要求：音乐系的所有研究生都已攻读博士学位。学位课程，共计72分。通过MacCracken计划获得资助的所有研究生都必须在其支持期间保持全日制状态-在大多数情况下为五年。全日制状态表示以下几点：（1）上课时，每年必须为学生注册24个学分。通常，这24个点在秋季和春季学期平均分配。持学生签证的外国学生每学期必须注册12分，如果由于某种原因注册分数减少，该部门必须向全球服务办公室（OGS）正式确认其全日制身份。（2）尽管不鼓励这样做，但在一般考试之前的一个学期中，学生可以减轻8个课程功课的负担。（3）在课程学习
The NYU Graduate Program in Music is designed for the professionally minded student who plans a career combining college-level teaching with continuing research and/or composition. We feature three degree tracks: Ethnomusicology, Historical Musicology, and Composition and Theory, but student research and interests are not expected to conform to narrow interpretations of these tracks. Indeed, our students work on a wide variety of topics including jazz, popular music, film music, world musical traditions, western art music, and musical theater. Recent graduates hold academic appointments in some of the most prestigious universities in the United States and Canada, and are making distinguished contributions to scholarship and musical composition on both the national and international levels.<br><br>The Graduate Program in Music is deliberately small, admitting six to eight students each year. The curriculum is research oriented, most courses are concerned with extending the boundaries of current knowledge.