Program: Music, Performance Concentration, BM, Sample Four-Year Plan - Sonoma State University

Apr 01, 2025

2024-2025, 2nd ed. General Catalog

Freshman Year: 34 Units

MUS 106 - Fundamentals of Music Theory Unit(s): 3
MUS 109 - Intensive Keyboard Lab I Unit(s): 2
MUS 147 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 160A - Musicking 101 Unit(s): 4 (Meets Lower Division GE Area A3: Critical Thinking)
Major Performing Ensembles (Two required): See ensemble requirement for instrumental and vocal concentrations

Credits / Units: 2
ENGL 101: Lower Division GE Area A1: Oral Communication
Credits / Units: 3

MUS 147 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 210 - Theory II: Chromaticism Unit(s): 3
MUS 220 - Musicianship II Unit(s): 2
MUS 309A - Keyboard Proficiency Lab Unit(s): 1
MUS 315 - Diction - English/Italian Unit(s): 1-2 Vocalists only
Performing Ensembles (Two required)

* See ensemble requirement for instrumental and vocal concentrations Credits / Units: 2
Lower Division GE Area A1: Oral Communication
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B1: Physical Sciences
Credits / Units: 3

MUS 147 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 309B - Keyboard Proficiency Lab Unit(s): 1
MUS 310 - Theory III: Form and Analysis Unit(s): 3
MUS 316 - Diction - French and German Unit(s): 1-2 Vocalists only
MUS 320 - Musicianship III Unit(s):
Performing Ensembles (Two required) * See ensemble requirement for instrumental and vocal concentrations Credits / Units: 2
Lower Division GE Area B2: Life Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
Credits / Units: 3

MUS 251 - History of Western Music, Ancient World to 1750 Unit(s): 3
MUS 401 - Conducting Technique Unit(s): 2
MUS 410 - Theory IV: 20th-Century Techniques Unit(s): 3
MUS 420 - Musicianship IV Unit(s):
MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences Credits / Units: 3
MUS 451 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
Performing Ensembles (Two required) * See ensemble requirement for instrumental and vocal concentrations Credits / Units: 2

MUS 351 - History of Western Music, 1750-present Unit(s): 3
MUS 397 - Junior Recital Unit(s): 1
MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 451 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
Performing Ensembles (Two required) * See ensemble requirement for instrumental and vocal concentrations Credits / Units: 2
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 6
Lower Division GE Area B3 Scientific Inquiry + Lab Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area F: Ethnic Studies Credits / Units: 3

MUS 300 - Seminar Unit(s): 3
MUS 343 - Studies in Musical Genres Unit(s): 3 Meets Upper Division GE Area C
MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 451 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
Performing Ensembles (Two required) * See ensemble requirement for instrumental and vocal concentrations Credits / Units: 2
Additional Ensemble (Instrumentalists must take a choral ensemble. Vocalists must take an instrumental ensemble) Credits / Units: 1
Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3

MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 451 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 491 - Senior Recital Unit(s): 1-3
Performing Ensembles (Two required) * See ensemble requirement for instrumental and vocal concentrations Credits / Units: 2
Upper Division GE Area B: Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3 Credits / Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area E: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Credits / Units: 3