tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post115678385716181926..comments2023-10-08T08:38:09.714-04:00Comments on Musical Perceptions: Qualifying examsScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286095156825716887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-1156793523404238252006-08-28T15:32:00.000-04:002006-08-28T15:32:00.000-04:00I was fortunate to get my graduate degrees in a mu...I was fortunate to get my graduate degrees in a much smaller institution, in which the faculty had the luxury to design exams individually. At my school, the PhD qualifying exam, at the end of the course work, consisted of a question from each of the three committee members. We were given ten days to answer the questions, all research materials were available, and the form of the answer was, in general, free. At the end of the week, the committee had several days to review the answers, and then an oral examination, in essence a defense of the exam, was held with the entire committee. In my case, the committee consisted of a theorist, a composer, and an ethmomusicologist, but predicting the nature of the question would have been impossible. Rather than write three entirely separate essays, I set myself the challenge of trying to connect the three topics; I don't know how convincingly I was able to do that, but the committee seemed to have appreciated the extra creative effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com