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DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

The mission of the Music Department of Arkansas State University is to fulfill the following functions: prepare music majors to be highly skilled music educators, performers and/or composers; prepare the general university student to understand, appreciate and support the art of music; and provide quality musical performances and events for the university, the community, and an ever-expanding region.

The department provides curricula which lead to the Bachelor of Music Education, Bachelor of Music in Performance, and Bachelor of Arts in music degrees. The Bachelor of Music Education curriculum emphasizes professional educational training qualifying a student for a state teaching certificate. The Bachelor of Music degree emphasizes composition or performance. The Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in music permits the study of music within a liberal arts curriculum and provides a broad coverage of the entire field of music rather than a heavy concentration in a single area.

Departmental requirements include recital attendance, performance proficiency and participation in one or more of the performing organizations.

Students who transfer to Arkansas State University for the purpose of obtaining a degree in Music and who have 60 or more college credits may be required to take competency exams in their applied music majors and basic music areas and may be required to take remedial work in these areas if necessary.