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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts in Music - Contemporary Practices

Bachelor of Arts in Music - Global Music

Bachelor of Arts in Music - Western Art

Bachelor of Music

Minor in Electronic Music

Minor in Jazz - Spontaneous Composition and Improvisation

Minor in Western Arts Music

Master of Arts in Composition

Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology

Master of Arts in Performance Practice

Master of Arts in Performance Practice (Conducting)

Doctor of Philosophy in Music

Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition


The music program at UCSC integrates music performance, theory, composition, history and literature. It offers a wide variety of possibilities both to students wishing to major or minor in music, and to all students who wish to increase their musical abilities and understanding. The Music Department supports an unusually diverse curriculum for a department of its size. By a choice of electives, the student can emphasize aspects of music beyond the basic core courses required of the major or minor. Students may obtain preparation for graduate or professional work in the following broad areas.

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Amy C. Beal, Ben Leeds Carson, Nicol Hammond, Karlton Hester, David Evan Jones, Bruce Kiesling, Hi Kyung Kim, Anatole Leikin, Michelle Lou, Tanya Merchant, Dard Neuman, Eric Porter, Russell Rodriguez, Nina Treadwell.



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