MusM Transfer Applicants

Transfer Credit Rules

Maximum Transfer Credits Allowable
Master of Music: 8 credits
Doctor of Musical Arts: 16 credits

Transfer Credit Distribution Limitations
Not more than 3 credits in applied music
Not more than 1 credit in musical organization
Not more than 1 credit in ensemble
Credits transferred in any one of the above three categories may count only as electives and cannot be used for other distributional requirements.

Other Transfer Credit Limitations
Transfer credit is not accepted for courses taken at institutions which do not give graduate degrees.

Transfer credit is not accepted for seminars and other courses taken at the Boston University Summer Tanglewood Institute.