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Piano Performance (BM)

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (bM)

Developing A Christian Mind
DCM 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind

3

English

9

ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II

ENGL 2301 - World Literature I

or

ENGL 2302 - World Literature II

Foreign Language
BM students with a major in Performance are required to take eight hours of 1000 level Spanish, French, or German.

8

Foundations for Excellence

1

FOUN 1101 - Foundations for Excellence

is required of all first-year and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours. (AP, CLEP, IB, or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does not count toward these 15 credit hours.)

History

6

Choose two:

HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865

HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865

HIST 2301 - World Civilization I

HIST 2302 - World Civilization II

Kinesiology

2

KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living

and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived.

Mathematics

3

Choose one:

MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts

MATH 1303 - College Algebra

MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis

MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I

Natural Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only)

4

One laboratory science from Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology, Physical Science, or Physics

Religion

9

RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey

RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey

RELI 4342/MUSI 4342 - Ethnomusicology in Cross-Cultural Service

Social Science
POLS 2301 - American National Government

3

Speech
COMA 1302 - Speech and Interpersonal Communication

3

TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS

51

ACADEMIC MAJOR: 

48

CONTENT

MUSI 1011 - Written MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II

MUSI 1012 - Dictation MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II

MUSI 1013 - Sight-singing MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II

MUSI 1111 - Aural Skills I

MUSI 1112 - Aural Skills II

MUSI 1206 - Diction I

MUSI 1311 - Music Theory I

MUSI 1312 - Music Theory II

MUSI 2011 - Written MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV*

MUSI 2012 - Dictation MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV*

MUSI 2013 - Sight-singing MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV*

MUSI 2111 - Aural Skills III

MUSI 2112 - Aural Skills IV

MUSI 2305 - Introduction to Music Literature and Fine Arts

MUSI 2311 - Music Theory III

MUSI 2312 - Music Theory IV

MUSI 3089 - Junior Recital for Performance Majors

MUSI 3201 - Analysis of Musical Structure

MUSI 3204 - Music History and Literature I

MUSI 3205 - Music History and Literature II

MUSI 3206 - Music History and Literature III

MUSI 3207 - Basic Conducting

MUSI 3208 - Advanced Choral Conducting

MUSI 3215 - Accompanying Skills

MUSI 4089B - Senior Recital for Performance Majors

MUSI 4201 - Orchestration

MUSI 4203 - Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint

MUSI 4217 - Piano Pedagogy

MUSI 4218 - Piano Literature I: Renaissance through the Classical Period

MUSI 4228 - Piano Literature II: Romantic through the Present

MUSB 4310 - The Musician as Entrepreneur

* (Music Proficiency Exam Level IV courses are requisites for all upper-level Music courses, including recital courses).

APPLIED MUSIC

Applied Piano (18 credit hours: 8 lower level, 10 upper level).

18

Applied Secondary (3 lower level).

3

MUSI 1130 Applied Organ

1

PIANO PROFICIENCY

MUSI 2023C Sophomore Barrier for Piano Majors/Concentrations

MUSI 3023 Piano Proficiency Level V

CR

CR

ENSEMBLES

MUSI 1135 and MUSI 1136 Grand Chorus

2

MUSI 2135 and MUSI 2136 Grand Chorus

2

MUSI 3167 Piano Ensemble

1

MUSI 3100 Accompanying Practicum

1

MUSI 3103 Accompanying Practicum

1

MUSI 4103 Accompanying Practicum

1

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE (8 semesters) 

MUSI 1000 (S-L) 

MUSI 1001

CR/NC

CR/NC

Total Academic Major Requirement

78

ELECTIVES

Upper-Level Electives

Lower or Upper-Level Electives

0

0

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

129

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 42 upper-level credit hours.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.

A minimum grade of C- is required for all music courses within a music major field of study.

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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