 Interdisciplinary Studies are an integral part of the Dickinson curriculum. Music majors frequently carry a second major, and every effort is made in the advising process to coordinate the schedules of the two majors, and where possible, to integrate them. Most of the music faculty approach their teaching from an interdisciplinary perspective, and a more formal integration has been undertaken with the creation of interdiscipinary majors, including the Medieval and Early Modern Studies major and the Inter Arts major. Several music courses may also be taken for credit in other programs (e.g., the Italian Studies and Philosophy programs).
Aside from the interdisciplinary approach taken on campus, we also encourage all our music students to spend their junior year abroad in one of the College’s study-abroad programs. At many of these sites, and most commonly at Norwich, Toulouse, and Bologna, music students have continued their music studies at the local universities, and advisors have generally exercised considerable flexibility in determining how music courses taken abroad might count toward the Dickinson music major or minor. Future Study Abroad sites will include opportunities for music study in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. |
