Berklee College of Music of U.S.,one of the top ranked contemporary music colleges in the world,implements liberal arts course as equal partners alongside music courses.The core curriculum is comprised of more than 160 courses in the humanities,social sciences,and natural sciences.The curriculum design emphasizes courses in education foundation,cross disciplinary subjects in music and culture as well as theory and practice.The result of this comparative research indicates that there are gaps in the core curriculum design between music colleges in China and the Ber...