Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Music (BA)

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)

Rhetoric and Composition

 

ENGL 1101*

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

                     
Literature and Composition 
ENGL 1102*             Literature and Composition 3

Communication 

               

Choose course from approved list

3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)

Modern Languages

               

Choose sequence from approved list

6

                     

English Literature

 

 

            Choose one 2000-level English Literature course
(ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 may NOT be used)

3

                     

Philosophy and Religion

                Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the
1000-2000 level

3

                     

Fine Arts

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)

World History

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Government

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Social Science

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (10 to 12 hours)

Mathematics*

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3 to 4

                     
Natural Science                 Choose a pair in sequence from approved list   7 to 8
                     

V. Ethics (3 hours)

                     
Ethics                  Choose course from approved list 3
                     

VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

First-Year Experience

 

*Grade of C or higher required.

 

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

 

1

Total Credit Hours:46-49

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

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

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

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.

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 (except for keyboard 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