Undergraduate Degrees
Whatever your passions, goals, and objectives inside or outside of music, we may just have the perfect program for you. Alongside professional preparation programs for music educators, performers, and scholars, we offer a mold-breaking, customizable, and unique Music BA that connects music to relevant, exciting, and in-demand areas in diverse fields.
Students in the Music BA and BM degrees study music in connection with a second major in fields as disparate as Engineering, Psychology, Computer Science, and Law, and graduates from all of our programs leave with a versatile and marketable foundation for graduate study or for professional life.
Our graduates are out there making a difference: in performance, education, technology, medicine, law…in their communities, and in the world.
Explore the degree plans below, and connect with an academic advisor with any questions; we are excited to chat!
Your options at a Glance
BA in Music | BM in Music Education | BM in Performance
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Music
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Music is an interdisciplinary degree, offered both on the Main Campus and through Arizona Online, that gives you the opportunity to explore music from a range of exciting and diverse perspectives. This is a uniquely flexible and customizable program that prepares you for careers in the music industry and other 21st century professions. You will work with your academic advisor and faculty mentor to devise a plan of study that includes courses from inside and outside of music, your minor, and potential second majors or second degrees.
Bachelor of Music (BM) Music Education
Bachelor of Music (BM) Music Education students prepare for life as a professional music educator in the K-12 classroom. You will be entering a program with a 100% job placement record and one which is constantly evolving and adapting to meet the demands, priorities, and realities of our schools and communities. You will work closely with your faculty mentor as you equip yourself to be a responsive, adaptable, and effective teacher of music to a new generation of students.
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Sample 4-Year Plan
Degree Policies
Sample “2+2” Plan (for Arizona transfer students)
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Music Education Homepage
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Bachelor of Music (BM) Performance
Bachelor of Music (BM) Performance students pursue a professional preparation program in the study of a primary instrument, voice, jazz studies, or composition. You will work alongside world class faculty and fellow performers as you perfect your craft, find your niche, and explore a vast and diverse array of genres, repertoire, musical traditions through performing on campus, state, nation, and beyond. Available Bachelor of Music (BM) Performance emphasis areas are:
Bassoon
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Cello
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– Connect with Dr. Ted Buchholz
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Clarinet
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– Connect with Dr. Jackie Glazier
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Composition
– Degree Checklist and 4-year Plan
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– Connect with Dr. Yuanyuan (Kay) He
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Euphonium
– Degree Checklist and 4-year Plan
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– Connect with Dr. Matt Tropman
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Flute
– Degree Checklist and 4-year Plan
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– Connect with Dr. Brian Luce
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French Horn
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– Connect with Prof. Johanna Lundy
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Guitar
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– Bolton Guitar Studies Homepage
– Connect with Prof. Tom Patterson
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Harp
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– Connect with Prof. Ben Albertson
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Jazz Studies
– Degree Checklist and 4-year Plan
– Jazz Studies Homepage
– Connect with Dr. Angelo Versace
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Oboe
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– Connect with Dr. Sara Fraker
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Percussion
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– Connect with Dr. Morris Palter
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Piano
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– Connect with Dr. Daniel Linder
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Saxophone
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– Connect with Dr. Eddie Goodman
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String Bass
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– Connect with Dr. Philip Alejo
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Trombone
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– Connect with Prof. Mike Becker
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Trumpet
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– Connect with Prof. Jason Carder
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Tuba
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– Connect with Dr. Matt Tropman
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Viola
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– Connect with Dr. Esteban Hernández Parra
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Violin
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– Connect with Dr. Elena Chernova-Davis
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Voice
– Degree Checklist and 4-year Plan
– Voice Area Homepage
– Connect with Dr. Kristin Dauphinais
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