Music (General)

Overview

This emphasis serves students with diverse musical backgrounds who choose music as the focus of a broader liberal arts education. Students receive a solid education in music along with a significant amount of study in other areas.

The program offers flexibility in focus and course content, allowing students to choose two concentrations (see below), which account for approximately one-third of the total degree requirements. Performance requirements may be satisfied by a recital or a project. The wide range of learning, coupled with the discipline of music, opens doors in numerous music-related and non-music fields.

Music Core Courses

This emphasis serves students who choose music as the focus of a broader liberal arts education. The program offers flexibility in focus and course content. The wide range of learning coupled with the discipline of music engenders open doors in numerous music-related and non-music fields.

Total core + focus area courses:  67-69

• MU131 Piano Foundations I*
• MU132 Piano Foundations II*
• MU141A Music Theory I
• MU141B Aural Skills I
• MU142A Music Theory II
• MU142B Aural Skills II
• MU150 Staff Accompanist**
• MU160 Individual Instruction in Primary Instrument
• MU221 Digital Music Technology
• MU271 Basic Conducting
• MU295 Music and Art for Musicians**
• One of the following
  • MU310 University Singers
  • MU310O University Orchestra
  • MU330 Concert Attendance****
  • MU333 Worship and Songs of the Church
  • MU390 Performance Practicum
• One of the following
  • MU393 Music & History Literature I (3)
  • MU394 Music & History Literature II (3)
  • MU396 World Music (3)
  • MU406 Popular Music Since 1900 (3)
  • MU482 Senior Seminar
• One of the following
  • MU260.2 Half Recital (Senior)
  • MU490 Senior Capstone Project
  • Performing Ensemble
  • Upper Division Elective

*Testing out allowed for any or all semesters of Piano Foundations.
**Required for primary instrument: voice.
***Fulfills G.E. requirement for MU190.
**** Four semesters

Biblical Studies Minor

To also earn a minor in Biblical Studies, students must ensure to complete 24 Bible units, including the following courses:

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate a familiarity with the “grammar” of music, including notation, chord progressions, part writing, and melody harmonization.
2. Articulate a biblically based theology of music and worship.
3. Demonstrate musicianship either through the mastery of at least one musical instrument or through successful completion of a project.

Biblical Studies

Upper Division Bible Courses (12)
Choose from B, BC, BCH, BCW, BE, BL, & BTH prefixes.

Business Studies

• MKT350 Marketing Fundamentals (3)
• MKT462 Sales & Customer Service
• MU357 Music Business Operations (3)
• Any course with the prefix ACC, BUS, MGT, or MKT (3)

Choral Studies

• MU334 Music Leadership & Administration (2)
• MU360B Additional Individual Instruction in Voice (4)
• MU476 Advanced Conducting (2)
• MU428 Choral Methods (2)
• Additional Performing Ensemble (2)

Communication Studies

• C220 News Media Literacy (3)
• C371 Interpersonal Communication (3)
• C472 Rhetorical Criticism (3)
• Upper Division Communication Elective (3)

Elective Studies

Electives, at least 6 upper division units* (12)
*Choose with advisor approval.

Instrumental Studies

• MU360 Add’l. Indiv. Instruction in Primary Instrument (4)
• MU313, 4, 5, or 6 Techniques in Primary Instrument Area (1)
• MU340 Chamber Ensemble (3)
• MU476 Advanced Conducting (2)
• MU477 Instrumental Pedagogy (1)
• MU478 Instrumental Literature (1)

Multiple Instrument Studies

• MU360 Add’l. Indiv. Instruction in Primary Instrument (2)
• MU360 Add’l. Indiv. Instruction in Secondary Instrument (6)
• MU313 Percussion Techniques (1)
• MU314 Woodwind Techniques (1)
• MU315 Brass Techniques (1)
• MU316 String Techniques (1)

Music History & Literature Studies

• Remaining courses from MU393, 394, 396, & 406 (9)
• One of the following (2):
  • MU435 Vocal Literature (2)
  • MU473 Advanced Piano Literature (2)
• Additional Performing Ensemble (1)

Music Theory Studies

• MU231 Piano Foundations III (1)
• MU232 Piano Foundations IV (1)
• MU241A Music Theory III (3)
• MU241B Aural Skills III (1)
• MU242A Music Theory IV (3)
• MU242B Aural Skills IV (1)
• MU443 20th Century Analysis (2)

Music Writing Studies

• MU105 Songwriting (1)
• MU160W Individual Instruction in Composition (4)
• MU347 Music Charting (2)
• MU445 Arranging (2)
• MU474 Orchestration (2)

Students are advised to take MU406 in Core

Piano Studies

• MU360A Additional Individual Instruction in Piano (4)
• MU367 Improvisation & Worship Piano (2)
• MU374 Functional Keyboard Skills (2)
• MU385 Piano Pedagogy I (2)
• MU473 Advanced Piano Literature (2)

Vocal Studies

• MU360B Additional Individual Instruction in Voice (4)
• MU283 IPA/English Diction (2)
• MU321 Opera (1)
• MU435 Vocal Literature (2)
• MU436 Vocal Pedagogy (3)