Training
•Bullet: Nineteen-credit Jazz minor combines jazz theory, jazz history, and eight credits of electives
•Bullet: Students may shape electives toward advanced theory, applied jazz lessons, arranging and composition, or performance in big bands and combos
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Jazz ensembles perform locally, record, and appear at regional and national music conventions
•Bullet: Graduates perform in commercial, pop, rock, and jazz groups; music-education majors apply jazz experience in their teaching
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: Open to undergraduate instrumentalists across majors, making sustained jazz study available beyond the music degrees