in courses outside the major area.
- A graduate level course other than Ensemble or Performance Studies whose content duplicates that of an undergraduate course present on the candidate's transcript will not count toward graduation except by specific permission of the Graduate Studies Committee.
- A total cumulative average of 3.0 must be achieved in all courses attempted at the graduate level. Prerequisites taken to erase undergraduate deficiencies are not averaged into this total.
- At least half of all credits must be at the 600-level.