夏威夷诺阿大学的音乐系提供学习课程，从学士学位到博士学位。这些课程在音乐领域提供广泛的专业知识，使学生能够获得最高水平的学习和培训。所有课程均获得美国国家音乐学校协会（NASM）的认可，并由活跃于教学，传统研究，表演和作曲的充满活力的教职员工提供支持。音乐文学学士（BA）是面向那些在完成音乐学习志向的同时，还希望进行广泛的文科教育。音乐学习的一般计划，其中可能包括根据学生兴趣（例如音乐学，民族音乐学，钢琴/声音/乐器）自定义的重点，允许学生从事与夏威夷音乐或音乐剧院有关的高级工作。所有文学士学位学生都将完
The Music Department at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa offers programs of study which lead to degrees from the Baccalaureate to the Ph.D. These programs accommodate a wide range of specializations within the field of music and allow the student access to the highest levels of study and training. All programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and supported by a vibrant faculty actively engaged in teaching, traditional research, performance and composition.The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Music is a general degree intended for students who desire a broad liberal arts education while fulfilling their aspirations for musical studies.a general program of music study, which may include a self-defined focus based on student interests (e.g. musicology, ethnomusicology, piano/voice/instrumental)a focus that allows students to engage with advanced work with a specific emphasis in Hawaiian Music or Musical Theatre.All BA students complete a capstone project to prepare them for independent work in the music professions. The capstone experience provides both exposure to a possible career path and hands-on experience in seeing what this path entails. Depending on the student's interests, course preparation, and career goals, those enrolled in the BA General and BA Hawaiian Music degrees follow either a Senior Project or junior-level recital track. The Senior Project is planned and executed in close cooperation with the student's adviser and may be a research paper, creative project, outreach activity, or internship. The decision to pursue the recital track is made on the advisement of the student's applied music teacher and the chair of the respective area (instrumental, piano, or voice). All BA Musical Theatre students are required to do a junior recital.