2014-2015

OPTIMAL SCHEDULES (CHICAGO)

Music Bachelor of Music in Music and Worship – Composition

FALL

FIRST YEAR

SPRING

FIRST YEAR

BI 1111 Old Testament Survey 4 BI 1112 New Testament Survey 4

FE 1100 Introduction to Ministry 1 GSU 1112 Research Writing 3

GSU 1110 College Writing 2 MS 1100 Spiritual Life and Community 3

LF 1100 Principles of Lifetime Fitness 1 MU 1112 Music Theory II 4

MU 1111 Music Theory I 3 ML Applied Piano or Organ * 1

MU 1131 Church Music Philosophy 2 ME Large Ensemble 1

ML Applied Piano or Organ * 1 ME 1135 Oratorio Chorus ¼

ME Large Ensemble ** 1 16 ¼

ME 1135 Oratorio Chorus ¼

15 ¼

FALL

SECOND YEAR

SPRING

SECOND YEAR

GSU 2221 Christianity and Western Culture I 3 GSU 2222 Christianity and Western Culture II 3

MS 1102 Studying and Teaching the Bible 4 MS 1101 Introduction to Disciplemaking 2

TH 1110 The Church and its Doctrines 3 MU 2206 Conducting I 1

MU 2211 Music Theory III 4 MU 2212 Music Theory IV 3

ML 2251 Applied Composition 1 MU 2248 Planning Contemporary Worship 2

ML Applied Piano or Organ * 1 ML 2251 Applied Composition 1

ME Large Ensemble 1 ML Applied Piano or Organ * 1

ME 1135 Oratorio Chorus ¼ ME Large Ensemble 1

17 ¼ ME 1135 Oratorio Chorus ¼

14 ¼

FALL

THIRD YEAR

SPRING

THIRD YEAR

BI 2230 Bible Introduction 3 BI/TH

Bible or Theology elective *** 3

GSU 2250 Introduction to Philosophy 3 GSU 1120 Speech Communication 3

MU 2213 Survey of Music Literature 3 MS 1103 Christian Missions 3

MU 3303 Music Theory V 2 MU 2238 Introduction to World Music 2

MU 3317 Conducting II 1 MU 3318 Conducting III 1

MU 3331 Church Music Arranging 2 MU

Pedagogy elective 2

ML 3351 Applied Composition 2 ML 3351 Applied Composition 2

ML

Applied Piano or Organ 1 ME Large Ensemble 1

ME

Large Ensemble 1 ME 1135 Oratorio Chorus ¼

ME 1135 Oratorio Chorus ¼ ML 3300 Half Hour Recital ## 0

18 ¼ 17 ¼

2014-2015

OPTIMAL SCHEDULES (CHICAGO)

Music Bachelor of Music in Music and Worship – Composition

FALL

FOURTH YEAR

SPRING

FOURTH YEAR

LF

Lifetime Fitness Activity 1 TH 3340 Systematic Theology II 4

TH 3330 Systematic Theology I 4 MU 3334 Principles of Music Technology # 2

MU 4405 Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint # 2 MU 3348 Conducting IV # 1

MU 4441 The Song of the Church 2 MU 4442 Church Music Ministries 3

MU

Music History elective + 2 MU Music History elective + 2

ML 3352 Applied Composition 2 ML 4452 Applied Composition 2

ME

Large Ensemble 1 ME Large Ensemble 1

ME 1135 Oratorio Chorus ¼ ME 1135 Oratorio Chorus ¼

14 ¼ 15 ¼

FALL

FIFTH YEAR

SPRING

FIFTH YEAR

BI

4410

Or

4411

Romans

Or

Romans in Greek

3 BI/TH Bible or Theology elective *** 3

GSU

Language 3 GSU Language 3

TH 4451 Apologetics 3 LF 4400 Wellness Seminar 1

MU 4401 Form and Analysis 2 MU 4434 Advanced Music Technology # 2

MU 4403 Orchestration # 2 MU 4451 Church Music Internship II 1

MU 4450 Church Music Internship I 2 ML 4452 Applied Composition 2

ML 4452 Applied Composition 2 ME, ML,

OR MU Music elective 2

17 ML 4400 Hour Recital ## 0

14

Total Credit Hours: 159

* Three of the five credits in either piano or organ must be at or above 2000-level. Students attaining minimum keyboard skills in fewer than

five credit hours (determined by examination) may substitute music electives.

** ME-1131, 1132, 1133 or 1134 will satisfy each semester’s ensemble requirement.

*** Select two: (BI) Bible elective, or (TH) Theology elective.

# Not offered every year.

+ Select two: MU-3310, 3320, or 3330.

Select one: MU-3337, 3338, 4430, or 4449.

## Students must sign up for the following recitals for zero credit hours: ML-3300 Half-Hour Recital, in the third or fourth year, and ML-4400

Hour Recital, in the fifth year.