Choral Studies Certificate

Jeremy Chesman, Graduate Director
Ellis Hall, Room 211
Phone 417-836-3028
JChesman@MissouriState.edu

Program Description

A non-degree-granting certificate designed to provide students aspiring toward professional career in choral music. Possible aspects of this career could include choral conducting, choral arranging and editing, ensemble singing, professional choir management, performance travel, and music publishing.

Admission Criteria

This certificate is available through audition to all persons with an undergraduate degree in music in which they earned a GPA of at least 2.75. English language proficiency as determined by International Services, or successful completion of the ELI is required.

Students who wish to pursue a certificate after earning a Master of Music degree must do so with no overlap of course content.

Students who complete some or all of the certificate with a grade of B- or better in each course may be admitted to the Master of Music program after going through the full application process. The certificate credits taken will count toward the requirements for the MM degree.

Course Requirements - Credit Hours: 15 total

Required Courses - Credit Hours: 5

2 credits from the following ensemble courses:
MUS 661 - Men’s Chorus
OR
MUS 663 - Women’s Chorus
OR
MUS 761 - Men’s chorus
OR
MUS 762 - Choral Union
OR
MUS 763 - Women’s Chorus
OR
MUS 768 - Chorale
MUS 748 - Seminar: Choral Literature

Elective Courses - Credit Hours: 10

Select from the following. Other courses may be substituted with the approval of the program coordinator. No more than four (4) of the elective hours may be ensembles.

Completion Requirement

Students must have an overall GPA of 3.00 for completion of the certificate.