New York City,
NY,
United States
Type
Private
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Jazz Studies in New York United States | Columbia University
Columbia University
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New York United States
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
67,264
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months
The jazz studies specialization offers an interdisciplinary liberal arts program that examines jazz music and its cultural roots as a lens to explore the jazz era, particularly the expansive 1920s. This innovative curriculum helps students build a strong foundation in jazz traditions and artistic expressions, incorporating insights from music history, ethnomusicology, literary theory, and cultural studies.
The program also delves into jazz-inspired creations across related art forms—including literature, dance, visual arts, photography, and cinema. While emphasizing jazz's significance as a quintessential American art form, the coursework also investigates its global journey, tracing its connections with Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia.
This jazz studies track accommodates both music majors and students from other disciplines. Music majors pursue advanced training in arranging, composition, and transcription, while non-music majors complete foundational coursework in music principles.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.0
Qualification Requirements
Applicants must present evidence that they are prepared for college work in the humanities, mathematics, social sciences, foreign languages and natural sciences. Accordingly, the College strongly recommends the following preparation: Four years of English literature and composition
- Three to four years of mathematics
- Three to four years of history and social studies
- Three to four years of one foreign language (ancient or modern)
- Three to four years of laboratory science
The vast majority of successful applicants to the College have taken five academic courses per term for all four years of secondary/high school. Student must have 650 or higher on either the Critical Reasoning or Writing sections of the SAT, 700 or higher on the Evidence Based Reading and Writing section of the redesigned SAT and 29 or higher on the English or Reading sections of the ACT
English Language Requirement
Applicant must have minimum score of 600 (paper-based test) or 100 (Internet-based test) and minimum IELTS score of 7.0
Tuition
USD
67,264