Deliberative Practices

Our communities face increasingly complex problems year after year. They will require more than experts or politicians to solve them. The Deliberative Practices Graduate Specialization provides the tools and hands-on experience needed to design and facilitate public engagement that results in effective decision-making. Throughout the program, students work in partnership with the nationally recognized Center for […]

Conducting

For graduate students, specializations are available in choral conducting and instrumental conducting (band or orchestra). The programs offer students opportunities to develop their conducting and rehearsal techniques, explore a large body of literature, refine skills in music analysis and score preparation, and expand their knowledge of music history and theory.

Place, Space, and Adaptation

The anthropology Ph.D. program has a specialization in Place, Space, and Adaptation. This program builds on the diverse research interests of our faculty who specialize in cultural anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology as well as human and physical geography. The program will provide students with the conceptual expertise and skills to address research questions that: […]

Arts Leadership and Cultural Management

Gain the skills to be a visionary leader in the arts. The Master of Arts Leadership and Cultural Management’s (M.A.L.C.M.) emphasis on mentoring, the lived experience, and community engagement ensures graduates are ready to make an impact. This program combines theory with practical skills, covering leadership, financial management, arts policy, project planning, community engagement, and […]

Performance

Undergraduate students pursuing a B.M. with a performance concentration have seven distinct options to choose from: jazz studies, orchestral instrument, organ, piano, piano pedagogy, string pedagogy, and voice. Graduate students pursuing a M.M. with a performance option choose from orchestral instrument, saxophone, voice, piano, or organ.

Music Therapy

The undergraduate music therapy program is designed to prepare the student to work in a variety of health care settings, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation facilities, assisted living centers, and in special education settings. The curriculum has a strong emphasis in music, the neurosciences, and psychology. The master’s degree program in music therapy is intended to […]

Music Education

The undergraduate major provides students excellent training to teach vocal and instrumental music in elementary and secondary schools. A feature unique to our music education curriculum is the countless hours of field experience, beginning in the first semester of study, that students receive throughout their coursework. Upon completion of the degree, graduates have met all […]

Music

Undergraduate students can choose between a Bachelor of Arts in Music or a Bachelor of Music (with or without a concentration). The B.A. allows students to study music within a larger context of a liberal arts education. In comparison to majors leading to the bachelor of music (B.M.), less emphasis is placed on studies specific […]