<p>to gain accreditation, BMus programs must include some general studies; in some schools, the requirements are fairly minimal, e.g., Colburn has a required humanities sequence, but it sees itself, according to Robert Lipsett, as performance centered. Juilliard also has a humanities series that is required, but fairly minimal. By contrast, at Oberlin, students are required to take 8 electives in the college; some take courses like dance, others take academic courses, but Oberlin takes academics seriously and the music history and theory courses are demanding and require language and writing skills to do well.
Here’s a link the the accreditation requirements
<a href=“http://nasm.arts-accredit.org/site/docs/Handbook/NASM_HANDBOOK_2009-2010.pdf[/url]”>http://nasm.arts-accredit.org/site/docs/Handbook/NASM_HANDBOOK_2009-2010.pdf</a></p>