The
student’s course of study in the Liberal Studies Program is part of the
undergraduate program devoted exclusively to liberal education. The program
seeks to balance and augment the student’s course of study in music. In addition
to the 16 quarter hours required in the Common Core, Bachelor of Science in
Music students are required to complete 24 hours distributed through five of the
six Learning Domains (Arts and Literature, Philosophical Inquiry, Religious
Dimensions, Scientific Inquiry, Self, Society and Modern World, and
Understanding the Past).
COMMON CORE: 16 quarter hours required
First Year Program:
4 quarter hours in Discover Chicago or
Explore Chicago
8 quarter hours in Composition and Rhetoric
Sophomore Year:
4 quarter hours in Seminar on Multiculturalism
in the United States
LEARNING DOMAINS:
Arts and Literature:
8 quarter hours required in two different departments (Note:
Courses in music cannot be used to fulfill A&L
requirements).
Philosophical Inquiry: 4 quarter hours
required.
Religious Dimensions: 4 quarter hours required.
Self, Society, and Modern World: 4 quarter hours required.
Scientific Inquiry: 0 quarter hours; SI requirement is already met
through the Bachelors of Science in Music degree program.
Understanding the Past: 4 quarter hours required.
Bachelors 
