The USC Thornton School of Music offers professional and academic degrees at the bachelor s, master s and doctoral levels. These programs are summarized below. For more detailed information on specific programs, see the section on departments and programs of this website. For complete course descriptions, consult the USC Catalogue . For information concerning the general education requirement and the standard diversity requirement for all undergraduate degree programs, refer to the USC Catalogue .
Students can take either a single major program or double major in several combinations.
This degree is for students with a strong music background but who wish to combine professional music training with substantial study in other disciplines. Students enroll in the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences for completion of pre-major courses, including general education requirements. Two B.A. degrees are available, the B.A. with a major in music and the B.A., Humanities, with an emphasis in music. This degree is offered in the specialized areas of music industry and music recording. This degree allows specialization in choral music, church music, composition, conducting, music education, keyboard collaborative arts, guitar, harpsichord, jazz studies, organ, piano, voice or instrumental performance.