Composition
The undergraduate composition concentration is designed to prepare the student to compose original music for a wide variety of venues including live concerts, music to accompany film, video, dance, and theatre.
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 […]
Set Design
Students in the Set Design Concentration explore creative concepts of set design for theatre, musicals, opera, dance, and industry, as well as production design and art direction for film and television, on a theoretical level in the classroom and studio while reinforcing their training through practical application in main stage productions of music, theatre, and […]
Performance
Students entering the performance concentration will have the ability, aptitude, and stamina to pursue a program of study intended to provide rigorous professional training for a career as a performing artist within the context of a liberal arts curriculum, either as a professional actor or a creative collaborator with strong interpersonal communication and group problem-solving […]
Environmental Sociology
Get ready to create solutions by studying how social interactions affect environmental issues. Examine environmental justice and governance relating to water, natural resources, food systems, agriculture, populations, disasters and technology.
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Prepare to enter the criminal justice system by studying its components including crime control policies, law enforcement, corrections, and legal issues. Explore criminology’s theories and concepts around deviance, violence, race, gender, green/environmental, and more.
General Sociology
The general sociology concentration is designed to provide students with a broad liberal arts education and a greater understanding and insight into the social systems and processes that bear upon everyday lives.
U.S. Government, Law, and Public Policy
This concentration prepares students for careers in the public sector by focusing on the processes of the American government and the implementation of public policy in the United States. This concentration also serves as a good foundation for students interested in pursuing law school.