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2025-2026 General Catalog

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2025-2026 General Catalog

Music, Composition Concentration, BM, Sample Four-Year Plan

First Year: 32 units

Fall Semester (15 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
Lower Division GE Area 1A: English Composition
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (17 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 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 160B - Musicking 101 Unit(s): 4
MUS 209 - Intensive Keyboard Lab II Unit(s): 2
Lower Division GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Second Year: 31 Units

Fall Semester (17 Units)

MUS 147 Applied Music Studies
(Instrument/Voice and Composition) Credits / Units: 2
MUS 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 159 - Audio and Recording Production I Unit(s): 1
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
Lower Division GE Area 1C: Oral Communication
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 5A: Physical Sciences
OR
Lower Division GE Area 5B: Life Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (14 Units)

MUS 147 Applied Music Studies
(Instrument/Voice and Composition) Credits / Units: 2
MUS 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 259 - Music Technology: Tools and Applications Unit(s): 2-3
MUS 310 - Theory III: Form and Analysis Unit(s): 3
MUS 320 - Musicianship III Unit(s): 2
MUS 392 - Jazz Piano II Unit(s): 1 OR
MUS 309B Keyboard Proficiency Lab
American Institutions: U.S. Constitution
Credits / Units: 3

Third Year: 32 Units

Fall Semester (17 Units)

MUS 251 - History of Western Music, Ancient World to 1750 Unit(s): 3
MUS 314 - Orchestration Unit(s): 2
MUS 410 - Theory IV: 20th-Century Techniques Unit(s): 3
MUS 420 - Musicianship IV Unit(s): 2
MUS 447 Applied Music Studies
(Instrument/Voice and Composition) Credits / Units: 2
MUS 451 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
American Institutions: U.S. History
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (15 Units)

MUS 351 - History of Western Music, 1750-present Unit(s): 3
MUS 359 - Audio and Recording Production II Unit(s): 1
MUS 425 - Composers Forum Unit(s): 1
MUS 447 Applied Music Studies
(Instrument/Voice and Composition) Credits / Units: 2
MUS 451 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
Lower Division GE Area 5A: Physical Sciences
OR
Lower Division GE Area 5B: Life Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 5C: Lab
Credits / Units: 1
Music Electives Credits / Units: 2
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Fourth Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 units)

MUS 150 - Survey of U.S. Music Unit(s): 3 OR
MUS 343 Studies in Musical Genres
MUS 401 - Conducting Technique Unit(s): 2
MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
Upper Division GE Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning

OR
Upper Division GE Area 5: Physical and Biological Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Music Electives Credits / Units: 2
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (15 Units)

MUS 300 - Seminar Unit(s): 3
MUS 350 - Survey of World Music Unit(s): 3
MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1 (Composition)
MUS 490 - Senior Project Unit(s): 1-3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Music Electives Credits / Units: 2
Lower Division GE Area 6: Ethnic Studies
Credits / Units: 3

Total Units: 125