Roberts Wesleyan College Music

Degrees and Program

Bachelor of Arts in Music

The Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in music offers broad musical preparation which can lead to any number of career interests, including private music teaching and graduate school.  The B.A. degree allows students with interests in many areas to take a wide range of classes or double major in other programs such as Religion-Philosophy or Communications.  Because a B.A. degree reflects a braod base of courses, 90 of the 124 semester hours required for graduation must be in liberal arts credits. 

Required music courses include:

                  Music Theory and Aural Skills I, II, III

                  Music Theory IV or Orchestration

                  Music History and Literature I, II, III

                  Basic Conducting

                  Applied lessons

                  Ensemble

                  Music Seminar

6 credits of Liberal arts music course elective:

                 Jazz History

                 Jazz Theory and Improvisation

                 Composition

                 20th Century Theory

                 Piano/Vocal/Instrument Literature

                 Music in the Church

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B.A. in Music majors may elect to take additional non-liberal arts music courses.