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Dec 04, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Music - Concentration in Music Therapy (Music B.M.)
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Concentration in Music Therapy
(Major Code: 223)
Students completing this degree program will be prepared to enter music therapy profession. Following all course work and a six-month internship, students are eligible for professional membership with the American Music Therapy Association. Students also are eligible to take a national certification exam. Upon successful completion of this exam, students will receive board certification (MT-BC).
Music Therapy Options
- Instrumental
- Keyboard
- Voice
Requirements for All Music Majors
Refer to the “School of Music ” section of this catalog.
From Life and Physical Sciences - Code 30 (6 hours)
Lab hours will count towards Code 90.
From Creative Arts - Code 50 (3 hours)
Note: Music majors cannot receive core credit for MUSI 1306 or MUSI 1310 .
From Social and Behavioral Sciences - Code 80 (3 hours)
From Component Area Option - Code 90 (2 hours)
MUAP 10XX (two credit hours for each of four semesters)
MUAP 30XX (two credit hours for one semester, one credit hour for one semester)
Note:
- MUAP 3069 required for Keyboard Option
- MUAP 3081 (two credit hours for each of two semesters) required for Voice Option
MUAP 4194 (one credit hour) or MUAP 4094 (zero credit hours; Voice emphasis only)
Major ensemble (two or more semester hours)
Music therapy professional sequence
Students must receive approval from the director of music therapy before entering the music therapy professional sequence. Students may apply for acceptance into the sequence during the first month of the first semester of the sophomore year (third semester at WTAMU). Complete applications will be reviewed only twice per year. For admission requirements and application procedures, see the director of music therapy.
Required Music Courses by Option
Piano Requirement: take four hours from:
Three semester hours from the following choices:
Piano requirement: take four hours from:
Additional Required Courses (all Options)
Other Requirements (all Options)
- A minimum of eight semester of major ensemble are required; enrollment in major ensemble is required in every semester for which the student is enrolled in 9 or more hours.
- Recital, concert, weekly seminar and departmental meeting attendance.
- Capstone recital project before graduation: This recital may feature the student’s major instrument, music therapy demonstration or a combination of these. If a music therapy demonstration is included, it must involve performances on the student’s major instrument plus another instrument.
Internship
Students must satisfactorily (which means a grade of “C” or better in MUSI 4398 ) complete a six-month internship with an approved institution prior to being awarded the degree.
Advising Services Degree Checklists and Curriculum Guides
Degree checklists and curriculum guides (suggested course sequences) are available by linking to the Advising Services Degree Checklists webpage.
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