Courses | B.M. in Music Therapy
Below are the course requirements for this academic program. In addition to these program-specific requirements, all majors include Biola's traditional undergraduate core curriculum. For more program details, including a sample course sequence, .
Transfer of Credits
Most courses taken at other regionally accredited colleges and universities in the United States will be accepted on a comparable course basis. The following core courses will transfer directly:
- Theory I and II ( and )
- Musicianship I, II, III, and IV (, , , and )
- Introduction to Piano and Keyboard Skills I ( and )
In order to pass out of Theory III () or Keyboard Skills II (), the student must display proficiency by achieving favorable scores on the Theory and Keyboard placement surveys.
No credit(s) will be given for waived courses. Waiver of courses on the basis of placement surveys without comparable prior course credit will increase elective credits required.
Credit for courses taken at a non-accredited college or university will be granted only through placement or challenge surveys.
Applied Music
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 either the voice or instrument under study, or in composition. Studio artists are affiliated with Biola via "special employee" 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. For more information, see the Conservatory Office.
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.
Curriculum Requirements
Integration Seminar Requirement
All students enrolled in the Bachelor of Music degree program are required to take a Biblical Studies Integration Seminar. This requirement must be fulfilled by taking Integration Seminar: Redeeming Culture Through Music.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Candidates for the Bachelor of Music degree in Music Therapy meet the Core Curriculum requirement of 9 credits in behavioral science, integration seminar, and science within the major and are exempt from the Core Curriculum requirement in fine arts, foreign language, and literature. | ||
| Musicianship and Music Therapy Courses | ||
| Biological Principles 1 | 3 | |
| Voice Class | 1 | |
| Introduction to Guitar | 1 | |
| Foundations and Principles of Music Therapy | 3 | |
| Keyboard Skills I 2 | 1 | |
| or | Keyboard Sight Reading I | |
| Keyboard Skills II 2 | 1 | |
| or | Keyboard Sight Reading II | |
| Applied Music 3 | 5 | |
| Musicianship I 4 | 1 | |
| Theory I 5 | 3 | |
| Essential Technologies for Musicians I | 1 | |
| Musicianship II 4 | 1 | |
| Theory II 5 | 3 | |
| Essential Technologies for Musicians II | 1 | |
| Performing Arts Forum 6 | 0 | |
| Music Therapy Methods and Techniques | 3 | |
| Psychology of Music | 3 | |
| Music Area Seminar 7 | 0 | |
| History of Western Art Music I: Medieval through Baroque | 3 | |
| History of Western Art Music II: Classical through Romantic | 3 | |
| Basic Conducting | 2 | |
| Music Therapy Observation | 2 | |
| Musicianship III 4 | 1 | |
| Theory III 5 | 3 | |
| Music Therapy Practicum 6 | 4 | |
| Music Therapy Improvisation | 2 | |
| Music Therapy Group 8 | 2 | |
| Music Therapy with Children | 2 | |
| Music Cultures of the World | 2 | |
| Applied Music 9 | 2 | |
| Music Therapy for Adults | 2 | |
| Internship in Music Therapy 10 | 6 | |
| Music in Therapy | 3 | |
| Introduction to Psychology 11 | 3 | |
| Introduction to Psychopathology | 3 | |
| Developmental Psychology: Lifespan | 3 | |
| Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood | 3 | |
| Integration Seminar: Redeeming Culture Through Music 12 | 3 | |
| Ensembles 13 | 6 | |
| Program Course Requirements: 91 credits | ||
| Core Curriculum Requirements 14 | 51 | |
| Total Credits | 142 | |
- 1
Fulfills the Science Core Curriculum requirement.
- 2
Keyboard principal students are exempt from and . Keyboardists must take and .
Students may take the Keyboard Placement Survey to potentially pass out of some or all of the Keyboard requirements. Students who do not take the survey will automatically be placed in Introduction to Piano.
- 3
Must be taken with primary instrument for 4 credits through proficiency: level 254, and one semester of guitar for 1 credit through proficiency level: 151. Guitar primary students satisfy the 1 credit requirement with an elective instrument of their choice.
- 4
Students may take the Musicianship Placement Survey to potentially pass out of some or all of the Musicianship requirements. Students who do not take the survey will automatically be placed in Musicianship I. Musicianship courses already taken at the college/university level will directly transfer for credit.
- 5
Students may take the Theory Placement Survey to potentially pass out of some or all of their Theory requirements. Students who do not take the survey will automatically be placed in Introduction to Theory. The first two semesters of Written Theory courses already taken at the college/university level will directly transfer for credit.
- 6
Must be taken for a total of 4 semesters.
- 7
Music Area Seminar is taken every semester in conjunction with Applied Music.
- 8
Must be taken for a total of 2 semesters.
- 9
Must be taken for a total of 2 credits through proficiency level: 356.
- 10
Must be taken for a total of 6 credits.
- 11
Fulfills the Behavioral Science Core Curriculum requirement.
- 12
​Fulfills the Biblical and Theological Studies Integration Seminar requirement.
- 13
A total of 6 ensembles: 4 ensembles with student's primary instrument; at least 2 choral ensembles.
- 14
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