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2025-2026 General Catalog

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2025-2026 General Catalog

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

Third Year: 29 Units

Fall Semester (13 Units)

MUS 159 - Audio and Recording Production I Unit(s): 1
MUS 251 - History of Western Music, Ancient World to 1750 Unit(s): 3
MUS 314 - Orchestration Unit(s): 2
MUS 350 - Survey of World Music Unit(s): 3
MUS 447 Applied Music Studies
(nstrument/Voice and Composition) Credits / Units: 2
MUS 451 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (16 Units)

MUS 259 - Music Technology: Tools and Applications Unit(s): 2-3
MUS 310 - Theory III: Form and Analysis Unit(s): 3
MUS 351 - History of Western Music, 1750-present Unit(s): 3
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
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Upper Division GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning

OR
Upper Division GE Area 5: Physical and Biological Sciences
Credits / Units: 3

Fourth Year: 29 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

MUS 150 - Survey of U.S. Music Unit(s): 3 OR
MUS 343 Studies in Musical Genres
MUS 359 - Audio and Recording Production II Unit(s): 1
MUS 401 - Conducting Technique Unit(s): 2
MUS 410 - Theory IV: 20th-Century Techniques Unit(s): 3
MUS 447 Applied Music Studies

(Instrument/Voice and Composition) Credits / Units: 2
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
American Institutions: U.S. Constitution
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (14 Units)

MUS 300 - Seminar Unit(s): 3
MUS 447 Applied Music Studies
(Instrument/Voice and Composition) Credits / Units: 2
MUS 490 - Senior Project Unit(s): 1-3
Music Electives Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Upper Division GE Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Credits / Units: 3

Units Total: 58