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2024-2025, 2nd ed. General Catalog

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2024-2025, 2nd ed. General Catalog

Music, Liberal Arts Concentration, BA, Sample Four-Year Plan

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Freshman Year: 31 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

MUS 106 - Fundamentals of Music Theory Unit(s): 3
*Preparatory Course counted as university electives. If waived, replace units with additional electives.
MUS 109 - Intensive Keyboard Lab I Unit(s): 2
MUS 160A - Musicking 101 Unit(s): 4 (Meets Lower Division GE Area A3: Critical Thinking)
ENGL 101 - Expository Writing and Analytical Reading Unit(s): 3 (Meets Lower Division GE Area A2: Written Communication)
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
*University Electives Credits / Units: 1-3

Spring Semester (16 Units)

MUS 209 - Intensive Keyboard Lab II Unit(s): 2
*Preparatory Course counted as university electives. If waived, replace units with additional electives.
MUS 110 - Theory I: Diatonicism Unit(s): 3
MUS 120 - Musicianship I Unit(s): 2
MUS 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 160B - Musicking 101 Unit(s): 4 (Meets Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities)
Lower Division GE Area B4: Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Sophomore Year: 31 Units

Fall Semester (16 Units)

MUS 210 - Theory II: Chromaticism Unit(s): 3
MUS 220 - Musicianship II Unit(s): 2
MUS 292 - Jazz Piano I Unit(s): 1 OR
MUS 309A - Keyboard Proficiency Lab Unit(s): 1
Lower Division GE Area A1: Oral Communication
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B1: Physical Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 Units)

MUS 310 - Theory III: Form and Analysis Unit(s): 3
MUS 320 - Musicianship III Unit(s):
MUS 309B - Keyboard Proficiency Lab Unit(s): 1 OR
MUS 392 - Jazz Piano II Unit(s): 1
Lower Division GE Area B2: Life Sciences
+ B3: Lab Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
OR
Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Elective Units Credits / Units: 1-3

Junior Year: 31 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

MUS 251 - History of Western Music, Ancient World to 1750 Unit(s): 3
MUS 410 - Theory IV: 20th-Century Techniques Unit(s): 3
MUS 420 - Musicianship IV Unit(s):
Lower Division GE Area F: Ethnic Studies
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
University Elective Credits / Units: 2

Spring Semester (16 Units)

MUS 351 - History of Western Music, 1750-present Unit(s): 3
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area B: Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Music Elective (non-performance course) Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Units Credits / Units: 3

Senior Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

MUS 343 - Studies in Musical Genres Unit(s): 3 (Meets Upper Division GE Area C: Arts and Humanities) Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Music Elective (non-performance course)
University Electives Credits / Units: 4

Spring Semester (15 Units)

MUS 490 - Senior Project Unit(s): 1-3
Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area E: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Credits / Units: 3
University Electives Credits / Units: 8

Total Units: 120

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