Biola University 2014–15 Catalog
Service Opportunities The Los Angeles metropolitan area offers many opportunities for remunerative service in music. There are frequent openings for competent church choir directors, soloists, accompanists, instrumentalists, and organists. Scholarships Music awards in varying amounts are available to qualified students. Complete information is available by writing: Director, Conservatory of Music, Biola University, 13800 Biola Avenue, La Mirada, CA 90639- 0001 or by emailing music@biola.edu. Music Degree Programs In order to graduate, music students must reach primary applied proficiency level standards designated for each degree program. Applied Music lessons are guided by faculty or studio artists who have expertise and professional experience in the voice or instrument under study. Studio artists are affiliated with Biola via independent contracts and thus do not undergo the same process for hire as do faculty. The studio artists are all highly competent individuals who appreciate Biola and endorse the goals of the Conservatory, but their theological conceptualization has not undergone the same close review as that of the faculty. For more information, see the Conservatory Office. Integration Seminar Requirement Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Music degree program are required to take BBST 465 - Integration Seminar: Redeeming Culture through Music. (This course fulfills the integration seminar Bible requirement). GPA Requirements Students in the degree program must maintain a 2.0 GPA in the major and receive a minimum grade of “C-” in each required course. General Education Requirements Candidates for the Bachelor of Music degree are exempt from the general education requirement in foreign language, literature and fine arts; and need take only 5 credits in mathematics and/or science. Core Requirements MUSC 142 Applied Music Credit(s): 2. Must be taken for a total of 8 credits. MUSC 153 Sight-Singing and Dictation I Credit(s): 2. MUSC 154 Music Theory I Credit(s): 2. MUSC 163 Sight-Singing and Dictation II Credit(s): 2. MUSC 164 Music Theory II Credit(s): 2. MUSC 200 Concert Music Credit(s): 0.
MUSC 410 Music Cultures of the World
Credit(s): 3.
MUSC 423 Applied Music Credit(s): 3. Must be taken for a total of 12 credits through proficiency: level 478. MUSC 430 Pedagogy Credit(s): 2. MUSC 490 Senior Recital Credit(s): 2. And: MUSC 211 Improvisation for Non Keyboardists: Concepts/Practices Credit(s): 2. OR MUSC 217 Improvisation for Keyboardists: Concepts/Practices Credit(s): 2. Concentrations Performance students must choose a concentration in one of the following areas. Instrumental Core Requirements MUSC 102 Voice Class Credit(s): 1. MUSC 118 Keyboard II Credit(s): 1. MUSC 119 Keyboard III Credit(s): 1. MUSC 347 Music Technology and Production Credit(s): 2. MUSC 420 Special Studies in Music Literature Credit(s): 2. Ensemble Requirements CHOOSE 8 credits of instrumental ensembles. Elective Requirements CHOOSE 5 credits of music electives. Organ Core Requirements MUSC 102 Voice Class Credit(s): 1. MUSC 180 Performance Seminar Credit(s): 1. MUSC 261 Keyboard Sight Reading I Credit(s): 1. MUSC 262 Keyboard Sight Reading II Credit(s): 1. MUSC 280 Performance Seminar Credit(s): 1. MUSC 355 Advanced Keyboard Skills Credit(s): 1. MUSC 380 Performance Seminar Credit(s): 1. Must be taken for 2 credits. Ensemble Requirements CHOOSE 8 credits of ensemble, 4 credits must be Chamber Music. Elective Requirements CHOOSE 2 credits of music electives. Piano Core Requirements MUSC 102 Voice Class Credit(s): 1. MUSC 261 Keyboard Sight Reading I Credit(s): 1. MUSC 262 Keyboard Sight Reading II Credit(s): 1. MUSC 280 Performance Seminar Credit(s): 1. MUSC 347 Music Technology and Production Credit(s): 2. MUSC 355 Advanced Keyboard Skills Credit(s): 1. MUSC 360 Collaborative Piano Credit(s): 2. MUSC 380 Performance Seminar Credit(s): 1. MUSC 420 Special Studies in Music Literature Credit(s): 2. Ensemble Requirements CHOOSE 8 credits of Ensemble, 4 credits must be in Chamber Music.
MUSC 200: (four semesters) MUSC 300 Concert Music
Credit(s): 0.
MUSC 300: (three semesters) MUSC 307 Music History and Literature: Medieval Through Early Baroque MUSC 308 Music History and Literature: Mid-Baroque Through Classic MUSC 309 Music History and Literature: Late Romantic Through Early 20th Century MUSC 312 Music Theory/History and Literature of the 20th Century
Credit(s): 2.
Credit(s): 2.
Credit(s): 2.
Credit(s): 3. Credit(s): 2. Credit(s): 2. Credit(s): 2. Credit(s): 1. Credit(s): 2. Credit(s): 1. Credit(s): 2. Credit(s): 0.
MUSC 323 Basic Conducting MUSC 341 Counterpoint MUSC 343 Form and Analysis I
MUSC 353 Sight-Singing and Dictation III
MUSC 354 Music Theory III
MUSC 363 Sight-Singing and Dictation IV
MUSC 364 Music Theory IV MUSC 370 Junior Recital
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