Academic Degrees & Programs

The Horton School of Music consists of three Bachelor of Arts degree programs – Music Education either choral or instrumental, Music with emphasis in either church music or performance (vocal, keyboard or instrumental) and Music Therapy.  There are currently over 75 music majors within the Horton School of Music, and there are 12 full-time faculty members, 1 visiting professor of accompanying, 18 adjunct faculty, and 2 staff accompanists. The students of Charleston Southern may participate in 15 different instrumental and vocal ensembles.

• Bachelor of Arts in Music Education
• Choral
• Instrumental
  
  

  Bachelor of Arts in Music Education is for either choral or instrumental students who will be qualified for S.C. certification upon graduation to teach public school music in the kindergarten through 12th grade level.  Charleston Southern University is the only university in the lower part of the state that is National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education approved and offers both choral and instrumental certification.  In addition to practical teaching experiences and education and music courses, music education students participate extensively in ensembles and are required to present a 30-minute recital on their major instrument.  A full semester of student teaching is also a requirement of the degree.

• Bachelor of Arts in Performance
• Vocal
• Instrumental
• Piano
  

  Bachelor of Arts in Music with an emphasis in Performance degree is for students with extensive study on a particular instrument. The coursework for the student majoring in this degree emphasizes participation in solo and ensemble performances, requiring both a junior and senior recital.  Many students have the opportunity to study with members of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra who serve as adjunct music faculty members.  Frequently, the performance major continues his/her studies in graduate school or chooses to be a studio teacher.

• Bachelor of Arts in Music Therapy
  

  Bachelor of Arts in Music Therapy Charleston Southern was the first school in South Carolina to offer this degree program and has been accredited since the late 1970s.  Each semester, music therapy students work with children, adults, and geriatrics with various disabilities, using music to help them achieve therapeutic nonmusical goals and to improve their quality of life.  Music Therapy students must complete all music courses required by other music majors plus courses in psychology and music therapy.  The culmination of the degree is a six-month internship at a site approved by the American Music Therapy Association.

• Bachelor of Arts in Music and Worship Leadership
  

  Bachelor of Arts in Music & Worship LeadershipThe degree includes three core areas of emphasis: music, worship and Christian studies.  The standard music core, 33 credit hours, includes music theory, music history, basic conducting and voice training.  Students will receive two years of basic voice lessons prior to one year of commercial voice study.  Our goal is to teach the student to maintain vocal health while singing in a modern style.  Students may choose either keyboard or guitar study to complement their voice training. The music core meets the National Association of Schools of Music accreditation standards for a Bachelor of Arts in Music. A second core area is worship studies.  In addition to classes in congregational song, church music education and worship leadership administration, we have added classes that focus on the history of worship, planning biblically sound worship services, worship technology and contemporary music theory and arranging. Two more significant additions are a 10-week internship with a local church ministry and a senior worship project. A Christian studies core includes Old and New Testaments, systematic theology, Christian leadership and evangelism.  Music and Worship Leadership students will graduate with a background in Christian doctrine and a solid biblical foundation to support worship planning and song writing.
  
  
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• Music scholarships are available for majors and non-majors by audition.
  
  Contact information:
• (843) 863-7966
• E-mail: music@csuniv.edu
• Address:
  Charleston Southern University
  Horton School of Music
  PO Box 118087
  Charleston, SC  29423-8087