Music & Worship (M.A.) - Worship Music Studies
Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2025 through summer 2026. This degree plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change degree programs, concentrations, or cognates.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Program Courses | ||
Foundational Studies Courses | ||
MUSC 524 | Analytical Techniques | 3 |
WRSP 510 | Biblical Foundations of Worship | 3 |
WRSP 650 | Bibliography & Research in Music & Worship | 3 |
Worship Studies Courses | ||
WRSP 501 | Principles of Worship and Ministry | 3 |
WRSP 502 | A History of Worship Music | 3 |
WRSP 520 | The Role of the Worship Leader | 3 |
WRSP 540 | Current Issues in Worship | 3 |
Research Studies Courses | ||
WMUS 692 | Graduate Music and Worship Comprehensive Exam | 0 |
WRSP 689 | Master's Thesis Proposal and Research 1 | 3 |
Research Studies Elective 2,3 | 0 | |
Total Hours | 24 |
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Any student who needs to enroll in WRSP 689 more than three times must seek School of Music Administration approval.
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- 3
Any student who will not be able to complete and defend his/her thesis, ministry project, or lecture recital in the course of a single semester may be required to repeat WRSP 689 each semester until deemed ready for enrollment in WMUS 687 or WRSP 690.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Worship Music Studies Cognate | ||
ETHM 511 | Introduction to Ethnomusicology | 3 |
or MUSC 620 | Music in America | |
WMUS 610 | Planning and Leading Modern Worship | 3 |
WRSP 635 | Building a Theology of Worship | 3 |
Worship Music Studies Elective 1 | 3 | |
Worship Music Studies Elective 1 | 3 |
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Choose one of the following courses: WMUS 515, WMUS 525, WMUS 526, WMUS 550, WMUS 600, WMUS 630, WMUS 637, or WMUS 638.
All Applicable prerequisites must be met
Graduation Requirements
- Complete 39 hours
- A maximum of 50% of the program hours may be transferred if approved and allowable, including credit from an earned degree from Liberty University on the same academic level
- 3.0 GPA
- No more than two grades of C may be applied to the degree (includes grades of C+ & C-)
- No grade of D or below may be applied to the degree (includes grades of D+ & D-)
- Degree must be completed within 5 years
- Submission of Degree Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student’s anticipated graduation date
Program Offered in Resident & Online Format
First Year | ||
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First Semester | Hours | |
WRSP 501 | Principles of Worship and Ministry | 3 |
WRSP 510 | Biblical Foundations of Worship | 3 |
Hours | 6 | |
Second Semester | ||
WRSP 502 | A History of Worship Music | 3 |
WRSP 520 | The Role of the Worship Leader | 3 |
WRSP 650 | Bibliography & Research in Music & Worship | 3 |
Hours | 9 | |
Second Year | ||
Third Semester | ||
ETHM 511 or MUSC 620 |
Introduction to Ethnomusicology or Music in America |
3 |
MUSC 524 | Analytical Techniques | 3 |
Hours | 6 | |
Fourth Semester | ||
WRSP 635 | Building a Theology of Worship | 3 |
Worship Music Studies Elective 1 | 3 | |
Hours | 6 | |
Third Year | ||
Fifth Semester | ||
WMUS 610 | Planning and Leading Modern Worship | 3 |
Worship Music Studies Elective 1 | 3 | |
Hours | 6 | |
Sixth Semester | ||
WMUS 692 | Graduate Music and Worship Comprehensive Exam | 0 |
WRSP 540 | Current Issues in Worship | 3 |
WRSP 689 | Master's Thesis Proposal and Research | 3 |
Research Studies Elective 2 | 0 | |
Hours | 6 | |
Total Hours | 39 |