The Undergraduate UMass Boston Navitas GSSP is the first year of a bachelor’s degree program at UMass Boston. The Navitas GSSP consists of for-credit coursework and provides an academic and cultural bridge from the high school experience to studying at a university in the United States. When students successfully complete the UMass Boston Navitas GSSP, they will progress directly into the second year of their undergraduate degree program.

As part of the Performing Arts Department, the Music Program welcomes students from the international campus community and provides a comprehensive education in preparation for careers in music and teaching. A dynamic faculty fosters an environment of academic and musical excellence within a liberal arts curriculum and provides students with the tools to develop an understanding of a wide variety of musical genres, practices, and pedagogies.

Graduates with the BA in music from UMass Boston will:                         

• Possess a highly developed musical intelligence that is applicable to a broad spectrum of career trajectories.
• Have proficiency on one’s major instrument, on keyboard, with score reading/analysis, and in-ear training/sight-singing, and possess a strong foundation in both Western and non-Western musical traditions in regards to history, theory, style, application, and performance.
• Be able to contextualize the intersection of and interrelationship between music and other expressive arts such as theatre and dance.
• Have acquired significant performance experience within a variety of ensemble settings and with standard and non-standard repertoire.
• Understand music in its historical, global, and creative context with significant exposure to the fields of historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and composition, respectfully.