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Undergraduate Degrees - Music Therapy

Undergraduate Program

Undergraduate students enroll as freshmen or transfer students and complete School of Music requirements for a Bachelor of Music degree while concurrently fulfilling professional certification requirements for music therapy.

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Equivalency Program

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The equivalency program in Music Therapy is designed for those persons who already hold an undergraduate degree (usually in music), but who wish to complete requirements for professional certification as a music therapist. In the equivalency program, students complete the additional coursework required beyond their bachelor's degree for professional certification by the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). Students who have an undergraduate degree in music often enroll under the classification of special student. For most students with an undergraduate degree in music, the equivalency program requires 3 semesters of on-campus study (may be part-time enrollment for the third semester, depending on analysis of the transcripts), followed by a 6-month required internship off campus. Some students who have a BA (rather than BM), and who require additional music credits sometimes enter as a transfer student, and they take at least a semester longer to complete the equivalency program.

Because this is a professional certification-only option, those students enrolled under the classification of special student do not officially fit the categories of undergraduate or graduate students. Consequently, students will not qualify for some university-sponsored financial aid, which is expressly for graduate or undergraduate students. However, they may qualify for some School of Music scholarships or loans offered through private lending institutions.

Last updated 13-nov-07