Major in Integrated Music Studies

Pursue your passions without compromise

Follow your unique path

In this innovative cross-disciplinary program, you’ll realize your full potential through the integration of musical skills with a related field of study.

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Worship arts

Choose a track in Worship Arts to prepare for a career in music ministry, church leadership and beyond.

Music production

Choose a track in Music Production to prepare for a career in live production, studio recording, songwriting/composition and beyond.

Second major

This degree is designed to be combined with a second major and still be completed in four years. Recommended second majors include Business, Intercultural Studies, and Psychology.

What to expect as an integrated music studies student at JBU

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Experience excellence

This degree seamlessly integrates with a second major or concentration without compromising on quality.

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Pursue your calling

Your calling is as unique as you are. This degree gives you the flexibility to tailor the curriculum exactly to your interests and goals.

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Thrive in community

Learn, collaborate, and apply skills across disciplines, building relationships and broad competencies.

What can you do with an integrated music studies degree?

This program is driven by your calling and goals. Our graduates have gone on to diverse careers in many disciplines within and outside of music. A small sampling: music business, composition, arts administration, missions, music ministry, data analytics, and therapy.

Multiple fields

Because you'll graduate with a major in music and the second major/minor of your choice, you'll be set up for success in any number of fields. Your interdisciplinary training, critical thinking skills and wide skill set will set you apart from other applicants as you move into the workforce or graduate school—this degree is more than the sum of its parts.

Music

Your music degree will allow you to pursue a career in music; be it in industry, performance, or the academy. You will be prepared to succeed in music. If you strategically pair your degree with your choice of the second major, you will enter the job market with expertise to help you to succeed in any number of musical, creative and career settings in music.

Outside the music field

Because many JBU integrated music studies alumni pursued a double major, they are able to work in fields outside the music industry, such as pharmaceuticals--some are even medical doctors. Their musical training has helped them succeed in these fields because they have learned to think beyond their specific chosen career.

Synthesis

The degree is focused on deep engagement in multiple fields. As such, a synthesis in a career is a natural trajectory. Some possible options include music business, data analytics (think Spotify or Amazon Music), computer science (music software is a multibillion-dollar industry), music therapy, musical theater, and even songwriting.

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