Degrees

The Department of Music at Gordon offers the following degree programs. Click on the degree for a listing of course requirements.

Bachelor of Music in Performance (BM)
Prepares you for professional pursuits in music. The program emphasizes performance skills to train you for a career in performance, studio teaching or graduate study. In addition to the core curriculum and music survey classes, you will take courses focused on improving your interpretation and technique on your major instrument. You will also be required to prepare and perform a faculty judged solo recital in your junior and senior years.

Bachelor of Music in Music Education (BM)
This program prepares students for positions as teachers and/or supervisors of choral, instrumental and general music in public or private schools. Upon successful completion of all degree requirements, music education graduates are eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with reciprocity in 48 states through the NASDTEC Interstate Contract. In the music education curriculum students pursue licensure for K–12 teaching in instrumental/choral/general music. Because licensure requirements are subject to change by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and are beyond the control of the College, the College reserves the right to alter program requirements as necessary.

Note: All applicants accepted into the music education degree program will be accepted on a provisional basis. These students must apply for full acceptance to the music education program following the completion of MUS117 Introduction to Music Education (first-year course) and successful completion of initial prepracticum experience. Full acceptance into the music education program is contingent upon successful completion of all application requirements and the approval of the music education faculty.

Bachelor of Arts in Music (BA)
Allows you to major in music while giving you freedom to create your own balance between music and the liberal arts. You can easily double major or minor in another academic program such as business, communications, elementary education, movement science, foreign language, and biblical studies.

Minor in Music
A 20-credit program that features basic coursework in music as well as study on an applied instrument. An audition is required for all prospective music minors.