Bachelor of Music - Music Theory

The Bachelor of Music (B.M.) degree is designed for undergraduate students who desire a professional and career-focused education in music. Available with an emphasis in either composition, jazz, piano, strings, theory, voice or winds and percussion, the B.M. allows students to study with our renowned performance faculty, play in many of our top ensembles and take part in our innovative music history and theory curriculum. With approximately 60 percent of your studies devoted to music, the B.M. provides professional-level training alongside a school-wide commitment to diversity, community engagement and entrepreneurship. With a B.M., you will be well-prepared to embark on an innovative musical career or enter the nation's top graduate programs. While challenging, it is possible to pursue the B.M. and another major (many of our B.M. students also earn Bachelor of Music Education by completing an additional semester).

Our music theory students have the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary coursework and make connections across campus, such as with musicology and ethnomusicology in the School of Music and with the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies in our building. They may also partner with American studies, cognitive science, linguistics, philosophy, psychology and other fields across campus. Essential theory coursework includes the readings course Critical Concepts in Musical Theory, plus Schenkerian analysis, post-tonal music analysis and music theory pedagogy. Seminars in regular rotation include Introduction to Choreomusical Analysis, Musical Movement and Musical Analysis, and Theory in Analysis (theory and philosophy of music analysis), seminars in the 18th century String Quartet, Early Modernism, and Rhythm and Meter.

Official copy of your high school/college transcripts.
High school student or a student with fewer than 12 semester hours or 18 quarter hours of university-level credit beyond secondary school, should apply as a freshman applicant.
IELTS - 7.0
TOEFL - 95