Music and New Media (BA)

Type: Major
Format: In-Person
Credit Hours: 120
College: School of Music

The Bachelor of Arts Music with Emphasis in Music & New Media degree provides training in digital media concepts and skills necessary for the creation and production of sound for public performance, music albums, digital video, internet applications, interactive media, cinema, commercials, video games, theater, dance, and software development. The program is designed to prepare students for careers in music and new media arts that emphasize presentation, performance, and research with technology, including audio and video production for multimedia communications, music recording, audio and video post-production, video art, sound engineering, sound design for film and gaming, sound art, and computer music composition.

Students in the Bachelor of Arts in Music with Emphasis in Music & New Media program:

  • Develop skills and knowledge in audio engineering, acoustics, sound design, electronic music, video generation, and sound art through presentation, performance, and research with technology. Students develop creative new media projects with direct faculty oversight.
  • Develop musical skills and knowledge through music performance experiences as a soloist and in ensembles on a principal instrument, and on secondary instruments, including computer-augmented instruments and new interfaces for performance.
  • Develop musical skills and knowledge through the study of music theory, music history and literature, composition and improvisation, the analysis of electronic media, and the development of aural skills.
  • Develop knowledge of cultural perspectives through the study of music from a variety of styles, locations, and periods.