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2025-2026 General Catalog

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2025-2026 General Catalog

Music, Performance Concentration, Instrumental, BM, Sample Four-Year Plan

First Year: 34 Units

Fall Semester (16 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: 2

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 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: 2

Second Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (16 units)

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
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: 2

Spring Semester (14 Units)

MUS 147 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 310 - Theory III: Form and Analysis Unit(s): 3
MUS 320 Musicianship III
Credits / Units: 2
MUS 309B - Keyboard Proficiency Lab 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
Performing Ensembles Credits / Units: 2

Third Year: 29 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
Credits / Units: 2
MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 451 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
American Institutions: U.S. Constitution
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 2

Spring Semester (14 Units)

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
Lower Division GE Area 6: Ethnic Studies
Credits / Units: 3
American Institutions: U.S. History
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 2

Fourth Year: 28 Units

Fall Semester (16 units)

MUS 343 - Studies in Musical Genres Unit(s): 3 (Jazz History)
MUS 401 - Conducting Technique Unit(s): 2
MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 451 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
Lower Division GE Area 3A: Arts
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
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 2
Additional Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (12 Units)

MUS 300 - Seminar Unit(s): 3
MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 451 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 491 - Senior Recital Unit(s): 1-3
Upper Division GE Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 2

Total Units: 120