BS Music at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Programme overview

The Mead Witter School of Music offers the Music major for students earning a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree and want to study music in addition to another major. This program has the fewest credit requirements of all the Music programs. Students who have completed this major have gone on to pursue careers in music as well as taking advantage of the skills music taught them to pursue an array of other career paths.

Faculty: College of Letters & Science | Department: Music | Duration: 120 credits | Study mode: full-time | Location: Madison, WI, United States

What you will study

The degree requires 120 credits in total. Courses listed in the requirements include MUSIC 211 Survey of the History of Western Music; MUSIC 212 Survey of the History of Western Music; MUSIC 229 Jazz Theory & Composition; MUSIC 252 Introduction to Conducting and Pedagogy; MUSIC 253 Conducting; MUSIC 254 Conducting.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applies to College of Letters & Science, not specific to this major: Admission Procedures To be admitted to the Mead Witter School of Music a student needs to apply to and be admitted by both UW-Madison and the Mead Witter School of Music: Prospective (new or transfer) and re-entry students should apply to UW-Madison through the Office of Admissions and Recruitment . All students must also complete an application and pass an audition. See the Mead Witter School of Music website for more information. Questions about the Music application and audition process should be directed to the Music Undergraduate Audition and Admissions Coordinator . Students declared in the Music major are not eligible to declare Music: Performance or Music: Education.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

First-year entry terms: Fall (Early Action and Regular Decision) and Spring. Transfer entry terms: Fall (Priority and Regular Decision) and Spring.

First-year Fall Early Action: application deadline November 1, materials deadline November 9, decision on or before January 31. Fall Regular Decision: application deadline January 15, materials deadline January 22, decision on or before March 31. Spring Regular Decision: application deadline October 1, materials deadline October 15, decision on or before December 31. First-year fall and spring applications open August 1. Early Action is non-binding.

Transfer Fall Priority: application deadline February 1, materials deadline February 16, decision on or before March 31. Fall Regular: application deadline March 1, materials deadline March 15, decision on or before April 30. Spring Regular: application deadline October 1, materials deadline October 15, decision on or before December 31. Fall transfer applications open December 1; spring transfer applications open August 1.

Apply via the Common Application or the Universities of Wisconsin Application. The application fee is $80 US and is non-refundable; fee waivers are available for applicants with financial hardship. ACT and SAT scores are optional for students applying for admission through the spring 2028 term (application deadline October 1, 2027).

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