Music and Worship Leadership (BA Degree)

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The major of Music and Worship Leadership consists of a minimum of 74 or 75 hours and does not require a minor. A minimum grade of “C” must be earned in all courses listed under major studies. Students must apply and be accepted into the Horton School of Music.

Music and Worship Leadership (74 or 75 hours) + Liberal Arts Core (47 hours)

Liberal Arts Core must include the following (47 hours)

See Liberal Arts Core for all Bachelor Degrees; must include the following courses

MUSI 241 - Language Diction for Musicians (3 hours)
MUSI 371 - Music History and Literature I (3 hours)
PSYC 110 - General Psychology (3 hours)
MATH 105 or higher satisfies the Liberal Arts Core minimum requirement in Mathematics for this major.

Major Studies (74 or 75 hours)

Music Core (34 or 35 hours)

GNED 111 - Introduction to Christian Worldview and Critical Thinking (1 hours)
or
GNED 101 - Freshman Seminar (1 hours)
*Bridge program students will take GNED 107
MUSI 198 - Musicianship I (4 hours)
MUSI 199 - Musicianship II (4 hours)
MUSI 301 - Elementary Conducting (2 hours)
MUSI 372 - Music History and Literature II (3 hours)
6 semesters of a Major Instrument: Piano/Guitar/Voice (6 hours)

(includes

MUSI 151 32

MUSI 151 30

MUSI 151 52

6 semesters of Secondary Instrument (Inst. Majors: voice as secondary) (6 hours)
8 hours of Ensembles to include:
- 4 credits (gender or mixed choral Ensembles; MUSI 121-34, -58, or -59)
- 1 credit of Lyric Theater (MUSI 121 32)
- 3 credits minimum of Worship Ensemble (MUSI 121 61)
MUSI 095-52 - Guitar Proficiency (0 hours) or
MUSI 252 30 - Group Piano IV (1 hours)

Worship Leadership Core (40 hours)

Worship Study Classes (28 hours)

MUSI 201 - Music and Worship Education (3 hours)
MUSI 227 - Jazz and Commercial Music Theory (3 hours)
MUSI 228 - Technology in Worship (3 hours)
MUSI 229 - Arranging for Worship Leader (3 hours)
MUSI 311 - Music and Worship Administration (3 hours)
MUSI 308 - Music and Worship Foundations and Philosophy (3 hours)
MUSI 404 - Worship Leadership (3 hours)
MUSI 406 - History of Music in Worship (3 hours)
MUSI 469 - Music and Worship Internship (3 hours)
MUSI 465 - Senior Worship Project (1 hours)

Christian Studies Classes (12 hours)

CHST 200 - Christian Discipleship (3 hours)
CHST 301 - Introduction to Christian Leadership (3 hours)
CHST 325 - Systematic Theology I (3 hours)
CHST 326 - Systematic Theology II (3 hours)

Note:

All students must have at least 125 hours to graduate. Students must meet the Residency Requirements described in this catalog.