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2024-2025, 2nd ed. General Catalog

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2024-2025, 2nd ed. General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music, Music Education Concentration, Choral Track, BM, Sample Four-Year Plan

Freshman Year: 33 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

MUS 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 160A - Musicking 101 Unit(s): 4 (Meets Lower Division GE Area A3: Critical Thinking)
MUS 147 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 106 - Fundamentals of Music Theory Unit(s): 3
MUS 109 - Intensive Keyboard Lab I Unit(s): 2
Lower Division GE Area B4: Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
Major Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (18 Units)

MUS 110 - Theory I: Diatonicism Unit(s): 3
MUS 120 - Musicianship I Unit(s): 2
MUS 147 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 160B - Musicking 101 Unit(s): 4 (Meets Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities)
MUS 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 209 - Intensive Keyboard Lab II Unit(s): 2
MUS 115 - Vocal Methods Unit(s): 1
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Major Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Sophomore Year: 34 Units

Fall Semester (17 Units)

MUS 210 - Theory II: Chromaticism Unit(s): 3
MUS 220 - Musicianship II Unit(s): 2
MUS 309A - Keyboard Proficiency Lab Unit(s): 1
MUS 147 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 118 - Guitar Methods Unit(s): 1
MUS 122 - Strings Methods I (Violin/Viola Unit(s): 1
MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
Lower Division GE Area A2: Written Communication
Credits / Units: 3
Major Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Lower Division GE Area A1: Oral Communication
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (17 Units)

MUS 150 - Survey of U.S. Music Unit(s): 3 (Meets Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts)
MUS 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 129 - Percussion Methods Unit(s): 1
MUS 147 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 309B - Keyboard Proficiency Lab Unit(s): 1
MUS 310 - Theory III: Form and Analysis Unit(s): 3
MUS 320 - Musicianship III Unit(s):
Major Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B2: Life Sciences
Credits / Units: 3

Junior Year: 32 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

MUS 420 - Musicianship IV Unit(s):
MUS 251 - History of Western Music, Ancient World to 1750 Unit(s): 3
MUS 259 - Music Technology: Tools and Applications Unit(s): 2-3
MUS 315 - Diction - English/Italian Unit(s): 1-2
MUS 189 - Jazz Improvisation I Unit(s): 2
MUS 124 - Brass Methods I (Trumpet/Trombone Unit(s): 1
Major Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
OR
Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (17 Units)

MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 400 - Music for the Classroom Unit(s): 2
MUS 401 - Conducting Technique Unit(s): 2
MUS 351 - History of Western Music, 1750-present Unit(s): 3
MUS 316 - Diction - French and German Unit(s): 1-2
Lower Division GE Area B1: Physical Sciences
+ B3: Lab Credits / Units: 4
Lower Division GE Area F: Ethnic Studies
Credits / Units: 3
Major Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Senior Year: 33 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

MUS 123 - Woodwinds Methods I (Clarinet/Saxophone Unit(s): 1
MUS 313 - Choral Arranging Unit(s): 2
MUS 402 - Choral Conducting Unit(s): 3
MUS 448 - Choral and Vocal Accompanying Unit(s): 1-2
EDSS 417 - School and Society Unit(s): 3
Major Ensemble , Credits / Units: 1
Lower Division GE Area E: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Credits / Units: 3
Private Lessons Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (18 Units)

MUS 404 - Choral Methods and Repertoire Unit(s): 2
MUS 491 - Senior Recital Unit(s): 1-3
EDSS 418 - Development in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood Unit(s): 3
Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Major Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Private Lessons Credits / Units: 1
Additional Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Upper Division GE Area C: Arts and Humanities
Credits / Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area B: Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3

Total Units: 130