A minimum two-year residency is required.
| Performance | 16 s.h. |
| Major lesson | 16 s.h. |
| Additional departmental requirements (listed below) | |
| Musical Studies | 43 s.h. |
| Core Studies I, II, III, IV | 12 s.h. |
| Post-Tonal Harmony | 3 s.h. |
| Form | 2 s.h. |
| Keyboard Studies I, II, III, IV | 4 s.h. |
| Supplementary Piano | 2 s.h. |
| Solfege I, II | 8 s.h. |
| Advanced Dictation | 2 s.h. |
| Music History I, II | 8 s.h. |
| Music History Elective | 2 s.h. |
| (Some majors require additional performance and musical studies courses: See Additional Departmental Requirements, below.) |
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| Career Studies | 1 s.h. |
| Social Entrepreneur | 1 s.h. |
| Liberal Arts | |
| No specific requirements | |
| Performance | 14 s.h. |
| Composition Seminars | 12 s.h. |
| Supplementary Piano | 2 s.h. |
| Musical Studies | 6 s.h. |
| Applied Orchestration | 4 s.h. |
| Score-Reading | 2 s.h. |
(Major Requirements: P=Piano, O=Organ)
| Performance | 10 s.h. |
| Chamber Music | 4 s.h. (P, O) |
| Piano Repertoire Seminar | 4 s.h. (P) |
| Supplementary Piano | 2 s.h. (O) |
| Graduation Recital - Required | (P) |
| Organ Class | 4 s.h. (O) |
| Early Music Performance | 4 s.h. |
| Musical Studies | 4 s.h. |
| Keyboard Studies I, II | 4 s.h. |
| Career Studies | 2 s.h. |
| Sacred Music Seminar | 2 s.h. (O) |
(Major Requirements: T=Timpani/Percussion, Va.=Viola, Clo.=Cello, Vn.=Violin)
| Performance | 22 s.h. |
| Chamber Music | 4 s.h. |
| Orchestra | 12 s.h. (age sixteen and older) |
| Orchestral Repertoire Class/Sectionals | 4 s.h. (string, woodwind, brass, or percussion) |
| Performance - Required | (T) |
| Graduation Recital - Required | (Vn., Va., Clo., T) |
| Performance | 8 s.h. |
| Chamber Music | 4 s.h. |
| Guitar Seminar | 4 s.h. |
| Graduation Recital - Required | |
| Performance | 28 s.h. |
| Opera Stagings | 12 s.h. |
| Diction Coachings | 4 s.h. |
| Vocal Performance Seminar | 4 s.h. |
| Vocal Repertoire Coaching | 8 s.h. |
| Musical Studies | 4 s.h. |
| History of Singing | 4 s.h. |
Diploma students who wish to transfer to the Bachelor’s Program must provide all required application documents by September 1 for a first-semester transfer, or by December 1 for a second-semester transfer.
Diploma students may take no more than two one-semester liberal arts courses prior to an official transfer to the bachelor’s program.
The GED will be accepted by Curtis as a supplement to evidence of exceptional academic achievement as part of the application for the bachelor’s program only when prior permission has been obtained from the dean, the registrar, the associate dean of student services, the chair of the liberal arts department, and the chair of the musical studies department. A permission form is available in the registrar's office.