Music, B.A.
School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts
Program Overview
As a music student, you will learn the creative and technical skills to become a professional songwriter, producer, or composer, with courses ranging from music history and psychoacoustics to learning how to build electronic music instruments. With three liberal arts鈥搈inded tracks鈥攎usic technology, music studies, and American music and culture鈥攖o choose from, you will also graduate as a culturally informed critical thinker with solid communication skills.
Major Details
The program information listed here reflects the approved curriculum for the 2026鈥�27 academic year per the 今日吃瓜 Bulletin. Bulletins from past academic years can be found here.
Major Requirements (54 Credits)
NYSED Program Code: 02021
Music is a writing-intensive major.
All music courses offered to satisfy the requirements for a major in music must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
All students take the following: 惭耻蝉颈肠听 and (six credits).
Three tracks are offered in the Bachelor of Arts degree program in music:
- American Music and Culture
- Music Studies
- Music Technology
Student Learning Outcomes
- Ability to write and speak about music with precision and clarity and to articulate and defend critical judgments.
- Acquire fluency with an extensive and varied repertory through performance, analysis, and concert attendance (including Western art music, non-Western art music, jazz, and Western and non-Western popular and folk music).
- Knowledge of the historical and cultural contexts in which music has been created and performed in different periods and places.
- Functional knowledge of the terminology, and grammar of music with regards to musical elements (rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre, texture, dynamics, form) and their application in aural and score-based analysis.
- Functional ear training and keyboard skills, including sight-reading.
Degree Maps
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Career Maps
A career map provides a comprehensive breakdown to help connect your academic coursework to career readiness skills, actions, and outcomes.
Tracks
American Music and Culture
American Studies聽听辞谤听 (three credits)
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Six credits from Music and .
Four semesters of Music or substitute by permission of instructor and adviser (12 credits)
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Music Studies
惭耻蝉颈肠听,听,听,听 (eight credits)
惭耻蝉颈肠听,听,听,听 (four credits)
惭耻蝉颈肠听, ,听 (nine credits)
惭耻蝉颈肠听,听,听 (12 credits)
One course in American or non-Western music, Music through 4449, or one specialized course in music theory,听惭耻蝉颈肠听听迟丑谤辞耻驳丑听 (three credits)
惭耻蝉颈肠听听辞谤听听补苍诲听听辞谤听 (four credits)
Two credits in ensemble performance from 惭耻蝉颈肠听听迟丑谤辞耻驳丑听 as assigned by the Conservatory of Music
One seminar in music numbered in the 4900s or a suitable advanced course in another department or program, approved in advance by the director (three credits)
Three additional credits in music selected from Music 2101 through Music 5883 (three credits)
Students who wish to be considered for performance lessons, 惭耻蝉颈肠听听补苍诲听, in place of advanced keyboard classes, Music 听补苍诲听, must demonstrate proficiency in an audition no later than the beginning of their junior year. Final approval will be given by the director.
Music Technology
惭耻蝉颈肠听 (three credits)
Six credits from Music 聽through 惭耻蝉颈肠听 or Music 4440
惭耻蝉颈肠听,听,听,听,听 (15 credits)
Six credits from Music or or
Two semesters of 惭耻蝉颈肠听. May substitute one semester with any ensemble from 惭耻蝉颈肠听 to as approved by the chair (two credits)
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Music ,听 (six credits)
The Support You鈥檒l Find
今日吃瓜 is an integral part of the cultural and artistic energy of New York City. Our faculty members in the Conservatory of Music offer incomparable expertise and tremendous talent, and each brings a unique perspective to their teaching and mentoring in and out of the classroom.
Internships and Employers
Through job fairs, the internship database, and internship panels, the Magner Career Center gives students in the music B.A. program access to career opportunities at a wide variety of employers, including:
- Apple
- Atlantic Records
- BRIC
- Comedy Central
- Lincoln Center
- McAllister Music Studio
- NBC Universal
- Paramount
- Sirius XM
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Universal Music Group
- VH1
- Viacom
- YouTube
