Music and Worship Arts Major (B.A.)

Program Requirements

Total - 130-148 Credits *

• Students must complete and submit a Worship Arts Reference Form and audition for the program prior to acceptance.
• Students must be accepted into the Music Program by the end of their sophomore year.
• The following ensembles count toward performance credits: Crown College Choir, Chamber Choir, Women’s Choir, Brass Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, Ministry teams.
• Piano Lab: Students must take Piano Lab their first year and then private instruction for 1 or 0 credits until the piano proficiency level for their program has been met. Entering students who have a proficiency that surpasses Piano Lab may choose to test out of the class and move directly to private instruction.
• Worship Arts students must earn at least 4 performance credits from a major performance organization. No more than 3 credits may be earned from a ministry team.

¹ Select humanities electives from COM, ENG, ESL, FAR, HIS, HUM, LAN, MUS, PHI, or PRC.

² Select social science electives from ANT, CSJ, ECO, ESL, GEO, HIS, POL, PSY, or SOC.

³ Click here  for a list of Global Awareness courses.

⁴ Music and Worship Arts majors must have seven (7) satisfactory semesters of Music Hour. Transfer students must complete a Music Hour credit for every semester enrolled in the Music Department at Crown College except during internship. Their final semester, students take MUS 490 Senior Music Hour instead of MUS 090.

⁵ Students are required to have 7 semesters of private lessons on their major instruments and must enroll in private lessons on their instrument each semester until their recital.

⁶ Participation in a major ensemble (as approved by the Music Department) relating to their major instrument for 4 semesters is required. Music and Worship Art majors may fulfill this requirement with Team Participation or Ministry Team for a maximum of three semesters.

⁷ Fine arts courses include music, art, drama, and dance. COM 328  and COM 446  also qualify as fine arts electives. (Only three credits of music organizations and/or lessons can be counted toward humanities/fine arts requirements.)

* Some courses from the Christian Studies Core and Major Core can be used to fulfill requirements in the General Education Core. By doing that the number of electives needed would increase so that the minimum of 125 credits is reached.

Four-Year Suggested Program for the Music and Worship Arts Major