Theory (BM)
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (bM) |
|---|---|
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 | |
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 |
HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865 | |
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 |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey RELI 4342/MUSI 4342 - Ethnomusicology in Cross-Cultural Service | |
Social Science | 3 |
Speech | 3 |
TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS | 43 |
Music Major: Required Music Courses: | 55 |
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 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 3201 - Analysis of Musical Structure MUSI 3202 - Advanced Analysis MUSI 3203 - Keyboard Skills 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 3217 - Jazz Improvisation MUSI 3316 - Jazz Theory MUSI 4109 - Senior Capstone Paper MUSI 4201 - Orchestration MUSI 4202 - Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint MUSI 4203 - Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint MUSI 4204 - Choral Arranging MUSI 4205 - Twentieth-Century Analytical Techniques MUSI 4208 - Pedagogy of Music Theory MUSI 4214 - Choral Literature and Advanced Choral Techniques * (Music Proficiency Exam Level IV courses are requisites for all upper-level Music courses, including recital courses). | |
Applied Music | 15 |
Applied Piano (11 credit hours: 5 lower level, 6 upper level) Applied Composition (4 lower level) | |
Piano Proficiency | 0 |
MUSI 2023A: Piano Proficiency Level III | |
Grand Chorus | 8 |
MUSI 1135 and MUSI 1136 Grand Chorus MUSI 2135 and MUSI 2136 Grand Chorus MUSI 3135 and MUSI 3136 Grand Chorus MUSI 4135 and MUSI 4136 Grand Chorus | |
Performance Experience (8 semesters) | 0 |
MUSI 1000 Seminar/Performance Lab (S-L) MUSI 1001 Seminar/Performance Lab (S-L) | |
Electives | |
Upper-Level Lower or Upper-Level | 0 0 |
Total Academic Major Requirements | 78 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 121 |
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.
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