To earn the post-master’s Artist Diploma or postbaccalaureate Performers Certificate in opera studies, students must meet the following Conservatory requirements (18 credits for the one-year program; 36 credits for the two-year program):
| First Year: 18 credits | |
| Fall: | 9 credits |
| MPE 5300/Private Study: Voice | 3 credits |
| MPE 5250/Opera Workshop | 2 credits |
| MTH 5 —/Music theory/analysis elective | 2 credits |
| Graduate music elective | 2 credits |
| Spring: | 9 credits |
| MPE 5300/Private Study: Voice | 3 credits |
| MPE 5250/Opera Workshop | 2 credits |
| MPE 5255/Operatic Styles I | 2 credits |
| MPE 5994/Certificate Recital or MPE 5995/Diploma Recital |
2 credits |
| Second Year: 18 credits | |
| Fall: | 9 credits |
| MPE 5300/Private Study: Voice | 3 credits |
| MPE 5250/Opera Workshop | 2 credits |
| MPE 5256/Operatic Styles II | 2 credits |
| Graduate music elective | 2 credits |
| Spring: | 9 credits |
| MPE 5300/Private Study: Voice | 3 credits |
| MPE 5250/Opera Workshop | 2 credits |
| MPE 5257/Operatic Styles III | 2 credits |
| MPE 5994/Certificate Recital or MPE 5995/Diploma Recital |
2 credits |
For updates during 2011–2013, please visit the Artist Diploma and Performers Certificate sections at www.purchase.edu/Departments
/AcademicPrograms/Arts/Music/Voice/.