Undergraduate Degree Options

Music Degree Options

The School of Music offers 14 degree options for undergraduate students, with courses of study in Performance, Composition, 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.

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

• Music: Theory B.A./B.S.

• Music: Performance B.A./B.S.

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

• Composition B.M.

• Jazz Studies B.M.

• Music Education B.M.

• Performance B.M.

• Performance with an Emphasis in Voice B.M.

• Music Minor

• Music History Minor
  

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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