Schools with good music performance programs?

SpiritManager
Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:57:37 +0000

jazz/shreddermom - I think compmom was referring not to a double major at USC, for which there is substantial financial support through need-based aid - but applying for a second bachelor’s degree for which there might not be that financial support. She says that second degree is treated as for a transfer student - that must be if you want to graduate with the two separate degrees, rather than majors. Obviously this is confusing, and a question for the administration!

As for what difference it makes to have two degrees, rather than a double major - I’m not sure myself - even with my son getting two degrees! I think it means that you’ve completed a more lengthy curriculum for each individual degree - rather than just taken the extra classes in a subject for a double major. Double majoring for a BA is so common these days, and usually just means focusing one’s electives on a single subject area. I know, at Bard, the two degrees require a Senior Project in the academic subject, and a Senior Recital in music. Whether having two separate degrees means anything for graduate school or subsequent employment, I do not know the answer to. A BA vs a BM might make a difference, perhaps…