Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023

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 1100Music Theory I

3

MUSC 1110Aural Skills I

1

MUSC 1900Recital Attendance

0

MUSC 1910Applied Music Lessons

2

MUSC 1920Applied Music Lessons

2

MUSC 2200Music Theory II

3

MUSC 2210Aural Skills II

1

MUSC 2250Music Theory III

3

MUSC 2260Aural Skills III

1

MUSC 2910Applied Music Lessons

2

MUSC 2920Applied Music Lessons

2

MUSC 3100Music Theory IV

3

MUSC 3110Aural Skills IV

1

MUSC 3210Music History I

3

MUSC 3220Music History II

3

MUSC 3230Music History III

3

MUSC 3240Arranging

2

MUSC 3910Applied Music Lessons

2

MUSC 3920Applied Music Lessons

2

MUSC 4500Applied Pedagogy

3

MUSC 4990Senior 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 1500Piedmont Chorale

0-1

MUSC 1510Piedmont University Singers

0-1

MUSC 1520Wind Ensemble

0-1

MUSC 1540Chamber Ensemble

0-1

MUSC 1550Piedmont 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 3500Instrumental Techniques

2

MUED 4100Music Education Methods I

3

MUED 4200Music Education Methods II

3

MUSC 2300Music in the Christian Church

3

MUSC 3400Collaborative Piano Seminar

2

MUSC 3440Diction I

2

MUSC 3450Diction II

2

MUSC 3480Beginning Conducting

2

MUSC 4480Advanced Conducting

2

MUSC 4750Special Topics

3

Music Performance Concentration—Master of Arts in Teaching Track

EDUC 3355Exceptional Children

3

MUED 3500Instrumental Techniques

2

MUSC 3480Beginning Conducting

2

MUSC 4480Advanced Conducting

2

Piano

 
MUSC 1171Piano Class I

1

MUSC 1172Piano Class II

1

MUSC 1173Piano Class III

1

MUSC 1174Piano Class IV

1

OR

MUSC 1175Piano 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