Music (BA)

The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts in Music is to provide a rich yet broad education in music within the context of the Christian liberal arts tradition which prepares the student to live of life of service, function professionally as a musician, and to enter graduate/professional study.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses	credit hours (ba)
CORE EXPERIENCE
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience	3
Developing A Christian Mind DBUE 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind	3
English	9-10
ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II *and* ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II
Fine Arts FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts	3
History Lower Level (LL)	3
Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List.
Kinesiology	1
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living
Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course)	3
Choose one 3-hour course from Math LL Course List.
Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course)	4
Choose one 4-hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List.
Religion	9
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey MUSI 4342 - Ethnomusicology in Cross-Cultural Service
Social Science	3
POLS 2301 - American National Government
Total Core Experience	41
Additional Program General Education Hours	14
Choose *two* 4-hour courses and *two* 3-hour courses in the same language from LANG/BL Language Course List.
Major Core:	27
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 2012 - Dictation MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV* MUSI 2013 - Sight-singing MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV* MUSI 2023A - Piano Proficiency Level III 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 3204 - Music History and Literature I MUSI 3205 - Music History and Literature II MUSI 3206 - Music History and Literature III MUSI 3207 - Basic Conducting * (Music Proficiency Exam Level IV courses are requisites for all upper-level Music courses, including recital courses).
Applied Lessons MUSI 1117 - Class Piano I MUSI 1118 - Class Piano II Please select *six* additional applied lessons courses in Voice, Piano, Organ, or Guitar.	8
Music Electives Please select an additional *three* credit hours of music electives.	3
Music Ensembles Must be in Patriot Chorus (Tenor/Bass) or Liberty Chorus (Treble) for *eight* semesters, including 4 upper-level hours	8
Seminar/Performance Lab 8 semesters (noncredit-hour requirement) MUSI 1000/1001 (S-L)	8 sem.
Total Music Core Requirements	46
Electives
Upper-Level* *The required Upper-Level hours may increase dependent on the Music Elective choice.	17
Lower or Upper-Level	2
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED	120

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.

At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course 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.

MINOR IN MUSIC

See information about the Minor in Music here.

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

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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