音乐与舞蹈学院提供以下学位课程，包括以下学位：音乐文学硕士，音乐艺术硕士（强调音乐疗法），音乐创作音乐硕士，指挥，音乐学，音乐理论与表演，音乐硕士。音乐教育，以及音乐艺术博士学位，包括音乐创作，指挥和表演。对于希望将音乐教育作为协调学科并将教育作为联合学科的学生，音乐学院参加了跨学科博士课程。
Studying Musicology at the Conservatory will allow you to deep-dive into the history of music in a performance-centered environment. You'll study the history of music through a wide range of courses, including survey classes in individual musical eras and seminars on topics such as Music in Asia, Film Music, Musical Theatre, Music in Latin America, Gender and Music, Operatic Performance and Minimalism. You'll be guided through these courses by leading scholars in the field.<br>You'll also engage in research that uses the rich variety of archival resources in Kansas City. In the past, students and faculty have partnered with the LaBudde Special Collections and the Marr Sound Archives at UMKC; the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology; the American Jazz Museum; the National World War I Museum and Archives at Liberty Memorial; Conception Abbey; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; and the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Graduate students have presented the results of their research in many professional forums, including the programs of the Society for American Music, Renaissance Society of America, College Music Society, Society for Minimalist Music and American Conference for Irish Studies, among others.<br>The musicology program at the UMKC Conservatory also focuses on pedagogical training. You'll work with recognized scholars of music history pedagogy through dedicated coursework, independent studies, individual research topics and teaching opportunities.<br>Our faculty members have published articles in American Music, Choral Journal, The Opera Journal, The Hymn, Journal of the Society for American Music, Music and the Moving Image, Musical Quarterly, Opera Quarterly and other prestigious journals. They have authored books with Cambridge University Press, Yale University Press, Routledge, Harmonie Park Press, the University of Illinois Press and the University of Rochester Press and have held offices in the College Music Society, the Society for Minimalist Music and the Society for American Music.