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Sep 07, 2024
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2023-2024 Samford University Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Music and Worship Major (B.M.)
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The bachelor of music in music and worship is a professional degree designed for the student who wishes to pursue vocational Christian worship ministry. This may be in the role of a musician, music director, worship pastor, or worship leader in the local church. Some congregations give these individuals titles such as Minister of Music, Director of Worship Arts, Music/Worship Associate, or Music and Worship Pastor. Other students pursue careers as a musical missionary who impacts the global church through service to a congregation or high school outside North America. The program includes coursework in music, ensembles, worship, ministry, and a supervised experience in a congregational setting. Many students completing this degree pursue graduate studies in church music, worship studies, sacred music, liturgy, or theology.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES:
- Articulate a calling to pastoral music and worship ministry.
- Describe and implement biblical, theological, philosophical, and historical principles for music and worship ministry in congregational life.
- Apply critical thinking skills and exercise discernment in Christian music and worship.
- Design, plan, and administrate music and worship ministries that serve the local church and its worship practices.
- Implement strategies for music ministry with worshipers of all ages.
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General Education - University Core Curriculum: 22 Credits
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General Education - Distribution Areas: 15 Credits
Music and Worship Major: 91 Credits
(Credit total includes credits for the Concentration)
Music Competencies: 50 Credits
Music and Worship Core: 30 Credits
Performance Concentration: 11 Credits
(choose a concentration below and complete all courses listed)
Instrumental Concentration: 11 Credits
Keyboard Concentration: 11 Credits
Vocal Concentration: 11 Credits
Total Required Credits: 128
*Students capable of meeting piano proficiency requirements without the Class Piano sequence, should take three additional credits of study in piano.
- **Students may substitute MUSC 1750 /MUSC 3750 or MUSC 1751 /MUSC 3751 for up to 4 credits of the Major Ensemble requirement.
- Students choosing instrumental or keyboard as their principal performance area must take at least two semesters of a major choral ensemble.
- All keyboard principles must fulfill two of the eight required major ensemble credits with MUSC 1740 /MUSC 1741 . Two additional instances of MUSC 1740 /MUSC 1741 may apply.
- Vocal principles must take at least four semesters of a major choral ensemble.
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