Comprehensive Studies (Classical & Jazz)

This program is an attractive option to students seeking a robustly interdisciplinary experience around a music core; students interested in a field not clearly contained within our existing programs; or students interested in a general program of music studies. The program provides students depth in musical training while preserving considerable opportunities to pursue breadth through electives in Music and other disciplines.  It features a solid, multi-disciplinary core of required courses and it also offers students the freedom to design part of their program of study around individual interests that may not otherwise be accommodated through specialized programs.  The flexibility in the program also makes it well suited to students wanting to develop significant expertise in a discipline within the Faculty of Arts & Science.

The combination of a core music program, with an emphasis on breadth in musical disciplines, highly developed writing skills, and interdisciplinary flexibility, opens up a range of music-related careers and graduate study options in areas not currently identified as specializations, such as in arts management, music journalism, entertainment law, audio recording, music business, or a host of arts-related fields.

Program Options:

For classical students, Comprehensive Studies is a specialization option upon completion of the Common Year.

Jazz students apply to enter the Comprehensive Studies directly in first year.