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UNDERGRADUATE (REGULAR) ACADEMIC PROGRAM FOR BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.) DEGREE IN MUSIC
INTRODUCTION
Music has a place in every culture. It stimulates people’s feelings and intuitions. Thus, it assists them to express and understand what cannot be communicated in other ways.
Moreover, music is a basic intellectual discipline, which plays an important role for an all-round development of the individual. The relationship between music and the other school subjects such as medicine is very ancient and dates to as far back as the times of Apollo and Aristotle.
The Department of Music Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka offers a Four-Year comprehensive Programme of Study in Music. In the four years, students are expected to complete a total of 156 credit hours. These are distributed as in the table below:
 
DISTRIBUTION OF COURSES BY SEMESTER
ACADEMIC YEAR
SEMESTER
CREDITS REQUIRED
ONE
FIRST
20
SECOND
18
TWO
FIRST
18
SECOND
20
THREE
FIRST
23
SECOND
22
FOUR
FIRST
16
SECOND
16
TOTAL SEMESTERS
EIGHT
153
This spread is in accordance with the approved requirements of the National Universities Commission (NUC) that students carry a minimum of 15 credits and a maximum of 24 credits. The courses offered include University common courses, intra and inter faculty courses, as well as departmental core and elective courses. They well satisfy the requirements of the NUC Minimum Academic Standards. They are also in positive alignment with the vision of the Founding Fathers of the University for broad-based Academic Programmes with firm cultural, scientific, technological, Professional and intellectual roots.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Entry into the B. A. degree in Music at the University is via two modes: UME and Direct Entry. UME admission is based on the University’s minimum entry requirements; sitting and passing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations (English Language, One Art Subject (preferably Music) plus any other two subjects); in addition to having obtained at least five (5) ordinary level (O/L) credit passes at the S.S.C.E., G.C.E. NECO, NABTEB, or their equivalence at not more than two sittings. One of the five credit passes must be in English Language. Holders of NCE or ND in music are admitted through direct entry and they join the programme at year two.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
The degree programme in Music at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has the following primary objectives:
  • To provide students with adequate knowledge, skills, and understanding of music and related functional disciplines.
  • To prepare students as professional music teachers for the country’s educational system.
  • To produce high calibre music graduates who can pursue further studies in music.
  • To prepare students for varied music positions in private and public agencies of our present era of high technology and computerization. Such agencies include the Advertising Agency, the Radio and Television Houses, the Recording Houses, the Media Houses – Cinema, Film, Archives and Cultural Divisions, Police, Army and Air Force Bands, Mosques and Churches.