Music Department
Music Department Overview
The Department of Music offers four degree programs for music majors:
- Bachelor of Music Education--a professional degree designed for students who wish to become fully qualified elementary or secondary school musician-teachers. Students may elect certification in instrumental K-12 or vocal K-12. Bethel's music education degree fulfills the Minnesota certification requirements.
- Bachelor of Music in Applied Performance--a professional degree designed for students with strong performance skills who wish to become professional musicians, college and university teachers, or private studio teachers.
- Bachelor of Arts in Sacred Music--a degree designed for students who wish to assume positions of positive leadership as musicians in the evangelical church.
- Bachelor of Arts in Music--a degree designed for
students who want to develop their musical skills within a liberal arts
program with enough flexibility to pursue additional studies in other
fields of interest, such as biblical studies, business, psychology,
theater arts, etc.
Students
majoring in fields outside of music may take private lessons,
participate in performance organizations, or choose elective courses in
music.
Transfer students must demonstrate acceptable
proficiency levels in music theory, music history, and applied music
before admittance to the major program. Credits used toward the major
are evaluated on an individual basis by the department.
Bethel University Graduate School
- Certificate in Applied Ethnomusicology—an 18-credit sequence of courses. More information >
- Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology—a 40-credit master’s degree program . More information >