Training
•Ten semester courses plus four performance credits
•Foundational theory and musicianship coursework is followed by electives spanning composition and digital music, ethnomusicology and world music, musicology and music history, popular and vernacular music, and theory and analysis — with at least one course required in three of these five areas
•Senior capstone (MUS 325) is normally taken in the senior year
•Performance credit may be earned through lessons on an instrument or in voice, conducting, or ensemble participation
Facilities
•Sage Hall houses the department’s concert hall, an intimate recital hall, a digital classroom with electronic pianos, an electroacoustic studio, an early-music room, and numerous practice rooms with grand pianos
•Sweeney Concert Hall seats more than 600 and Earle Recital Hall seats up to 120 for smaller performances
Degree Flexibility
•Department-approved Five College and study-abroad courses may count toward the major on a case-by-case basis
•Majors may substitute one Special Studies course for one of the six electives with departmental approval
