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Music (B.A.)

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Outcome Statements for Music (B.A.) Majors

General
Students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music will have:

  • The ability to think, speak, and write clearly and effectively, and to communicate with precision, cogency, and rhetorical force.
  • An informed acquaintance with the mathematical and experimental methods of the physical and biological sciences; with the main forms of analysis and the historical and quantitative techniques needed for investigating the workings and developments of modern society.
  • An ability to address culture and history from a variety of perspectives.
  • Understanding of, and experience in thinking about, moral and ethical problems.
  • The ability to respect, understand, and evaluate work in a variety of disciplines.
  • The capacity to explain and defend one's views effectively and rationally.
  • Understanding of and experience in one or more art forms other than music.

Musicianship
Students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music will have:

  • An understanding of and the ability to read and realize musical notation.
  • The ability to hear, identify, and work conceptually with the elements of music - rhythm, melody, harmony, structure, timbre, texture, and so forth.
  •  An understanding of compositional processes, aesthetic properties of style, and the ways these shape and are shaped by artistic and cultural forces.
  •  An acquaintance with a wide selection of musical literature, the principal eras, genres, and cultural sources.
  • The ability to develop and defend musical judgments.

Performance
Students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music will have:

  • Ability in performing areas at levels consistent with the goals and objectives of the specific liberal arts degree option being followed.
  • Ability to sight-read.
  • An understanding of procedures for realizing a variety of musical styles.

Music Electives
Students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music will have:

  • Knowledge and/or skills in one or more areas of music beyond basic musicianship appropriate to the individual's needs and interests, and consistent with the purposes of the specific liberal arts degree option being followed.