Theory (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

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

[Math Advising Tool (eMAT) required prior to registering for any Math class or any class for which the eMAT is a prerequisite.]

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

4

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

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 prerequisites for all upper-level Music courses, including recital courses).

Applied Music

Applied Piano (11 credit hours: 5 lower level, 6 upper level)

Applied Composition (4 lower level)

11

4

Piano Proficiency

MUSI 2023A: Piano Proficiency Level III
MUSI 2023B: Piano Proficiency Level IV

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

8

Performance Experience (8 semesters)

MUSI 1000 Music Lab (S-L)

MUSI 1101 Music Lab

Electives

Upper-Level

Lower or Upper-Level

0

0

Total Academic Major Requirements

80

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED 

122

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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