Music

missions

Mission Statement and Student Outcomes

The Department of Music Mission Statement:

The Department of Music fosters artistic excellence through scholarship, teaching, and performance; serving as a center of artistic inquiry, leadership, and collaboration.

In fulfillment of its mission, the Department of Music:

Advocates music as an essential element of human experience.
Prepares students for careers and further study in music.
Serves as a leader in music education, while offering distinctive programs in music technology, Kodaly certification, jazz/commercial music, and piano pedagogy.
Encourages creative and reflective thinking through its support of the General Education program.

[Mission revised by music faculty February, 2008].

STUDENT OUTCOMES

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music Education
Master of Arts
Assessment
Assessment at the Graduate level

Bachelor of Arts

The graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music will use the knowledge and skills obtained in the program to:

Understand the basic elements and structures of music history, theory, and performance literature.
Understand music's relationship to the other arts, and how the arts relate to mankind.
Perform with appropriate tone, technique, and musicality in his/her primary performance medium.
Use technology in appropriate music applications.
Communicate the intellectual (thinking), emotional, and aesthetic (valuing) qualities of music to a diverse society. TOP

Bachelor of Music

The graduate with a Bachelor of Music degree will use the knowledge and skills obtained in the program to:

Perform at the highest possible level in his/her primary performance medium.
Understand the basic elements and structures of music history, theory, and performance literature.
Teach essential elements of music and music performance.
Demonstrate functional piano performance skills.
Understand music's relationship to the other arts, and how the arts relate to mankind.
Use technology in appropriate music applications.
Communicate the intellectual (thinking), emotional, and aesthetic (valuing) qualities of music to a diverse society. TOP

Bachelor of Music Education

The graduate with a Bachelor of Music Education degree will use the knowledge and skills obtained in the program to:

Teach essential elements of music and music performance at elementary and secondary school levels.
Understand the basic elements and structures of music history, theory, and performance literature.
Perform with appropriate tone, technique, and musicality in his/her primary performance medium.
Demonstrate functional piano performance skills.
Understand music's relationship to the other arts, and how the arts relate to mankind.
Use technology in appropriate music applications.
Communicate the intellectual (thinking), emotional, and aesthetic (valuing) qualities of music to a diverse society. TOP

Master of Arts

The graduate with a Master of Arts in Music degree (all emphases) will use the knowledge and skills obtained in the program to:

Understand and apply advanced elements and structures of music history, theory, and performance literature.
Engage in research (analysis, interpretation, and reporting of data) within his/her area of emphasis.
Demonstrate at an advanced level a mastery of tone, technique, and musicality in his/her primary performance medium. TOP

Assessment

The Department of Music utilizes a variety of assessment tools in collecting data regarding student outcomes. Data are examined in an effort to provide feedback to the faculty to improve the teaching and learning process. The following are assessment tools used for baccalaureate degree students in music: