Audition Required.

The Major for the B.A. in Music

Core courses required for all concentrations:

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Core Coursework
MUSI 101	Music Skills (may be exempt by examination)	3
MUSI 104	Music Theory I	3
MUSI 203	Music Theory II	3
MUSI 204	Music Theory III 1	3
MUSI 304	Music Theory IV	3
MUSI 104L	Aural Skills I	1
MUSI 203L	Aural Skills II	1
MUSI 204L	Aural Skills III 1	1
MUSI 304L	Aural Skills IV	1
MUSI 302	Composition, Orchestration and Arranging	3
MUSI 305	Music History I 1	3
MUSI 306W	Music History II	3
MUSI 405	Music History III	3
MUSI 381	Instrumental Conducting and Procedures	2
MUSI 382	Choral Conducting and Procedures	2
MUSI 105	Piano Class I (may be exempt by examination)	1
MUSI 106	Piano Class II (may be exempt by examination)	1
MUSI 125	Voice Class I (may be exempt by examination)	1
MUSI 126	Voice Class II (may be exempt by examination)	1
MUSI 438	Music Career Management (Music Education students are exempt)	2
Ensemble		6
MUSI 440	Senior Recital	0
MUSI 999	Music Recital and Repertory	0
Total Credit Hours		47

¹

Not required for Contemporary concentration

The Minor in Music

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
MUSI 104	Music Theory I	3
MUSI 203	Music Theory II	3
FAPA 110	Introduction to Music	3
Select one of the following: 1		4
MUSI 165 & MUSI 166	Vocal Ensemble and Choral Ensemble
MUSI 191 & MUSI 192	Instrumental Ensemble and Instrumental Ensemble
MUSI 195 & MUSI 196	Private Lessons and Private Lessons 1	4
3 credits of electives from any MUSI course 2		3
Total Credit Hours		20

¹

2 years of continuous study preferred

²

MUSI 101 Music Skills may satisfy as an elective

General Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Applied Major (Private lessons in student’s performing medium)		8
Music Electives		6
Total Credit Hours		14

Note: Voice majors must take Vocal Diction: Italian, Latin and English, German, and French to satisfy four credits of music electives.

Professional Concentrations

Composition/Electronic Music Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
MUSI 145	Electronic Music	2
MUSI 223	Composition I	2
MUSI 224	Composition II	2
MUSI 323	Composition III	2
MUSI 324	Composition IV	2
MUSI 423	Composition V	2
MUSI 424	Composition VI	2
MUSI 434	Writing for Instruments	3
MUSI 438	Music Career Management	2
MUSI 495	Internship	3-12
Total Credit Hours		22-31

Contemporary Music Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
MUSI 137	Vocal Diction: English	1
MUSI 145	Electronic Music	2
MUSI 195 & MUSI 196	Private Lessons and Private Lessons	2-6
MUSI 353	Music Production Technology I	3
MUSI 354	American Popular Music Since WWII	3
Semester Away: Contemporary Music Center in Nashville		15
MUSI 340	Junior Recital (recommended)	0
Total Credit Hours		26-30

Note: The internship is limited and requires an application prior to acceptance.

Music Education Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Applied Major (Private lessons in student’s performing medium)		14
MUSI 173	String Instrument Methods	2
MUSI 273	Woodwind Instruments Methods I (single Reeds)	1
MUSI 333 & MUSI 334	Elementary Music Methods and Materials and Secondary Music Methods and Materials	6
MUSI 371	Brass Instrument Methods	2
MUSI 381	Instrumental Conducting and Procedures	2
MUSI 382	Choral Conducting and Procedures	2
MUSI 473	Percussion Instrument Methods	2
Total Credit Hours		31

Professionally Related Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
EDUC 201	Introduction: Special Education	3
EDUC 200	Foundations of Education	3
EDUC 202	Assessment and Evaluation	3
EDUC 204W	Inclusive Education	3
EDUC 234	Child and Adolescent Development	3
EDUC 211	Educational Psychology	3
EDUC 403	Reading and Writing Across Content Areas	3
EDUC 408	Education Seminar With Field Experience	3
EDUC 410	Student Teaching	12
EDUC 412	Teaching English As a Second Language	3
EDUC 420	Seminar in Student Teaching	3
Total Credit Hours		42

Note: Music Education Concentration may require an extra semester due to student teaching requirements. Also, please refer to the Education Department section of the catalog for additional requirements and information.

Performance Concentration

(This concentration requires the successful completion of an audition near the end of the second semester of private study.)

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Applied Major (Private lessons in student’s performing medium) 1		22
MUSI 340	Junior Recital	0
MUSI 157 & MUSI 158	Chamber Music and Chamber Music	2
MUSI 437	Pedagogy and Literature	2
Total Credit Hours		26

¹

Voice majors take MUSI 137 Vocal Diction: English, MUSI 138 Vocal Diction: Latin and Italian, MUSI 237 Vocal Diction: German, MUSI 238 Vocal Diction: French plus 18 credits of voice lessons

Worship Arts Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Applied Major (Private lessons in student’s performing medium)		16
Applied Minor (Private lessons in student’s secondary performing medium)		4
MUSI 130D	Chapel Worship Teams	1
MUSI 341	Resources for Worship	2
MUSI 352	The Philosophy and Administration of Worship Arts	2
MUSI 411	The History and Practice of Christian Worship	2
MUSI 413	Leadership and Discipleship	2
MUSI 434	Writing for Instruments	3
MUSI 441 & MUSI 442	Worship Arts Internship I and Worship Arts Internship II	2
Total Credit Hours		34

Professionally Related Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
THEO 210	Christian Spirituality	3
THEO 240	Introduction to Christian Theology	3
Total Credit Hours		6

Recommended courses for Worship Arts concentration:

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
MUSI 395	Worship Arts Field Experience	3
PSYC 206	Adolescent Psychology	3
or PSYC 240	Basic Counseling Skills