Undergraduate Degree Options

Music Degree Options

The School of Music & Theater offers multiple degree options for undergraduate students, with courses of study in Music Performance, Music Composition, Music Conducting, Jazz Studies, Music Theory, Music History, Music Education, Pedagogy, Music Technology and Ethnomusicology. The following is a list of the Degree Requirements for each track. The Bachelor of Music degrees each offer an intensive music performance track, while the Bachelor of Arts in Music and Bachelor of Science in Music degrees each offer a broader liberal arts education.

* Students pursuing a degree in Music Theory, Musicology/Ethnomusicology, Music Education or Composition are not admitted to these programs until their Junior year and must first submit additional materials for review by their specific area.

Please refer to our Course Descriptions page for a list of our classes.

• Composition B.M.

• Jazz Studies B.M.

• Music Education B.M.

• Music History Minor

• Music Minor

• Music: Musicology/Ethnomusicology B.A./B.S.

• Music: Performance B.A./B.S.

• Music: Theory B.A./B.S.

• Performance B.M.

• Performance with an Emphasis in Voice B.M.

• Sonic Arts and Music Production (SAMP) B.A./B.S.
  
  

Social Justice and the Arts

The interdisciplinary Social Justice & the Arts degree invites students to explore the powerful connection between artistic expression and civic engagement. Designed to serve students with a background in traditional artistic disciplines and those who have not had extensive arts training, the degree connects topics across a range of disciplines and areas of study. 

The 24-credit core curriculum centers themes of social justice, anti-racism, civic engagement, activism, social movements, non-violence, placemaking, advocacy, and organizing. Lower-division students also select 12-credits of foundational courses in COTA’s four schools, and 12 credits of social justice-themed electives. Upper-division students can choose one of two concentrations that offer different pathways through the curriculum. The major culminates in a final practicum experience.

• Social Justice and the Arts (B.A./B.S.)

Theater Degree Options

Undergraduates in theater arts are expected to acquire basic skills in performance, design and production, practice, and dramatic literature and theater history. These basic skills are developed in the core requirements. The remaining credits are met through a selected option, performance, design/production, or theater studies including criticism, literature and dramatic writing, which provides for flexibility and allows a student to specialize in an area of interest. Students choose from electives in Theater, Film, and World Languages and Literatures (Kabuki).

• Theater Arts B.A./B.S.

• Theater Arts Minor

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