BAPW/MU - Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts & Worship - Music

A Four Year Program (129 Credits)

Program Coordinator: James Janzen

Join a community of artistically gifted faculty and students who will encourage you to grow in your passion for Christ and to use your talents with excellence and creativity. Expand your skills through a wide range of concentrations: voice, drama, piano, instrumental, cross-cultural music, recording technology and sound reinforcement, conducting and contemporary music styles.

As a student in the Performing Arts & Worship program you will choose one of four majors (drama, music, technology or multidisciplinary). Regardless of which major you choose, you will take a number of courses from the other major areas. As a result, you will graduate with a more complete understanding of the different elements that make up our worship experience.

As a Christian artist, you will be called upon to provide a broad range of services for the Church and society. Prairie’s Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts & Worship / Technology program is designed to mold you into a versatile leader and artist who can function effectively in a variety of contexts and whose expertise is motivated by a biblical world view and firm commitment to a God-centered life of worship.

Program Objectives

Prairie’s BAPW program will equip you to:

Express a working philosophy of the arts based on a biblical understanding of worship, aesthetics, history, and culture.

Demonstrate a broad knowledge of music and/or drama in its historical, contemporary, and cultural expressions.

Possess a basic understanding of common practice music theory while enhancing your musical abilities.

Articulate the processes involved in learning and teaching music.

Develop an appreciation and understanding of the creative/dynamic processes involved in music and/or drama.

Pursue excellence in the development and use of artistic gifts.

Demonstrate appreciation for music from a variety of historical and cultural contexts.

Integrate artistic excellence with an attitude of servant hood.

Expanded Opportunities

Your BAPW degree emphasizes breadth rather than depth and will prepare you with a broad range of skills in the chosen major for vocations in church ministry, a para-church organization, or the market place. You may also use this foundation to pursue graduate level studies in Arts in Music, Drama, Fine Arts, Church Music or Ministry.

Program Requirements (3 credits each unless otherwise noted)
   
Bible & Theology Major 30 credits
BI 101 Introduction to Old Testament  
BI 102 Introduction to New Testament   
BI 108 Introduction to Biblical Interpretation  
TH 100 Introduction to Christian Theology  
TH 357 Theology of Worship  
Two Bible electives  
One Theology elective  
Two Bible or Theology electives (300 level or above)  
   
Arts & Sciences Core 36 credits
EN 101 Introduction to Writing & Research  
Anthropology or Psychology or Sociology elective  
Computer Science or Mathematics elective  

HI 153 History of Medieval, Renaissance, & Baroque Music

HI 254 History of Classical & Romantic Music
HI 355 History of Modern & Postmodern Music
Three Arts & Sciences electives (any level)  

Two Arts & Sciences electives (200 level or above)

 
Arts & Sciences elective (300 level or above)  
Arts & Science 400 Integrative Seminar  
   
Church & Ministry Core 15 credits
CMFX 100 God’s Mission through the Church  
CMFX 105 Spiritual Formation and the Church  
CMFX 200 The Worship of the Church  
CMFX 300 The Community and Function of the Church  
CMFX 400 Mobilizing the Church  
   
Major 48 credits

WO 220 Forms of Worship

 
WO 341 The Drama of Worship  
WO 381 The Arts & Contemporary Culture  
WO 432 Worship Leadership & Administration  
WOFX 405 Graduate Performance/Project (no credit)  
WOFX 401 Worship Practicum/Project  
MU 109 Masterworks Chorale (4 yrs.; no credit)  
MU 117 Music Theory & Aural Skills 1  
MU 119 Music Theory & Aural Skills 2  
MU 217 Music Theory & Aural Skills 3  
MU 219 Music Theory & Aural Skills 4  
MU 261 Keyboard Skills (1 credit hour)  
MU 316 Contemporary Music Styles  
MU 341 Conducting  
Ensembles (6 credit hours)  
Applied Lessons (8 credit hours)  
   

Note:  Arts & Sciences courses include anthropology (AN), English (EN), history (HI), Mathematics (MA), philosophy (PH), physical education (PE), psychology (PS) and sociology (SO).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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