2024-2025 Undergraduate Benedict Catalogue

Apr 19, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Benedict Catalogue

Music, B.A.

Mission

The role of the Music Program is to provide support for the Benedict College Liberal Arts curriculum by offering a broad base of concepts and principles, historical perspectives, techniques and processes, and understanding and appreciation of the creative process in music. The music program develops cognitive, perceptual, emotive, and communication skills that help students establish higher-order thinking proficiencies desperately needed to function in today’s society.

The Program also provides the following services to the College: Music Appreciation is offered in support of the General Education electives and provides awareness and appreciation of music to a variety of majors who have a need to use music in their professions. Several music courses are open to non-music majors as electives to enrich their liberal arts education. The program also offers varied opportunities for performances on campus and throughout the local, state, regional, national, and international communities through its many performing units. The music faculty often serve as consultants to other colleges, public schools, churches, government entities, and private constituents.

Required Activities

Service-Learning

Each student is required to complete a minimum of 120 hours of approved service-learning activities for graduation. These hours are to be earned in service-learning designated courses that are identified within the course description. If a course has a service-learning requirement, then the student must complete the service-learning activity regardless of the total number of service-learning hours they have accumulated.

The Music Program consists of Applied Studies in Instrumental (Brass, Woodwind, Percussion), Piano, Voice, and Music Industry. It aims to provide students with a broad base of educational experiences and skills necessary to enter professional career fields and/or graduate study in music. Students will select from four minors that are embedded in the Music Programs: 1) Education, 2) Applied Computing with a Management Information Track, 3) Marketing, and 4) Management. These minors support career pathway initiatives to strengthen institutional career placement outcomes.

All major courses must be taken sequentially.

Freshman Year

First Semester

ENG 131 - ANALYSIS AND ARGUMENTATION Credits: 3
MATH 132 - GENERAL COLLEGE MATHEMATICS I Credits: 3
Science Requirement Credits: 4
* MUS 000 - MUSIC SEMINAR Credits: 0
* MUS 010 MAJOR ENSEMBLE Credit: 1
* MUS 017 FUNDAMENTALS OF APPLIED LESSON Credit: 1
* MUS 123 - INTRO TO MUSIC INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY Credits: 1
* MUS 133 - FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC Credits: 3
AA 111 - THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE Credits: 1

Total SCH 18

Second Semester

ENG 132 - INFORMATION, LITERACY & RESEARCH Credits: 3
MATH 134 - GENERAL COLLEGE MATHEMATICS II Credits: 3
HIST 130 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY Credits: 3
* MUS 000 - MUSIC SEMINAR Credits: 0
* MUS 010 MAJOR ENSEMBLE Credit: 1
* MUS 115 - PIANO CLASS I Credits: 1
* MUS 117 - EAR TRAINING & SIGHTSINGING I Credits: 1
* MUS 119 APPLIED LESSON CREDIT: 1
* MUS 131 - MUSIC THEORY I Credits: 3

Total SCH 16

Sophomore Year

First Semester

ENG 237 - ORAL COMMUNICATION Credits: 3
Global & Intercultural Learning Credits: 3
* MUS 000 - MUSIC SEMINAR Credits: 0
* MUS 010 MAJOR ENSEMBLE Credit: 1
* MUS 019 APPLIED LESSON Credit: 1
* MUS 116 - PIANO CLASS II Credits: 1
* MUS 118 - EAR TRAINING & SIGHTSINGING II Credits: 1
* MUS 132 - MUSIC THEORY II Credits: 3
AA 211 - PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS DEVELOPMENT Credits: 1

Total SCH 14

Second Semester

FS 233 - INTERMEDIATE FRENCH Credits: 3
OR
SP 233 - INTERMEDIATE SPANISH Credits: 3
OR
AR 233 - INTERMEDIATE ARABIC Credits: 3
* MUS 000 - MUSIC SEMINAR Credits: 0
* MUS 010 MAJOR ENSEMBLE Credit: 1
* MUS 011 CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Credit: 1
* MUS 019 APPLIED LESSON Credit: 1
* MUS 215 - PIANO CLASS III Credits: 1
* MUS 217 - EAR TRAINING & SIGHT SINGING III Credits: 1
* MUS 231 - MUSIC THEORY III Credits: 3
* Electives Credits: 6

Total SCH 17

Junior Year

First Semester

* MUS 000 - MUSIC SEMINAR Credits: 0
* MUS 010 MAJOR ENSEMBLE Credit: 1
* MUS 019 APPLIED LESSON Credit: 1
* MUS 216 - PIANO CLASS IV Credits: 1
* MUS 218 - EAR TRAINING & SIGHT SINGING IV Credits: 1
* MUS 232 - MUSIC THEORY IV Credits: 3
* MUS 333 - MUSIC HISTORY I Credits: 3
Electives Credits: 6

Total SCH 16

Second Semester

* MUS 000 - MUSIC SEMINAR Credits: 0
* MUS 010 MAJOR ENSEMBLE Credit: 1
* MUS 011 CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Credit: 1
* MUS 019 APPLIED LESSON Credit: 1
* MUS 321 - ARRANGING Credits: 2
* MUS 326 - CONDUCTING I Credits: 2
* MUS 334 - MUSIC HISTORY II Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3

Total SCH 13

Senior Year

First Semester

* MUS 000 - MUSIC SEMINAR Credits: 0
*MUS 010 MAJOR ENSEMBLE Credit: 1
* MUS 011 CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Credit: 1
* MUS 019 APPLIED LESSON Credit: 1
* MUSIC ELECTIVES Credits: 5
Electives Credits: 6

Total SCH 14

Second Semester

* MUS 000 - MUSIC SEMINAR Credits: 0
* MUS 010 MAJOR ENSEMBLE Credit: 1
* MUS 011 CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Credit: 1
* MUS 419 - CAPSTONE RECITAL Credits: 1
* MUSIC ELECTIVES Credits: 3
Electives Credits: 6

Academic Catalog

Music, B.A.

Mission

Required Activities

Service-Learning

Freshman Year

First Semester

Total SCH 18

Second Semester

Total SCH 16

Sophomore Year

First Semester

Total SCH 14

Second Semester

Total SCH 17

Junior Year

First Semester

Total SCH 16

Second Semester

Total SCH 13

Senior Year

First Semester

Total SCH 14

Second Semester

Total SCH 12

Total SCH 120

SCH in Major 55