2010-2011 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

All students enrolled as music majors must enroll and make a passing grade in an ensemble for each semester
during which they are registered as full-time students at Houston Baptist University. Students attending on a music
grant-in-aid will be assigned to an ensemble by the Director of Choral Activities or by the Director of Instrumental
Activities.
KEYBOARD PROFICIENCY
All music majors must be enrolled in keyboard studies until the minimum requirements for keyboard proficiency
as set forth in the current School of Music Handbook have been met and the examination has been passed. In
certain instances, students who have passed a keyboard proficiency examination may be permitted to waive further
keyboard studies. This examination shall be administered regularly at the end of each semester and at other times
as required.
The keyboard proficiency examination must be completed before student teaching, internship, or presentation of
senior recital.
UPPER DIVISION EXAMINATION IN MUSIC
The purpose of the Upper Divisional Examination is to assess the progress made by the student during the first two
years of study. The examination is to be taken at the end of the fourth semester of study at HBU, or at the end of
the semester during which a minimum of 60 semester hours of credit applicable to a degree will be earned and
theory requirements met. Transfer students with 60 hours of transfer credit must take the examination within three
(3) semesters of entrance to the HBU music program. Students may postpone the examination only by petitioning
the Director of the School of Music, and the examination must be taken as soon thereafter as possible, and no later
than two (2) semesters before expected graduation.
The examination will be administered by the music faculty who will submit a written report upon completion of
the examination with recommendations concerning the program to be pursued by the student.
Upon recommendation of the Upper Division Examination Committee, the student will be admitted to a specific
degree program in Music. The student may not pursue any other degree in music without petitioning and
auditioning for a different degree once the Upper Division Examination has been taken and the committee has
submitted its recommendations.
Any student who does not pass the Upper Division Examination may retake the examination after one semester.
Failure to pass the examination a second time will result in being required to consider an alternative degree
program. Prior to passing the Upper Division Examination, music majors may enroll in no more than twelve (12)
upper level credits which are music degree requirements.
JURY EXAMINATIONS IN MUSIC
Every student enrolled in a private applied music course may be required to take a jury examination at the end of
each semester of study. The jury will consist of the members of the faculty in the student‘s major field of
performance.
MUSIC THEORY AND MUSICOLOGY EXAMINATIONS
All students completing the sequence of courses in sophomore theory and in Music History must take a
departmental cumulative examination in the final semester of study in those two (2) areas. The date and time of the
exams will be announced in class during the final semester of study.
The examination must be passed in order to qualify for graduation. If a student does not pass the exam, it must be
retaken during the following semester. The exam may be taken three (3) times. If it is not passed the third time, the
student must appear before a review board to determine how much of the sequence of courses must be repeated. If
the repeated courses are passed with a grade of ―C‖ or higher, the exam does not need to be retaken.
STUDENT FORUM AND CONCERT ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT
Students are required to enroll and attend six semesters after they declare themselves a music major.
STUDENT RECITAL REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor of Music (Teacher Certification) students are required to perform one (1) recital of 30 minutes duration.
Other Bachelor of Music students are required to perform both junior and senior recitals. See School of Music
Handbook for details.
Bachelor of Music (BM) –
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