{"id":7581,"date":"2021-02-05T10:12:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T16:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/music\/?page_id=7581"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:18:38","slug":"academics-in-music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/music\/academics-in-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics in Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"malpass-mahr1-1200&#215;900\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/music\/files\/2021\/02\/malpass-mahr1-1200x900-1.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n                \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69eae4cd89c12\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-left vert-bottom no-height-set\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title bold\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAcademics in Music\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__micronavbutton panel panel-micronavbutton site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"micronavbutton\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t    <div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none micronavbutton\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters\"\n\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t     data-name=\"buttons\"\n\t     data-livetext\n\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-purple\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/music\/full-department-listing\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"_self\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Faculty &amp; Staff<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-teal\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/music\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Music Home<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-purple\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/musicadm\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Music Admissions <\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__explore panel panel-explore site-section__bg--white\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"explore\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__bg--white explore\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    <div class=\"site-panel__explore-chevron site-panel-shape-bbc--gold-navy\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-section__content site-panel__explore-content\">\n\n        <div class=\"t-content site-panel__explore-desc site-grid__col site-grid__col--flex-2\">\n            <h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"academics-overview\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Academics Overview<\/h2>\n\n            <p>St Olaf&#8217;s renowned Music Department is well known for their outstanding performance ensembles but that excellence is also a part of our robust Academic Department. St Olaf offers both the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music and a Bachelor of Music degree. The Music Department offers classes in a multitude of different disciplines all taught by talented and well respected professors guiding our students success.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"site-grid__col t-content\">\n                <h3 class=\"h5\">Academics in Music<\/h3>\n\n                <ul class=\"list-icon \">\n                                            <li class=\"chevron-right\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.stolaf.edu\/academic-programs\/music\/#text\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                Academic Catalog\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"chevron-right\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/musicadm\/degree-programs-and-majors\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                Degree Programs\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"chevron-right\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/music-handbook\/degree-information\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                Degree Worksheets\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"chevron-right\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/music-handbook\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                Music Handbook\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n\n                            <\/div>\n        \n            <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__query_loop panel panel-query_loop site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"query-loop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title site-section__title--sm\" id=\"academic-departments-in-music\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Academic Departments in Music<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n    <div class=\" query-loop\">\n\n                    <article class=\"item-loop item-loop-- c-card  \">\n\n\t\n\n\t<header class=\"item-loop__header c-card__header u-cc-purple\">\n\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/music\/theory\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"c-card__link\"><span class=\"u-visual-hide\">Theory <\/span><\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<h3 class=\"item-loop__title c-card__title\">\n\t\t\tTheory \n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n        \t\t\t<p class=\"item-loop__content c-card__content\">\n                Theory is the foundation of your musical education. 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