Basic Diploma in Music Ministry Program Requirements

1. A minimum of 28 credits must be earned through completion of the course of study.

2. A minimum of 14 semester hours of credit must be earned at SHMS.

3. The student must maintain a C average (2.0).

4. The student must participate in three formation sessions on topics pertaining to lay ecclesial ministry during the course of study.

5. The student must participate in an assessment process of the program.

Course of Study (28 credit hours)

CLA 161 Oral Com­mu­ni­ca­tion (3 cr)

THE 123 Intro­duc­tion to the Catholic Faith (2 cr)

THE 249 Intro­duc­tion to Sacred Scrip­ture (3 cr)

THE 210 Intro­duc­tion to Litur­gy & Sacra­ments (2 cr)

MNS 315 Litur­gi­cal Prayer of the Church (2 cr)

MUS 350 The Art of Litur­gi­cal Music (3 cr)

MUS 219 Basic Theory/​Ear Train­ing I (2 cr)

MUS 220 Basic Theory/​Ear Train­ing II (2 cr)

MUS 215 Piano Pro­fi­cien­cy (2 cr)

MUS 315 Vocal Pro­fi­cien­cy (2 cr)

MUS 341 Ensem­ble (1 cr)

MUS 221 – 4(O,P,V) Indi­vid­ual Instru­men­tal Music I‑IV (4 cr)

A por­tion of the required course work, deter­mined in con­sul­ta­tion with the student’s aca­d­e­m­ic advi­sor, may be com­plet­ed through the Detroit Area Catholic High­er Edu­ca­tion Consortium.

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