My son is a current freshman at UNT in jazz guitar. He fell in love with the program at the summer jazz combo. He also did summer programs at Berklee, Eastman, and NYU. Sight reading is a huge component of his program. It definitely gave him an edge for his lab band placement. He felt his improv was more important for guitar, but this isn’t a generalization for other instruments. If you have any questions , please pm me. He LOVES the program. Finishing up freshman year and I can’t say enough good things about his experience. The COM is large but the jazz program is very personal.