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Bachelor of Arts (Music)

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Music is for students seeking an emphasis on music within a strong liberal arts education. The program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.

32 courses are required for graduation, subject to restrictions on residency, fractional credit, transfer credit, and course load.10 to 15 courses are taken in music as specified below.

Courses in Music (12-15)

1. Music Theory: 5 courses
   1. Music 101, 102, 201, 202, and 301
2. Music History: 3 courses
   1. Music 210, 212, and 213
3. Applied Music: 1 course
   1. private lessons in voice or on an instrument of the student's choice for which the department provides instruction
4. Independent Study: 3 courses
   1. Music 401, 451, and 452
5. Music Electives: 0-3 courses
6. Piano Proficiency Requirement by the end of the junior year
7. Attendance at ten departmental recitals and concerts in each semester after declaring the major in music

Non-Music Courses (17-22)

Except where noted, individual courses may be counted toward multiple requirements. Students may not use the same course in fulfillment of both the Studies in Cultural Difference requirement and the Religious Perspectives requirement.

1. First-Year Seminar in Critical Inquiry (1 course)
   1. to be completed in the first semester
2. Writing Requirement (1-2 courses)
   1. Students will demonstrate basic writing proficiency in their first year through placement examination or completion of the College Writing Tutorial.
   2. Students will complete a course designated as Writing Intensive (W) in any semester between the completion of the First-Year Seminar and second semester of the junior year.
3. Global and Cultural Perspectives (1-3 courses)
   1. Foreign Language. Students will demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language through the second-level course in a given language sequence, through placement examination or course work.
   2. Studies in Cultural Difference. Students will complete a course (C) in History or the Social Sciences that examines either a culture outside the United States or the culture of an American minority group (e.g., African American, Asian American, Hispanic or Latino American, Native American). Courses may be taught in English or in a foreign language.
4. Religious Perspectives (1 course)
   1. Students will complete a course (R) from any department or program that examines the religious dimension of humankind in relation to issues of cultural, social, historical, or ethical significance.
5. Quantitative Reasoning (1 course)
   1. Students will demonstrate basic quantitative proficiency through completion of a course (Q) in the Mathematicalor Natural Sciences that involves a substantial element of quantitative reasoning.
6. Learning Across the Disciplines: (6 courses)
   1. Students will complete no fewer than two approved courses in each of three academic areas: Arts and Humanities (*), History and Social Sciences (#), Mathematical and Natural Sciences (+). [An individual course may be counted toward only one of these three areas.]
7. Non-Music Electives (to make a total of 32 courses for graduation)