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Planning
Planning your Program: 

The best time for a Music major to go abroad will be a combination of their concentration, credits they have transferred in, whether they have a dual major or a minor, whether they plan on taking any summer classes, and their personal situation.  Listed below are some suggested time frames for each concentration. Students looking to go abroad during a different period are encouraged to work closely with their Art advisor and the Education Abroad Office.  

For all concentrations short-term study abroad opportunities are normally fairly easy to fit into a student’s degree plan.  The Music School normally offers 1-2 faculty-led programs each summer and there are several options available through our partners. Students are able to start participating on short-term programs (winter break, spring break, and summer) as early as their first year.  Students participating on short-term programs often fulfill General Education, Major Free Electives, Major Concentration courses, Language requirements, or 2nd Major/Minor requirements. 

Advising: 

Students should email their faculty advisor to schedule an advising appointment.

Key questions to ask?

  • What are my remaining degree requirements?
  • How many upper-division credits do I still need to complete for my degree?
  • How many elective credits (lower vs. upper division) do I have left to complete my major?
  • What remaining prerequisites must I fulfill, and how will study abroad impact my progress?
  • Which of my remaining degree requirements could I complete abroad? Are there any that I cannot take abroad?
  • Can I receive academic credit for an internship abroad?
  • Are there any in-residence requirements I need to be aware of before I go abroad?
Programs

Music majors often participate on department faculty-led programs and summer partner programs.  Students are also able to participate on semester programs but should work closely with their department advisor to understand what requirements may be taken abroad.  Listed below are some possible options.

Program Type Information

Faculty-led

All faculty-led programs for fall 2021 have been suspended due to the ongoing pandemic. Please check back beginning in summer 2021 for updates about faculty-led programs for Spring Break and Summer I & II 2022.

Below are examples of previous faculty-led programs.

 

Ireland Music

  • Available Terms: Summer
  • Country: Ireland
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Unique Feature: Students will be able to receive 4 credits in Music Special Topics.

Music and Reconstruction of South Africa

  • Available Terms: Summer
  • Country: South Africa
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Unique Feature: Students will be able to receive 3-6 credits in MUS 3531 and/or MUS 2018

Short-term

CIEE Paris Music Creation and Critique 

  • Program Type: Affiliate
  • Available Terms: Summer
  • Country: France
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Industry
  • Unique Feature: This unique summer program takes place at the world-renowned Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM). Founded in 1977, IRCAM is devoted to research and experimentation in music composition, acoustic performance, and technological modification of sound.

Semester

Africa

University of the Free State

  • Program Type: Full Exchange 
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: South Africa
  • Standing: 2nd semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Performance
  • Unique Feature: Offers a range of coursework including Cultural Musicology, Music Theory and Analysis, Music Technology, Music Theory and Composition, Performance Studies, Orchestral and/or Choral Conducting. Year long students will be able to select from additional elective options such as Chamber Music, Choral Singing, Orchestral Playing, and Ensemble for Singers.  

Asia

Chonnam

  • Program Type: Full Exchange 
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: South Korea
  • Standing: 2nd semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Performance
  • Unique Feature: Need to see if they can offer any courses in English.

Europe

USAC Cork 

  • Program Type: Affiliate 
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: Ireland
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Performance
  • Unique Feature: Offers a range of MUS courses such as Exploring Irish Traditional Music, Music Theory and Aural Skills, Loop, Art of Sound, Sitar, Jazz Ensemble, Pop Ensemble, Renaissance Vocal Ensemble, Fiddle, Concertina, Traditional Flute, Irish Harp, Irish Traditional Song, Music and Cultural Tourism, Rhythm Techniques for Creative Musicians and more. 

AIFS Richmond 

  • Program Type: Affiliate 
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: Italy
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Performance
  • Unique Feature: Music majors on the AIFS Richmond program will be able to take 1-2 Music courses through the Saint Louis College of Music (these courses will be in addition to AIFS Richmond coursework).  Course offerings are available in Bass, Drums, Guitar, Percussion, Sax/Trumpet/Trombone, and Vocals.

