Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Music (4-year)

 

The aims and objectives of the Programme are to:
 
a)
Provide a rigorous, relevant, and progressive curriculum that develops the musical knowledge, aesthetic concepts, creativity, and skills essential for a successful musician in the 21st Century;
b) Enable each student to develop a high level of musical proficiency, achievement, and musicianship;
c) Provide a strong tertiary programme of study that develops the creative, intellectual, and performance abilities necessary for a variety of careers in music;
d) Provide a programme of study that utilizes modern technology to enhance traditional music learning and to encourage its use in creation, scholarship, performance, and teaching;
e) Provide a programme that encourages self reliance, stimulates powers of communication, and develops analytical and independent thinking.
 
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
 
  Core Courses 54 units
Concentration Courses 15 units
  Honours Project 6 units
  General Education 38 units
  Electives 15 units
    ───────
    128 units
 
Requirements
Core Required Courses 60 units
MUSI 1005 Musicianship I 1 unit
  MUSI 1006 Theory & Structure of Music I 3 units
  MUSI 1007 Western Music History I 3 units
  MUSI 1008-9 Applied Music I & II 2 units
  MUSI 1015 Musicianship II 1 unit
  MUSI 1016 Theory & Structure of Music II 3 units
  MUSI 1017 Western Music History II 3 units
  MUSI 1018-9 Ensemble I & II 2 units
  MUSI 1025-6 Chinese Music I & II 4 units
  MUSI 1028-9 Music Colloquium I & II 0 unit
  MUSI 2006 Compositional Techniques of the 20th Century & Beyond 3 units
  MUSI 2008-9 Applied Music III & IV 2 units
  MUSI 2015 Musicianship III 1 unit
  MUSI 2016 Recording Techniques I 3 units
  MUSI 2018-9 Ensemble III & IV 2 units
  MUSI 2025 Form & Analysis I 3 units
  MUSI 2028-8 Music Colloquium III & IV 0 unit
  MUSI 2037 Performance Seminar I 0 unit
  MUSI 3008-9 Applied Music V & VI 2 units
  MUSI 3018-9 Ensemble V & VI 2 units
  MUSI 3028-9 Music Colloquium V & VI 0 unit
  MUSI 3048-9 Performance Seminar II & III 0 unit
  MUSI 4008 Applied Music VII & VIII 2 units
  MUSI 4018-9 Ensemble VII & VIII 2 units
  MUSI 4028-9 Music Colloquium VII & VIII 0 unit
  MUSI 4048-9 Performance Seminar IV & V 0 unit
  MUSI 4898-9 Honours Project I & II 6 units
  Either     
  MUSI 2007
Group Instrument/Vocal Study I )
 
  MUSI 2026
Group Instrument/Vocal Study II )
 
  MUSI 3007
Group Instrument/Vocal Study III )
 
  MUSI 3015
Group Instrument/Vocal Study IV )
 
  Or 
  )
4 units
  MUSI 2005
Chamber Music I )
 
  MUSI 2017
Chamber Music II )
 
  MUSI 3005-6
Chamber Music III-IV )
 
 
Core Elective Courses 6 units
MUSI 3036-7 Chinese Music Topic I, II 4 units
  MUSI 3045 Comparative Studies of Asian & Western Music 2 units
  MUSI 3046-7 Western Music History Topic I & II 4 units
 
Concentration Courses 15 units
Performance Concentration:  
  MUSI 2036 Applied Music for Performance Major I 1 unit
  MUSI 3038 Applied Music for Performance Major II 1 unit
  MUSI 3039 Applied Music for Performance Major III 1 unit
  MUSI 3058-9 Style & Performance I & II 6 units
  MUSI 4007 Chamber Music V 1 unit
  MUSI 4015 Chamber Music VI 1 unit
  MUSI 4016 Principles of Pedagogy 2 units
  MUSI 4038 Applied Music for Performance Major IV 1 unit
  MUSI 4039 Applied Music for Performance Major V 1 unit
  Composition Concentration:  
  MUSI 2027 Composition I 2 units
  MUSI 2035 Recording Techniques II 3 units
  MUSI 2046 Electro-Acoustic Music I 2 units
  MUSI 3016-7 Orchestration I & II 4 units
  MUSI 3025 Composition II 2 units
  MUSI 3026
Electro-Acoustic Music II )
 
  Or  
  )
2 units
  MUSI 4005
Composition III )
 
  Music Education Concentration:  
  MUSI 2045 Introduction to Music Education 3 units
  MUSI 2047 Conducting I 3 units
  MUSI 3027 Conducting II 3 units
  MUSI 3035 School Music Education: Hong Kong & Beyond I 3 units
  MUSI 4006 School Music Education: Hong Kong & Beyond II 3 units
  Directed Studies:  
 

Choose from music electives and/or other concentration courses that are not limited to concentration students only as directed by the concentration coordinator.
  Major Elective Courses (Optional)  
  MUSI 3055 Form & Analysis II 3 units
  MUSI 3056 Music & the Brain 3 units
  MUSI 3057 Musicianship IV 2 units
  MUSI 4017 Conducting III 3 units
  MUSI 4025-6 Special Topics in Music I & II 4 units
General Education 38 units
Electives 15 units
        ───────
        128 units
 


©2012 Hong Kong Baptist University
Source: Calendar/Bulletin 2012-2013
Last modified: August 2012