<p>I was just looking at the Lawrence University, and they appear to have some outstanding piano faculty, as well as a great academic program. I was wondering if Lawrence gives its students the option to dual degree between schools, i.e., a major in piano performance, and a major in, say, applied mathematics.</p>
<p>Could you guys tell me if such a program exists at Lawrence? If so, details would be nice...</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Yes, Lawrence has a dual degree option.</p>
<p>S will be starting at Lawrence in the Fall as a dual-degree jazz trumpet and physics major. Lawrence’s dual-degree program looked the most do-able, of all of the schools that offer dual degree programs, at least from out here. I guess we’ll see in the fact.</p>
<p>Does your S have to pay extra to do the dual degree? I have seen other schools where the student has to pay for the music school, and the academic school (two tuitions!). Is this the case at Lawrence?</p>
<p>It depends on what you mean by “extra tuition”. Most dual-degree programs are 5 year programs, which means you are funding (by one means or another) a fifth year of college. In the case of Lawrence (and, I think, Oberlin, among others) one tuition fee pays for a regular course load, whether you are a Con student, a “regular” Lawrence student, or a dual degree student.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for this reply - it’s exactly the kind of answer I was looking for. Would you say this is the case in most other colleges/universities as well?</p>
<p>I think the ones my S ended up looking at closely followed this pattern–the NEC-Tufts program, Oberlin, Northwestern. I imagine it’s pretty standard at schools with “in-house” dual degree programs. You might spend some time looking at the websites of schools you are interested in and seeing what their policies are.</p>
<p>Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>If a program is going to take an extra year or two, you have to consider if it is more valuable to have two bachelors degrees or if that extra year would be better spent in graduate schools (a masters typically only takes 2 years and their are some year and a half masters programs). I would think that typically a bachelors plus a masters would be much more valuable than two bachelors.</p>
<p>If you have conserns about finding a job in the music field, then you might want to consider majoring in something other than music, and then maybe just taking some electives, or a minor in music.</p>
<p>Hi, I just saw your post. My D is in a dual-degree program at Lawrence. It is a 5-year program and she will have a B.M. in clarinet performance, and a B. A. in Psychology. She is in her 4th year, and is very happy.</p>