The UCCS Music Program connects long-standing musical traditions with twenty-first-century interdisciplinary practices and innovative approaches. Our program welcomes students from all musical backgrounds including instrumentalists, vocalists, and composers trained in classical, jazz, rock, popular music or non-western traditions; electronic musicians; and music creators from all walks of life.
Students-both music majors and non-majors-can take courses in performance, composition, electronic music, audio engineering and production, business and entrepreneurship, music history and ethnomusicology, and interdisciplinary arts. In addition, our students have numerous opportunities to collaborate creatively across the arts in Film, Dance, Game-Design, Theatre, and Visual Arts.
General Information
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Music requires the following:
- A minimum of 52 credit hours of MUS course work. At least 26 of those hours must be upper division (courses numbered 3000 or higher).
- A minimum of 9 hours of VAPA auxiliary courses.
- All major and auxiliary course work must have a grade of “C” or better.
- No more than 60 credit hours of MUS course work can apply to the degree.
- All Music majors must meet with the department’s Program Director each semester for academic advising. Contact the Music Program Director for details.
- Refer to the Private Lessons webpage on the Music department website for instructions on how to register for Applied Lessons.
Additional course work is required to complete the Music, BA degree. Please see the advising guide on the Academic Advising website for more information.
Arts Fees
Students enrolled in AH, DNCE, FILM, MUS, MSGP, THTR, VA, and VAPA courses will be assessed fees to help defray the cost of supplies. Program fees range from $15-$40 per course, per semester. Check the course schedule for fees, or use the fee estimator at the Student Financial Services website. There is a full refund of the deposit for courses dropped the first two weeks of the term (for full-term courses).
