Department of Music

The Department of Music offers undergraduate curricula leading to the degrees of:

Each of the undergraduate degrees offered also prepares a student to pursue a career in music or to enter graduate school.

Undergraduate

The Bachelor of Arts degree provides a broad Liberal Arts background and offers two primary areas of emphasis:

Music/Business - provides a student with a music degree and a basic business background.
Music/General - a basic knowledge of music and a broad liberal arts background with electives available to allow exploration of other areas of interest.

The Bachelor of Music degree is considered the professional degree in the Department of Music. Options available in this degree are:

Performance (pdf)- provides a strong background in repertoire and prepares for a professional career at the university level.
Music Education (pdf)- prepares for a career in public school music teaching.
Music Education Certification Requirements (pdf) (for those possessing a music degree but desire certification). Please Note: The following classes are for certification only. They are not intended to serve as a degree program. Students entering this program must have the basic music core curriculum (see catalog) completed prior to application for certification.
Music Theory/Composition - for talented students who wish to actively create in a variety of music idioms.