MUSI 469 - Music and Worship Internship

(3 hours) Prerequisites: MUSI 201, 308, and 311. This course is an onsite internship at a local church with a full time worship leader or minister of music. The chosen site should be the same or similar denomination of the student and must be approved by the professor. The local worship leader or minister of music will directly supervise the student’s work and will be in direct communication with the professor. The student will be introduced to multiple staff relationships and functionality, everyday work of the professional minister, interpersonal relationships in the church, and the multiplicity of roles required for the successful worship leader/minister of music. The student should register for this course and perform the internship in their next to last semester before graduation. Students performing approved summer internships should register for the class in the fall semester immediately following that summer. Note: Students will receive grades of A-F. Counts for ELR credit.