该系的三个目的是：为音乐专业的合格学生提供培训，为非音乐专业学生提供丰富的艺术领域，并在整个大学家庭中产生真正的音乐影响力。希望以专业教学或表演方式从事职业的学生应选择适当的课程。完成音乐学专业学位并获得教师认证的学生，将有资格获得声乐或器乐类的所有级别的临时证书。根据德克萨斯教育局制定的认证规定，后一个计划将使合格的候选人成为德克萨斯所有年级的音乐教师。该系是国家音乐学校协会的机构成员。
The department serves three purposes: to provide training to qualified students for the music profession, to supply an area of artistic enrichment for nonmusic majors and to create a genuine musical influence on the entire university family. Students wishing to follow careers in professional teaching or performance should pursue the appropriate program. Students completing the degree with a major in music with teacher certification will qualify to receive the All-level Provisional Certificate, vocal or instrumental. This latter program will qualify successful candidates as teachers of music for all grades in Texas under certification regulations established by the Texas Education Agency. The department is an institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music.