The jazz studies certificate is designed to provide a secondary focus to the existing music degrees with emphasis in jazz performance, jazz improvisation, jazz harmony, jazz composition and arranging, and jazz history or jazz pedagogy. Students in the certificate program will usually be wither instrumentalists (drum set, bass, vibes, piano, guitar, saxophone, trombone, and trumpet) or vocalists and will participate in both large and small jazz ensembles, and other coursework as outlined below.