BACHELOR OF MUSIC
The Bachelor of Music Degree (B.M.) is a 138-semester hour degree designed to provide
intensive professional preparation for students who plan to enter some phase of music as a
career. A minimum of 42 semester hours must be in upper-division credit (courses numbered
3000 and above). As the degree includes a strong professional development component, no
minor is required. Because of the nature of the degree, it includes additional study in foreign
language. This is included in the general education core requirement. Components of the B.M.
degree include:
| General Education Core Course Requirements | Hours |
| @ENGL 1301, @1302, 2303 and three hours from 2301 or 2302 | 12 |
| ART 1301 or studio course; or THEA 1303 | 3 |
| HIST 1303 and 1304, or 2301** and 2302** | 6 |
| MATH 1304 or equivalent | 3 |
| #EXSS 1112 and two activity courses (one fitness, one recreation).. | 3 |
| ***RLGN 1301, 1302 | 6 |
| SCIENCE - one biological science and one physical science course | 8 |
| POLS 2301 | 3 |
| ECON 2307; GEOG 1301, GEOG 1302; PHIL 1301; PSYC 1301, EDUC 2307**; or SOCI 1301 |
3 |
| SPCH 1301, 1303, 2302**, or 2303 | 3 |
| ****GERM 1401-1402 or SPAN 1401-1402 or FREN 1401-1402 | 4 |
| *COSC 2311 | 3 |
| ORIE 0001 or UNIV 1100 | 0-1 |
| GRAD 0001 or GRAD 4101 | 0-1 |
| TOTAL | 61-63 |
*MUSI 3302 (Music Technology) is required of all music majors. Students are expected to test
out of COSC 2311without receiving credit for COSC 2311.
**Required for teacher certification.
***Wayland Baptist University will not accept RLGN 1301, Old Testament History, or RLGN
1302, New Testament History, or their equivalents, from any institution except other Baptist
universities. In no case will either of these two courses be accepted if they were taken by correspondence. The Division of Religion & Philosophy must approve any exception to this policy.
****Demonstrated competency is required in a foreign language. This may be waived with satisfactory completion of at least two years of high school foreign language.
#A maximum of three hours credit in activity may count toward the 124 hours required for a
degree. Students who have served two or more years in the Armed Forces are exempt.
@Must be taken within first year of enrollment.
Academic Major and Minor
Because of the breadth of the program, the major and
minor fields of study are combined into a single composite field.
Electives
As the B.M. degree requires 138 semester hours, no elective hours are included.