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Music Certificates
Information on admission requirements, curriculum, and exit requirements can be found in the University Catalog.
If you have questions about our admissions processes not addressed in the materials below, please contact the School of Music Admissions Team by phone at 336.334.5911, by email at musaud@uncg.edu, or complete the Contact Music Admissions Form.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Conducting
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Conducting is divided into instrumental and choral tracks and is designed to appeal to a wide range of prospective students including recent music education graduates who want more conducting training before beginning in-service teaching, prospective master’s students in conducting who need more training before beginning their program, current non-conducting master’s students at UNCG who wish to gain more conducting experience, and current non-conducting D.M.A. students who may choose this program as their cognate.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Ethnomusicology
Within a master’s or doctoral program, a student may elect a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Ethnomusicology (15 hours). The Certificate provides graduate students with the knowledge and skills needed to apply the principles of ethnomusicology to a variety of musical careers. In addition to gaining awareness of a wide variety of musical traditions, the Certificate will prepare students to teach introductory courses in world music and ethnomusicology.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Historical Keyboard Performance
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Historical Keyboard Performance provides students guidance in playing 16th– through 19th-century repertoire on instruments contemporaneous with the music, supported by course work in literature and performance practice.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Jazz Studies
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Jazz Studies provides students and/or professionals with knowledge and skills needed to apply principles of jazz to a variety of musical careers.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Composition
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Composition provides students with knowledge and skills needed to pursue music composition within a variety of musical careers.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Education
Any person with an undergraduate degree in music may apply for a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Education. The purpose is to provide post-baccalaureate students and/or professionals with knowledge and skills needed to apply principles of music education to a variety of music careers.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Performance Study
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Performance Studies provides students and/or professional musicians with the knowledge and skill needed to pursue musical performance in a variety of musical careers.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Teacher Licensure Preparation
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Teacher Licensure Preparation is designed to help current teachers without a teaching license pursue a teaching license in North Carolina. The certificate is offered as an alternate pathway to licensure for music teachers in North Carolina.
Read more about the PBC in Music Teacher Licensure Preparation.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Technology
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Technology provides students the opportunity to demonstrate competency in music technology. This P.B.C. may benefit students’ own creative work and expand their career options upon completion. Students currently enrolled in the M.M., D.M.A., and Ph.D. programs can enhance their programs by demonstrating competence in music technology. Also, the P.B.C. can be an option for non-degree seeking students.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Theory
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Theory provides students and/or professionals with knowledge and skills needed to apply principles of music theory to a variety of musical careers.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Musicology
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Musicology provides students with the opportunity to study music history in greater depth in a structured program, preparing M.M. and D.M.A. students to teach courses requiring music history knowledge, and thus enhancing their marketable skills. It also prepares other graduates of B.A. or B.M. programs for further graduate study in musicology and enhances the employability of students with an interest in public sector fields and arts administration.
The objectives of the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Musicology are to:
- Increase cultural awareness and understanding of the Western art music tradition in relation to non-European musical traditions.
- Develop practical skills for teaching music history in the classroom.
- Develop research and writing skills in the field of music history.
The program is open to students with a B.A., B.M., or other undergraduate four-year degrees who meet admission requirements. Additionally, it is open to UNC Greensboro students enrolled in M.M., D.M.A. and Ph.D. programs in the School of Music.
Post-Master’s Certificate in Music Theory Pedagogy
The Post-Master’s Certificate in Music Theory Pedagogy provides Ph.D. or D.M.A. music students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful teaching music theory and ear training in higher education.