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Music Degrees Offered

Music Major requirements total 54-55 hours. This includes 39 hours from the music core and 15-16 hours of emphasis-related courses. Six hours of the major requirements meet general education requirements. Emphases are available in music history, theory/composition, contemporary music, church music, piano pedagogy, and performance.

Music Education/K-12 Major requirements total 82 hours. This includes 39 hours from the music core, 14 hours of additional music courses, and 29 hours of professional education courses.

Music Minor requirements total 24 hours. This includes 15 from the music core, and 9 hours of music electives. Students minoring in music do not have to audition and are exempt from GPA requirements in academic music courses and applied music and from keyboard skills requirements. Some scholarship monies are earmarked for music minors.