University Park,
PA,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Music in University Park United States | Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
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University Park United States
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
39,626
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months
The Bachelor of Arts in Music merges comprehensive liberal arts studies with specialized music coursework. This program cultivates fundamental musical skills, performance capabilities, and conceptual frameworks for deeper artistic understanding.
The B.A. Music curriculum offers both General Music Studies and a Music Technology specialization.
Requirements include passing a piano competency test, participating in a core ensemble for two terms, and successfully presenting a senior thesis project.
Renowned Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni described music as 'sonorous air,' while a technical definition might call it 'structured sound through time.' With origins potentially preceding spoken language, music serves as a universal medium for expression, connection, and social bonding. As philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously observed, existence without music would be profoundly lacking.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.0
Qualification Requirements
The majority of Penn State’s applications come from traditional, first-year students. The following types of students are considered first-year applicants (or freshman applicants, as some refer to them): Current high school student in his or her senior year; Student who has earned a high school diploma or a GED and has no post-secondary coursework; Student who has attempted 17 or fewer credits (semester hours) of college coursework at a regionally accredited college/university before attending Penn State; Current high school student who may have enrolled in another institution(s) before graduating from high school (dual enrollment); Student who may have attended Penn State on a nondegree basis.
English Language Proficiency
The following are ways in which you can satisfy the language proficiency requirement: TOEFL: A minimum TOEFL score of 80 on the Internet-based TOEFL or 550 on the old paper exam and a minimum of 20 in each section of the new paper exam (code #2660); IELTS: A minimum IELTS score of 6.5 on the academic test.
Tuition
USD
39,626