Music (BA)

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (9 to 11 hours)
IA: Rhetoric	ENGL 1101							Rhetoric and Composition	3
IB: Mathematical Reasoning								Choose course from approved list	3 to 4
IC: Critical Thinking								Choose course from approved list	3
ID: Scientific Method								Choose course from approved list	0 to 1
Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)
IIA: Freshman Composition	ENGL 1102							Literature and Composition	3
IIB: Speaking								Choose course from approved list	3
IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences								Choose course from approved list	3
IID: Humanities								Choose course from approved list	3
IIE: Government								Choose course from approved list	3
Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)
IIIA: Modern Language								Choose sequence from approved list	6
IIIB: History of Other Cultures								Choose course from approved list	3
IIIC: Fine Arts								Choose course from approved list	3
Category IV: The Natural World (6 to 9 hours)
IVA: Natural Science								Choose course from approved list	6 to 9
Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)
VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics								Choose course from approved list	3
Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)
VIA: First-Year Experience	PDMT 1101							Introduction to University Life and the Liberal Arts Tradition	1

Total Credit Hours:

46-51

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Music Major

MUSC 1100	Music Theory I	3
MUSC 1110	Aural Skills I	1
MUSC 1900	Recital Attendance	0
MUSC 1910	Applied Music Lessons	2
MUSC 1920	Applied Music Lessons	2
MUSC 2200	Music Theory II	3
MUSC 2210	Aural Skills II	1
MUSC 2250	Music Theory III	3
MUSC 2260	Aural Skills III	1
MUSC 2910	Applied Music Lessons	2
MUSC 2920	Applied Music Lessons	2
MUSC 3100	Music Theory IV	3
MUSC 3110	Aural Skills IV	1
MUSC 3210	Music History I	3
MUSC 3220	Music History II	3
MUSC 3230	Music History III	3
MUSC 3240	Arranging	2
MUSC 3910	Applied Music Lessons	2
MUSC 3920	Applied Music Lessons	2
MUSC 4500	Applied Pedagogy	3
MUSC 4990	Senior Recital	3
Total Credit Hours:		45

Students must enroll in MUSC 1900 every semester and pass a minimum number of semesters of recital attendance to graduate.

Ensemble Participation

Music majors must register for a minimum of one ensemble course each semester. The credit hours earned will count toward graduation requirements.

MUSC 1500	Piedmont Chorale	0-1
MUSC 1510	Piedmont University Singers	0-1
MUSC 1520	Wind Ensemble	0-1
MUSC 1540	Chamber Ensemble	0-1
MUSC 1550	Piedmont Cantabile	0-1

Concentrations

Students must select one of the following concentrations:

Total Credit Hours:

6-9

Music Performance Concentration

Students must select a minimum of three courses from the following list:

MUED 3500	Instrumental Techniques	2
MUED 4100	Music Education Methods I	3
MUED 4200	Music Education Methods II	3
MUSC 2300	Music in the Christian Church	3
MUSC 3400	Collaborative Piano Seminar	2
MUSC 3440	Diction I	2
MUSC 3450	Diction II	2
MUSC 3480	Beginning Conducting	2
MUSC 4480	Advanced Conducting	2
MUSC 4750	Special Topics	3

Music Performance Concentration—Master of Arts in Teaching Track

EDUC 3355	Exceptional Children	3
MUED 3500	Instrumental Techniques	2
MUSC 3480	Beginning Conducting	2
MUSC 4480	Advanced Conducting	2

Piano

 

MUSC 1171	Piano Class I	1
MUSC 1172	Piano Class II	1
MUSC 1173	Piano Class III	1
MUSC 1174	Piano Class IV	1
	OR
MUSC 1175	Piano Class V	1
Total Credit Hours:		1-4

All Music majors must pass the piano proficiency requirement in MUSC 1174. The department may require students to complete MUSC 1171, MUSC 1172, and MUSC 1173 prior to enrolling in MUSC 1174., All keyboard majors must enroll in MUSC 1175 and pass an advanced piano proficiency exam. 

General Electives

	General Electives	12-23
Total Credit Hours:		12-23

Total Credit Hours: 121