Double Majors

	Double Majors, Multiple Degrees, Minors A number of careers require interdisciplinary preparation. Some of these fields include music publishing, merchandising, manufacturing, and distribution; arts management; talent representation; songwriting; music copywriting and licensing; computer software design, and concert promotion. Other careers include work with professional organizations, arts commissions, recording and retail stores, and entertainment law office. Double major. A double major - one major in music and one in another field - is ideal for those students who choose the Bachelor of Arts degree. Within the B.A. degree program, students can combine music with another major in the College of Arts and Sciences such as art, English, a foreign language, journalism, mathematics or sociology. Special double major programs include combining music with communication studies, elementary education, or psychology. The B.A. degree with a double major requires a minimum of 120 credits for graduation. Students often declare a double major in the Bachelor of Music degree program. A common combination is a B.M. degree with majors in performance and music education. Because of the greater number of music requirements in the B.M. degree program, a double major will often take longer than the usual eight semesters to complete. Multiple degrees. Multiple degree options are also available (for example, a Bachelor of Arts in music combined with a Bachelor of Science in business administration, or a Bachelor of Music in composition with a Bachelor of Science in computer science). Multiple degree programs involve working with degree requirements and faculties in two departments and/or Colleges within the University. The multiple degree option requires a minimum of 150 credits for graduation. Minors. The selection of one or two minors - music or non-music - is very common, and especially easy to incorporate in a B.A. degree program. In addition to the Jazz Option of the B.A. degree, URI offers a minor in Jazz Studies.

Double Majors, Multiple Degrees, Minors

A number of careers require interdisciplinary preparation. Some of these fields include music publishing, merchandising, manufacturing, and distribution; arts management; talent representation; songwriting; music copywriting and licensing; computer software design, and concert promotion. Other careers include work with professional organizations, arts commissions, recording and retail stores, and entertainment law office.

Double major. A double major - one major in music and one in another field - is ideal for those students who choose the Bachelor of Arts degree. Within the B.A. degree program, students can combine music with another major in the College of Arts and Sciences such as art, English, a foreign language, journalism, mathematics or sociology. Special double major programs include combining music with communication studies, elementary education, or psychology. The B.A. degree with a double major requires a minimum of 120 credits for graduation.

Students often declare a double major in the Bachelor of Music degree program. A common combination is a B.M. degree with majors in performance and music education. Because of the greater number of music requirements in the B.M. degree program, a double major will often take longer than the usual eight semesters to complete.

Multiple degrees. Multiple degree options are also available (for example, a Bachelor of Arts in music combined with a Bachelor of Science in business administration, or a Bachelor of Music in composition with a Bachelor of Science in computer science). Multiple degree programs involve working with degree requirements and faculties in two departments and/or Colleges within the University. The multiple degree option requires a minimum of 150 credits for graduation.

Minors. The selection of one or two minors - music or non-music - is very common, and especially easy to incorporate in a B.A. degree program. In addition to the Jazz Option of the B.A. degree, URI offers a minor in Jazz Studies.