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 […]
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.
Historic preservation is a broad interdisciplinary field that focuses on the identification, interpretation, and rehabilitation of the historic built environment including buildings, structures, neighborhoods, and landscapes. Graduate students in this specialization are trained to research and evaluate the significance of architecture to its historic context.
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: […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Devise solutions for social change by studying social, economic and environmental inequality. Consider how crises impact diverse groups and how cultural, organizational, political, and legal frameworks affect the control of natural, social and cultural resources.
Analyze how individuals, organizations, and government entities violate laws. Discover possibilities for social impact through law enforcement, judicial and correctional processes.
Study the social, cultural, economic and political aspects of food and agriculture from start to finish. Discover globalization, labor, urban/rural, fair trade and market based opportunities for social impact.
