George Mason University

Today, we are the largest public research university in Virginia with four campuses in Virginia and one in Songdo, Korea. We have grown to more than 37,000 students from 130 countries and all 50 states. Our commitment to serving our students, community and the world is having a measurable impact. But let’s take a moment to step back, take a breath, and highlight some of the defining events in Mason’s history. |
Ethnomusicology Minor | The minor is designed for students who wish to widen their scope of knowledge about music, while deepening their understanding of the world’s peoples. |
Film and Video Studies, BA | The Film and Video Studies degree is the first multidisciplinary undergraduate degree in Virginia focusing on cinematic arts production and film theory and history with core courses in ethics, business, writing for the moving image, fiction, documentary, interactive storytelling and episodic television. |
Jazz Studies Minor | This minor is open to music and non-music majors who wish to explore America’s unique art form. It is open to all instrumentalists and vocalists, including students who perform on instruments not typically associated with jazz. |
Music Education Licensure for PK-12 Graduate Certi… | This certificate may be earned on a full-time or part-time basis. This certificate program qualifies for Title IV Federal Financial Aid. |
Music Education, PhD | The Music Education, PhD is a research-intensive degree focusing on the gathering, processing, and interpretation of information. |
Music for Well-Being Graduate Certificate | In addition to standard university requirements, an interview with the director of the program is required for admission. |
Music for Well-Being Minor | The minor is designed to allow participation by students with minimal formal musical training. |
Music Minor | All students pursuing a music minor must pass a music audition. Students in the keyboard area use the Keyboard Skills I credit as a music elective. |
Music Pedagogy Minor | All students pursuing a music pedagogy minor must pass a music audition and an interview. |
Music Technology Minor | This minor is open to majors from throughout the university who seek to expand their knowledge and skill in this area of study. |
Music, BA | |
Music, BM | Students must complete all Mason Core requirements and core coursework, as well as the requirements within one selected concentration. |
Music, MM | The Music, MM degree is offered as an educational channel to meet the intellectual and career needs of qualified students |
Musical Arts, DMA | The Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) requires 90 credits, 60 credits beyond the Master’s degree in music. |
Theater Performance Minor | University policy states that students must earn 8 distinct credits that are not used for their major toward their minor, with a minimum grade of 2.00 earned in all courses applied to the minor |
Theater, BA | The BA degree stresses the breadth of a liberal arts education in the belief that such study, combined with serious practical training and experience, offers the best preparation for a life in theater and screen. |
Theater, BFA | Entrance to the program is by audition/interview or portfolio review. Information about the audition process, including dates on the School of Theater website |
Visual and Performing Arts, MFA | The MFA in Visual and Performing Arts is a terminal degree which prepares students as professional artists and scholars who can work within their specialty and teach at the university level. |
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