ISEP Malta

  • Program Type: ISEP Exchange, ISEP Direct
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Spring
  • Country: Malta
  • Standing: Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Performance
  • Unique Feature: Offers a range of Music courses including History of Jazz, Vocal Ensemble 2, Music and Creativity in Cyberspace, Practical Harmony I, Ethnomusicology, Ensemble Techniques I, Oral Music Traditions of the Mediterranean, Approaches to Musical Analysis, Performance  (Violin, Flute, Woodwind, Brass , Voice, Percussion, Piano), Repertoire Studies, and more.  Year long students will have additional options. 

ISEP Lulea

  • Program Type: ISEP Exchange
  • Available Terms: Fall, Spring
  • Country: Sweden
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Performance
  • Unique Feature: Has offered Brass Instruments, Wind Instruments, Bass and Drums, Chord Piano, Bass Jazz & Rock, Ensemble (Jazz & Rock, Chamber, and Conducting), Guitar (Acoustic, Jazz & Rock, Classical), Improvisation, Instrument Studies, Jazz Piano, and more.  English-taught course offerings will vary from year to year. 

Bilkent 

  • Program Type: Full Exchange 
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: Turkey
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Performance
  • Unique Feature: Offerings have included Orchestra Ensemble, Individual Music Studies, Composition, Notation and Instrumentation, Ear Training, Chamber Music, Keyboard Skills, Score Reading, Music in Europe during the Age of Enlightenment, and more. 

Keele University 

  • Program Type: Basic Exchange, Fee Paying
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Concentrations: Music Industry, Music Performance
  • Industry: Audio-Visual Composition, Realtime Sound Processing, Creative Sound Design, Meaning in Sonic Arts, Record Production in Theory and Practice, Composing with Sound, Audio Fundamentals, Sonic Arts Repertoire, Dialogues in Art Technology and Society, Digital Arts Creative Portfolio 2 (Year Long), Composition with Interactive Computer Transformation, Digital Video, Sound Recording, Popular Music and Jazz, Composition Studies, and more. 
  • Perfomance: Instrument Lessons, Composition Studies, Music Theory, Contextual Studies, Composition with Interactive Computer Transformation, Chamber Music, Solo Performance, Intro to Ethnomusicology and Ethnography, and more. 

University of Lincoln

  • Program Type: Basic Exchange, Fee Paying
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Standing: 2nd Semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Industry, Music Performance
  • Industry: Electronic Music Production, Music Industries, Recording Music, Music Production and Enterprise, Music Festival, Music and Media, Curating Music
  • Performance: Music on Location, Approaching Notation and Analysis, Ensemble and Enterprise, Performance, Music Theater, Music and the Stage, Performance, Composition

Latin America

Universidad Austral de Chile

  • Program Type: Full Exchange 
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: Chile
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Performance
  • Unique Feature: Offers Music Performance courses taught in Spanish.  Students should have completed one or more Spanish courses at the 3000 or the equivalent before the start of the program.

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

  • Program Type: Full Exchange 
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: Chile
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Performance
  • Unique Feature: Offers Music Performance courses taught in Spanish.  Students should have completed one or more Spanish courses at the 3000 or the equivalent before the start of the program.

Universidad de las Americas Puebla

  • Program Type: Full Exchange 
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: Mexico
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Performance
  • Unique Feature: Offers Music Performance courses taught in Spanish.  Students should have completed one or more Spanish courses at the 3000 or the equivalent before the start of the program.

Oceania

Southern Cross 

  • Program Type: Basic Exchange, Fee Paying
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: Australia
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Industry, Music Performance
  • Industry:  Sound Production I-III, Sounds Styles and Cultures, Music Industry Landscapes, Making Music Video
  • Performance: Creative Music Practice, Musicianship, Instrumental Techniques, Specialist Studies (Performance and Composition/Songwriting), Screen Sound, Advanced Studies in Western Art and Contemporary Music, Global Music Cultures, 

USAC Griffith

  • Program Type: Affiliate
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: Australia
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Industry, Music Performance
  • Unique Feature: 

Ara Institute

  • Program Type: Basic Exchange, Fee Paying
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Performance
  • Unique Feature: Offerings include Applied Music Practice, Contextual Studies, Jazz Writing, Music Theory, Percussion for Non Drummers, Performance, Sound, Harmony, Jazz Arranging & Composition, Music Industry, Production, Songwriting

ISEP Massey and USAC Massey

  • Program Type: ISEP Exchange, ISEP Direct, Affiliate
  • Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
  • Concentrations: Music Industry
  • Unique Feature:

Internships

Additional information about international internships can be found on the OIED website.