Students in the Music major will fulfill the general guidelines for the B.A. degree at Bethany. These general guidelines insure an experience that allows the student to develop a broadly based education program which complements the specialized study of music.

Core Courses Elements of Music: Theory (4 courses) Music Skills (3 courses) Survey of Music History (2 courses) Ensemble Music (8 credits) Choraliers (lyric theatre) Concert Choir Mary Martha Singers (women's chorus) Handbell Choir Concert Band Jazz Band String Band Electives (five required) Music Communication and Technology Music of the Renaissance and Baroque Music of the Baroque and Classic Periods Music of the Nineteenth Century Music of the Twentieth Century World Dance Opera and Lyric Theatre Counterpoint and Composition Analysis and Composition

Eight credits of private lessons are also required.