The School of Music, Dance and Theatre emphasizes creativity, excellence and inclusion. With more than 50 degree programs and certificates, students will find the right program to develop their skills and artistry.
Undergraduate Programs
• Bachelor of Arts in Music optional concentrations: music and culture, popular music
• Bachelor of Arts in Performance and Movement focus areas: dance and theatre, social and partnership dance, hip-hop arts
• Bachelor of Arts in Theatre optional concentrations: design and production, acting
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Education
• Bachelor of Music in Music Learning and Teaching
• Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy
• Bachelor of Music in Performance concentrations: collaborative piano, guitar, jazz, keyboard, music theatre, orchestral instrument, voice
• Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition concentrations: theory, composition
• Minors and certificates: dance, music, music entrepreneurship, music performance, music theatre, popular music, theatre, vocal pedagogy, theatre (costume design and technology), theatre (sound design and technology)
Graduate Programs
• Master of Arts in Music concentrations: ethnomusicology, musicology
• Master of Fine Arts in Dance optional concentration: interdisciplinary digital media and performance*
• Master of Fine Arts in Theatre concentrations: directing, dramatic writing, theatre for youth and community, interdisciplinary digital media and performance*
• Master of Music in Composition optional concentration: interdisciplinary digital media*
• Master of Music in Music Learning and Teaching (digital commuter, full-time, part-time and summers-only programs available)
• Master of Music in Music Therapy (two-year and three-year tracks)
• Master of Music in Performance concentrations: conducting (choral, music direction, orchestral, wind band), performance (instrumental, jazz, keyboard), collaborative piano, voice, music theatre, opera, performance pedagogy (instrumental, keyboard, voice)
• Doctor of Musical Arts in Music concentrations: conducting (choral, orchestra/opera, wind band), composition, performance (instrumental, keyboard, piano pedagogy, collaborative piano, voice), interdisciplinary digital media*
• Doctor of Philosophy in Music concentrations: music learning and teaching, musicology
• Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre concentration: theatre and performance of the Americas
• Certificate: dance teaching artist praxis, music entrepreneurship, music theory pedagogy
*interdisciplinary studies with the School of Arts, Media and Engineering