Graduation and Certificates

The Honors Music Program offers degree certificates for students who satisfy certain requirements.  Not all students will choose to work towards a degree.

There are three levels of certificate in the program:

• Graduate

• Graduate with Honors

• Graduate with High Honors

Graduation Requirements for Instrumental Performance Majors

Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA and complete:

• 2 years of Music History

• 2 years of Music Theory, including Theory 4

• 1 Year of Jazz

• 2 years of Chamber Music

• 2 years of Aural Skills

• A half-hour recital

Graduate with Honors

In addition to finishing the requirements for graduation, students must obtain a 2.5 GPA and complete:

• 21st Century Music

• Jazz 2

• 1 academic elective

• A forty-five minute recital

Graduate with High Honors

In addition to finishing the requirements for graduation, students must obtain a 3.0 GPA and complete:

• 21st Century Music

• Jazz 2

• 2 academic electives

• 1 Jazz or Chamber Class

• A one-hour recital

Graduation Requirements for Composition Majors

Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA and complete:

• 2 years of Music History, including 21st Century Music

• 2 years of Music Theory, including Theory 4

• 2 years of Composition

• Orchestration and Arranging

• 2 years of Aural Skills

• 1 academic elective

• A half-hour recital featuring at least 2 original compositions

Graduate with Honors

In addition to finishing the requirements for graduation, students must obtain a 2.5 GPA and complete:

• 1 year of Jazz

• 20th Century Theory

• 2 academic electives

• A forty-five minute recital featuring at least 3 original compositions

Graduate with High Honors

In addition to finishing the requirements for graduation, students must obtain a 3.0 GPA and complete:

• 1 year of Jazz

• 20th Century Theory

• Counterpoint

• 1 academic elective

• 1 performance class

• A one-hour recital featuring at least 3 original compositions

Graduation Requirements for Vocal Majors

Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA and complete:

• 2 years of Music History

• 2 years of Music Theory, including Theory 4

• 2 years of Aural Skills

• 2 years of Diction

• 2 years of vocal repertoire

• A half-hour recital

Graduate with Honors

In addition to finishing the requirements for graduation, students must obtain a 2.5 GPA and complete:

• 21st Century Music

• 1 academic elective

• A forty-five minute recital

Graduate with High Honors

In addition to finishing the requirements for graduation, students must obtain a 3.0 GPA and complete:

• 21st Century Music

• 2 academic electives

• A one-hour recital