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The School of Music offers both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees. The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Music provides students an opportunity to synthesize intensive study of music with a liberal arts education applicable to a variety of career interests. The program includes training in music theory, music history/literature, performance ensembles and applied music. Rigorous coursework in music is balanced by significant opportunities for training, research and development in other academic areas. This program is particularly well suited to students with broad ranging artistic and academic interests, and who wish to utilize their music education to advance their careers in unique directions.
Students in this major are talented musicians who thrive in a musical environment while seeking other academic interests and career opportunities. This program is ideal for those students wishing to pursue a dual degree, a double major or a music major with a non-music minor.
RELATED MAJORS
AREAS OF STUDY
- Music Theory
- Aural Skills
- Music History
- Piano
- Private Weekly Instrumental or Vocal Lessons
- Ensembles
- Advanced Study in Music Analysis, Orchestration, and Harmonic Forms
- Independent Research
CAREER OPTIONS
- Collegiagte-Level Teaching
- Academic Textbook Publishing
- Music and Arts Advocacy
- Music Educator
- Vocational Composition and Arranging
- Academic and Non-Academic Writing
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
- Music Theory
- Music Business
- Music Education
- Music Therapy
What’s special about this program?
This major can be personalized to fit the academic and professional pursuits of each student, individualized to incorporate minors, Honors Degrees, Degrees with Distinction, Service-Learning, study abroad, and research. We maintain a low student-to-faculty ratio and small classes, providing access to a passionate, invested, and highly accomplished faculty of professionally active performers, composers, educators, theorists, and musicologists. The study of music at Delaware is enriched by nearly 300 performances each year by faculty, students, ensembles, and guest artists. Additionally, the vast musical resources of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and New York City are easily accessible to our majors.
Get Involved
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (Xi Mu Chapter)
Sigma Alpha Iota (Eto Rho Chapter)
National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
The Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI)
American String Teachers Association (ASTA)
The Jazz Educators and Performers Association (JEPA)
Music Management Student Association (MMSA)
College Music Society (UD Student Chapter)
Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic
American Musicological Society, Mid-Atlantic Chapter
A cappella and other musical groups
Nationally Connected Organizations
Ensemble Opportunities
Sample curriculum
| FALL | SPRING |
|---|---|
| ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing | MUSC 154 - Private Study for Music Bachelor of Arts and Minors II |
| MUSC 153 - Private Study for Bachelor of Arts and Minors I | MUSC 186 - Aural Skills II |
| MUSC 175 - Class Piano: Elementary I | MUSC 195 - Foundations of Music Theory |
| MUSC 184 - Music Fundamentals: Theory and Fluency | Ensemble Elective (2/4)* |
| MUSC 185 - Aural Skills I | Mathematics Requirement* |
| Ensemble Elective (1/4)* | Breadth Requirement (2/12) |
| UNIV 101 - First Year Experience I | Breadth Requirement (3/12) |
| Breadth Requirement (1/12) | |
| Credits: 14 | Credits: 17 |
| FALL | SPRING |
|---|---|
| MUSC 196 - Musical Objects: Analysis and Application | MUSC 254 - Private Study for Music Bachelor of Arts and Minors IV |
| MUSC 211 - Music, History, and Ideas | MUSC 286 - Aural Skills IV |
| MUSC 253 - Private Study for Bachelor of Arts and Minors III | Music Theory* |
| MUSC 285 - Aural Skills III | MUSC 212 - Narratives of Western Classical Music or non-MUSC Elective |
| Ensemble Elective (3/4)* | Ensemble Elective (4/4)* |
| Breadth Requirement (4/12) | Breadth Requirement (6/12) |
| Breadth Requirement (5/12) | Breadth Requirement (7/12) |
| Credits: 17 | Credits: 16-17 |
| FALL | SPRING |
|---|---|
| Breadth Requirement with Laboratory (8/12) | MUSC 411 or Music History Period Course* |
| Breadth Requirement (9/12) | Foreign Language Requirement (2/3) |
| Foreign Language Requirement (1/3) | Breadth Requirement (10/12) |
| MUSC 213 or Music History Period Course* | Breadth Requirement (11/12) |
| Second Writing Requirement | |
| Credits: 14 | Credits: 16 |
| FALL | SPRING |
|---|---|
| MUSC 411 or non-MUSC Elective | MUSC 499 - Music Portfolio Capstone Project (satisfies Capstone and DLE requirements)*** |
| Foreign Language Requirement (3/3) | Multicultural Requirement |
| Breadth Requirement (12/12) | Free Elective |
| Non-MUSC Elective | Free Elective |
| Free Elective | |
| Credits: 13 | Credits: 14 |
