UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
The Penn State School of Music is a member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate (IUG) degree programs
Music Minor Degrees
Bachelor of Music
This degree helps to prepare students for careers in performance or composition. Studio instruction is offered in all orchestral instruments, piano, organ, and voice. Entrance to the Bachelor of Music in Performance program requires a strong background of musical accomplishment and may require a separate audition after initial acceptance to the school. Admission to the Bachelor of Music in Composition program is based on the student's portfolio of compositions, an interview, and an audition on his or her primary instrument or voice.
Bachelor of Music Education
The Bachelor of Music Education degree program, leading to Pennsylvania Instructional I Certification, helps prepare students to
teach music in a variety of school settings to children in grades K-12.
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Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts degree is for students who desire a broad-based education while developing their musicianship, scholarship, and performance skills. This program combines a core curriculum of music studies with both general education and liberal arts courses. Formal application to the Bachelor of Arts program usually takes place at the end of the fourth semester.
Bachelor of Musical Arts
This interdisciplinary program is intended to help students prepare for careers in performance while developing a secondary area of emphasis outside of music. Entrance to the Bachelor of Musical Arts degree is determined by an audition and a counseling process. This interdisciplinary approach enables students to pursue their musical goals without sacrificing other academic interests.
Schreyer Honors College
The Schreyer Honors College provides students of superior academic ability an opportunity to enrich their educations through honors-level course work and independent study. To provide stimulating intellectual experiences outside the classroom, the program also sponsors regular seminars, field trips, social events, and other extracurricular activities. Atherton and Simmons Halls have been designated to provide a special on-campus living environment for Schreyer Scholars.
Students enrolled in the Schreyer Honors College are afforded several specific privileges: 1) admission to honors and graduate-level courses, 2) flexibility in fulfilling certain degree requirements, 3) registration priority for many courses, 4) graduate/faculty borrowing privileges at the University Libraries, and 5) the opportunity to pursue simultaneous undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Students must make a separate application to the Schreyer Honors College when they apply to Penn State. Please see their Web site for details on the application process. Participants in the program must: 1) maintain a 3.33 (B+) G.P.A. each semester; 2) complete at least 3 honors courses each academic year (fall/spring/summer), for a minimum of 7 honors credits, in each of the first two years, and a minimum of 14 honors credits during the remainder of enrollment; and 3) complete an honors thesis or project. Students successfully completing the program will be awarded an honors diploma.