The Department of Music and Theatre Arts provides a diverse program of training in music that reflects historical traditions of music, music education, and music ministry leadership. It seeks to broaden each student’s knowledge of musical practice and to challenge all students to develop and utilize their artistic talents in both secular and sacred contexts in ways consistent with their Christian worldview.
Further, the Department of Music prepares students for opportunities to study music at the graduate level in varying areas of specialization and for professional success in vocations in the field and its related fields.
East Texas Baptist University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music.
The Department offers the Bachelor of Music degree with majors in worship studies and music education. A Bachelor of Arts music major is also available as preparatory study to graduate work in certain areas of specialty or as cultural enrichment. A minor in music is also offered.
Elaboration of the following materials may be found in the Music Student Handbook.
You can find the Music Course Rotations here.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Students will demonstrate competency in music technology programs critical to the music discipline.
- Students will demonstrate performance skills in their primary concentration appropriate to their declared major.
- Students will demonstrate competency as a music teacher – both in the area of content knowledge and in application of that knowledge in the teaching profession.
- Candidates with a major in All Level education will demonstrate mastery of the required standards in the TEA clinical teaching domains.
- Candidates with a major in an All Level field will demonstrate competency of the required standards related to pedagogy and professional responsibility as specified by the Texas Education Agency.
Courses
General Education Requirements - 39 hours
English 1301, 1302, and three hours sophomore literature - 9 hours
Fine Arts Elective - 3
Christian Ministry 1320 and 1330 - 6 hours
History 1301 or 1302 - 3 hours
Political Science 2305 - 3 hours
Social Science PSYC 3331 - 3 hours
Physical Activity - KINE 1238 - 2 hours
Science (must be lab science) - 4 hours
Mathematics 1342 - 3 hours
Communication 1311, 1315, or 1318 - 3 hours
Professional Development - 21 hours (See Professional Development requirements)
Major area of study (see below) - 69 hours
Basic Musicianship (See Available Majors for specific requirements)
Applied Study/Performance (See Available Majors for specific requirements)
Selected Major Requirements (See Available Majors for specific requirements)
Electives (to total 130 hours)
Total: Minimum one hundred thirty (130) semester hours
All-Level Music Education Major Requirements
Completion of sixty-nine (69) semester hours:
Basic Musicianship Requirements (30 semester hours):
MUSI 1000 Recital (six (6) semesters)
MUSI 1128, 1129, 2128, 2129 Aural Skills I, II, III, IV
MUSI 1308, 1309, 2308, 2309 Music Theory I, II, III, IV
MUSI 2201 Survey of Western Music
MUSI 3107 Music Technology
MUSI 3108 World Music
MUSI 3201 Conducting
MUSI 3212 Scoring and Arranging
MUSI 4301, 4302 Music History I, II
Applied Study/Performance (22 semester hours):
Applied Performance Specialization (twelve (12) semester hours)
Junior Recital (MUSI 3030, 3031, 3040, or 3051)
Secondary Performance Study (three (3) semester hours)
Music Laboratory (seven (7) semester hours)
Students will choose either the choral or instrumental specialization according to their applied concentration and career goal.
Music Education Major (Choral Specialization)
Completion of seventeen (17) semester hours:
MUSI 2100 Introduction to Music Education
MUSI 2104 Vocal Diction I
MUSI 3102 Vocal Diction II
MUSI 3214 Conducting II
MUSI 4201 Materials and Resources for Elementary Music Education
MUSI 4202 Elementary Music Curriculum and Instruction
MUSI 4205 Music Administration and Methods
MUSI 4305 Teaching Choral Music
One of the following:
MUSI 4310 Vocal Pedagogy (voice concentrations)
MUSI 3308 Techniques and Materials for Class Piano (piano concentrations)
Music Education Major (Instrumental Specialization)
Completion of seventeen (17) semester hours:
MUSI 2100 Introduction to Music Education
MUSI 2107 Woodwind Methods
MUSI 2118 Percussion Methods
MUSI 2127 Brass Methods
MUSI 2123 Strings Methods
MUSI 3214 Conducting II
MUSI 4201 Materials and Resources for Elementary Music Education
MUSI 4202 Elementary Music Curriculum and Instruction
MUSI 4224 Teaching Instrumental Music
MUSI 4205 Music Administration and Methods
MUSI 4213 Marching Band Techniques
Semester by Semester Plans
Semester by Semester is broken into the specializations of Choral Track and Instrumental Track