Join the Academic Accelerator for Music Composition at University of Dayton. Enhance your skills and earn credits while receiving English support. Apply now!
Program Description The Academic Accelerator Program (AAP) is a two-semester program designed specifically for students who are ready to succeed in immersive English-speaking classrooms, but who also want the benefit of English-language and student support to help them thrive. The program curriculum offers a balance of university-wide and AAP-exclusive courses, with English-language course supplements that equip students with the practical, subject-specific vocabulary and skills they need to excel in their coursework. As an Academic Accelerator student at UDayton Global you'll receive: The right amount of support when you need it. A seat in credit-bearing courses, so you can earn a full freshman year’s worth of credits while taking courses tailored to your needs as an international student. This will help you achieve your academic and career goals. English-language instruction designed around your social and academic needs. Integrated and cohorted courses, so you’ll be in some classes with U.S. students and others with your designated UDayton Global cohort. The Bachelor of Music degree program helps you develop vision, depth and experience. You will learn about music from the past and present in order to help you understand concepts necessary to become a successful composer, and you will work closely with your professors to develop aesthetic, creative, critical and intellectual musical skills. As a music composition major, you'll receive instruction in composition, conducting, ensembles, General Education requirements, music electives, music history and literature, music theory and performance studies. Participation in eight semesters of composition seminar and eight semesters of recital attendance will help you develop critical listening experience and knowledge of repertoire. You will present two composition recitals during your junior and senior years, and many student composers present an additional large work, performed by our orchestra, wind ensemble or choir. The Department of Music is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music.
