音乐学士学位课程使您可以灵活地学习音乐系内的不同主题，同时还可以探索各种其他学科，包括哲学，神学和科学。您可以选择演奏重点，或者音乐历史和文学重点，或者不选择重点，从而为您提供最大的灵活性。在更广泛的文科范围内学习音乐，将使您发掘对音乐的热情，同时也挑战您发现新的兴趣。撰写学期论文，报告和作业是该计划的重要组成部分。毕业要求包括（1）完成高级论文或项目，以及（2）公开口头陈述高级论文或项目（包括音乐实例）或成功完成全面考试。
The writing of term papers, reports, and assignments is an important component of this program. Graduation requirements include (1) the completion of a senior thesis or project and (2) either a public oral presentation of the senior thesis or project, including musical examples, or the successful completion of a comprehensive examination.<br><br>Music HistoryLiterature Electives (by advisement) are offered at two or three semester hours of credit. They are to be chosen from the following courses: History of American Music Theatre I-II (MUS 385, 386); Survey in Solo Vocal Literature I-II (MUS 511, 511A); Russian Music of the Nineteenth Century (MUS 515A); Survey of Organ Literature I-II (MUS 516, 516A); Piano Literature I-V (MUS 522, 522A, 522B, 522C, 522D); Gregorian Chant Practicum I-II (MUS 547, 547A); Liturgical Music (MUS 584); The History of Jazz through Analysis (MUS 665); Latin American Music electives (by advisement); or graduate music history courses (by advisement). At least one Music HistoryLiterature Elective must be in a course that covers the music of Latin America or another non-Western European region.