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-Music Technology at McGill University is an Area inside the Theory Department, Schulich School of Music. Our group consists of five full-time professors, three adjunct professors, one full-time and one part-time technician, and one instructor.
+Music Technology at McGill University is an Area inside the Music Research Department, Schulich School of Music. Our group consists of five full-time professors, three adjunct professors, one full-time and one part-time technician, and one instructor.
-The Music Technology Area is concerned with audio and musical applications of computers, with an intensive focus on programming of advanced music technologies (software and, to a lesser extent, hardware). Training includes courses in Computer Music, New Media, Digital Signal Processing, Computer Science, Psychoacoustics, and Acoustics. A list of music technology courses can be found [[undergraduate_courses|here]].
+The Music Technology Area is concerned with audio and musical applications of computers. At the undergraduate level, there is a focus on programming of advanced music technologies (software and, to a lesser extent, hardware). Training includes courses in Sound Synthesis, Effects, Digital Signal Processing, Computer Science, Psychoacoustics, and Acoustics. A list of music technology courses can be found [[undergraduate_courses|here]].
 ===== Who can I contact for information regarding entrance requirements? =====
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   * [[#Do I need any prior computer/math training?]]
   * [[#Do MA applicants need to specify a supervisor?]]
+  * [[#Do PhD applicants need to specify a supervisor?]]
   * [[#Other useful information on Graduate Studies]]
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 For MA applicants, it is not necessary to know precisely what your thesis research will be, nor the supervisor you will work with.  In the first year of the program, MA students take five required graduate seminars and over the course of the year develop a research plan, in conjunction with one or more potential supervisors.
+===== Do PhD applicants need to specify a supervisor? =====
+It is absolutely necessary that PhD applicants specify a fairly detailed research plan and that they have already discussed the plan with a potential supervisor. PhD students are expected to be able to start making progress on their thesis research shortly after beginning the program.
 ===== Other useful information on Graduate Studies =====