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GLOBAL MINISTRIES UNIVERSITY
SACRED MUSIC STUDIES

Global Ministries University offers outstanding programs related to  Sacred Music, which include a Master of Theology Degree, as well as a graduate and undergraduate and mini-certificate in Sacred Music.  Our Sacred Music programs contain exceptional courses facilitated by competent instructors.  Curriculum covers fundamentals, theory, and history of liturgical music.  Sacred Music studies include:

Doctor of Theology in Sacred Music

Master of Theology in Sacred Music

Specialized Ministry Certificate in Sacred Music



Courses related to Sacred Music:

TH591 Music Education Fundamentals I  
This course is designed to help students develop a philosophy of music education, concepts of program development, and current approaches to music teaching. The role of technology and music in special and continuing education will be introduced.

TH592 Music Education Fundamentals II  Students will examine the mystery of music and its profound impact and importance on the human race. They will also study the significance of listening, musicianship, multiculturalism, creativity, curriculum, and development; finally, they will survey the philosophical and psychological aspects of a music education.

TH593 Integration of Music into the Liturgical Celebration  Students will examine and integrate sacred music into the liturgical celebration such as the Eucharist, the Mass,Special Days of Obligation and other important celebration the church celebrates.

TH594 Music Theory This course is an introduction to basic materials and concepts of music theory. It will focus on commonalities of selected historic and geographic literatures through the study of fundamentals, melodic and harmonic writing, and terms and symbols.

TH595  History of the Gregorian Chant: Students will study the historical aspects of Gregorian chant including the traditional Roman liturgy (calendar, Divine Office, Mass).


TH596 History of Sacred Music  History of Sacred Music is an introductory course about the story of Christian music from Gregorian chant to the black Gospel style of music. 
       

 TH597  Music in the Renaissance  Students will review the history of Renaissance music and learn about the different composers, instruments, styles of music, and characteristics.                  

TH598 Psychology of Music An introductory course to the theory and research of how people learn musical knowledge and how these manifests themselves in musical behavior.

TH599 Analysis Techniques: This course will help the students integrate theoretical and analytical concepts with our experiences as musicians, while helping them to build familiarity with repertoire and musical issues of the eighteenth, Nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.

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