Applied music study for the music ministry minor may be in voice piano, organ, guitar, brass, woodwinds, strings, or percussion. Piano must be either the principal or the secondary applied area for the music ministry minor and be satisfied by class instruction (MUSC 101, 102 - Piano as a Secondary Concentration) unless it is the judgment of the piano faculty that a student's substantial background in piano warrants private lessons (MUSC 104 - Applied Study-Piano.

Music ministry minors take a jury in their principal applied area, unless they have completed a junior or senior recital after mid-term.

Music ministry minors must participate in a primary ensemble which uses their particular applied study skill and is approved by their applied professor for four semester hours. (Primary Ensembles: Concert Choir, Women's Chorale, Jazz Ensemble, Civic Band, and Orchestra)

Concert and recital attendance is required of all music ministry minors for four semesters. Failure to meet all recital attendance requirements results in a half a letter grade (5 points) reduction in every music class final average for the semester.