Music Programs

The Department of Music offers a major and minor in Music. Students interested in the study of Music may also look into the following disciplines offered at Baker University’s Baldwin City undergraduate campus: Music Education

Major in Music

The Bachelor of Arts in Music degree consists of 29 credit hours of musicianship and 27 credit hours of performance and music electives. The following courses are required for the B.A. in Music:

Musicianship

• MU 151 Music Theory Fundamentals (or pass the Theory Placement Exam)
• MU 153 Sight-Singing, Dictation, and Aural Skills
• MU 157 Class Piano
• MU 158 Class Piano
• MU 164 18th-Century Functional Harmony
• MU 245 Conducting Techniques
• MU 257 Class Piano
• MU 258 Class Piano
• MU 263 Chromatic Harmony
• MU 264 20th-Century Compositional Techniques
• MU 282-7 Major performing area (Methods of Teaching X)
• MU 320 World Music (meets gen. ed. & writing req.). . . . . 3 hrs.
• MU 331 History of Western Music I
• MU 332 History of Western Music II
• MU 354 Form and Analysis

Performance and Music Electives, 27 credits

• Applied Primary Studio Lessons (four credit hours)
• Applied Primary Studio Lessons (four credit hours)
• Large Ensemble (eight credit hours)
• MU 480 Partial Senior Recital
• Music Electives (10 credit hours)

Minor in Music

A student desiring to minor in music may do so by the successful completion of the following eighteen semester hours of required courses:

Music Theory and History, 10 credits

• MU 151 Music Theory Fundamentals
• MU 153 Sight-Singing, Dictation, and Aural Skills
• MU 157 Class Piano
• MU 164 18th-Century Harmony
• MU 331 or 332 Music History

Music Performance

• Applied Private Lessons (four credit hours)
• Large Music Ensembles (four credit hours)

This program information has been taken from the current College of Arts and Sciences catalog. This information is subject to change and is updated with each academic year.