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Dec 03, 2024
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Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Instrument Performance, B.MUS.
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120 Credit Hours
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Program Learning Outcomes
“Expected student learning outcomes specify the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes students are expected to attain in courses or in a program.” Page 69. Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), 2018.
1. Students present confident public performances that demonstrate acceptable technique, secure intonation, stylistic expression, and interpretive musicianship.
2. Develop future private teachers who possess the appropriate skills to teach a particular instrument effectively.
Graduation Requirements
Conferral of a Baccalaureate degree in this program of study is determined by successful completion of the Baccalaureate Graduation Requirements outlined here .
NOTE: Students must earn 33 upper level (3000-4000) credit hours in order to graduate.
Visit this program’s information page for additional program-specific requirements.
Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) Requirements - 43 Credit Hours
Music majors must meet the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements as set out in the Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) Program . The Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) Fine Arts, Global Studies, and Science requirements are fulfilled through other courses in this major. Only 35 of the 43 credit hours of the Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) program will still be required for the completion of this program.
Instrument Performance Major - 82 Credit Hours
Music Core - 17 Credit Hours
The Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) Fine Arts requirement is fulfilled through any 2 credit hours of MUS courses below.
Instrument Performance Courses - 25 Credit Hours
Performance Requirements - 34 Credit Hours
- Instrument Major (14 Credit Hours)
- Class Piano or Applied Secondary Area (4 Credit Hours, minimum) Continuous piano study required until the piano proficiency exam is passed.
- PBA Symphony or Symphonic Band (8 Credit Hours)
- Chamber Ensemble (8 Credit Hours minimum) In addition to PBA Symphony or PBA Symphonic Band, all Instrument Performance majors are required to take an appropriate chamber ensemble each semester.
Elective Music Courses - 6 Credit Hours
Six credit hours of MUS courses are required. Ensembles may not be used to fulfill elective course requirements.
Additional Required Credit Hours - 3 Credit Hours
These additional hours may be fulfilled by a minor, second major, general electives taken concurrently, previous coursework taken at PBA or through transfer credits.
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