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2023-2024 General Catalog

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2023-2024 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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

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Freshman Year: 30 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
Lower Division GE Area A3: Critical Thinking MUS 160A - Musicking 101 Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area A1: Oral Communication
Credits / Units: 3
Major Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (15 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
Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities MUS 160B - Musicking 101 Unit(s): 4
Lower Division GE Area B4: Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
Major Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Sophomore Year: 36 units

Fall Semester (18 units)

One of the following piano courses:
MUS 309A - Keyboard Proficiency Lab Unit(s): 1
MUS 292 - Jazz Piano I Unit(s): 1
MUS 210 - Theory II: Chromaticism Unit(s): 3
MUS 220 - Musicianship II Unit(s): 2
MUS 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 159 - Audio and Recording Production I Unit(s): 1
MUS 147 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
Major Performing Ensemble
Lower Division GE Area B1: Physical Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area A2: Written Communication
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (18 units)

MUS 309B - Keyboard Proficiency Lab Unit(s): 1
MUS 310 - Theory III: Form and Analysis Unit(s): 3
MUS 320 - Musicianship III Unit(s):
MUS 147 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 151 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 445 - Private Instruction-Composition Unit(s): 1-2
MUS 259 - Music Technology: Tools and Applications Unit(s): 2-3
Major Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Lower Division GE Area B2: Life Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
OR
Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities
Credits / Units: 3

Junior Year: 30 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 410 - Theory IV: 20th-Century Techniques Unit(s): 3
MUS 425 - Composers Forum Unit(s): 1
MUS 314 - Orchestration Unit(s): 2
MUS 445 - Private Instruction-Composition Unit(s): 1-2
MUS 451 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
Major Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1

Spring Semester (15 units)

MUS 447 - Applied Music Studies Unit(s): 1
MUS 351 - History of Western Music, 1750-present Unit(s): 3
MUS 451 - Repertory Class Unit(s): 1
MUS 445 - Private Instruction-Composition Unit(s): 1-2
MUS 359 - Audio and Recording Production II Unit(s): 1
Major Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Lower Division GE Area B3: Lab Credits / Units: 1
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3

Senior Year: 33 units

Fall Semester (18 units)

MUS 445 - Private Instruction-Composition Unit(s): 1-2
MUS 425 - Composers Forum Unit(s): 1
MUS 401 - Conducting Technique Unit(s): 2
MUS 343 - Studies in Musical Genres Unit(s): 3
MUS 359 - Audio and Recording Production II Unit(s): 1
MUS 300 - Seminar Unit(s): 3
Major Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area F: Ethnic Studies
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 units)

MUS 445 - Private Instruction-Composition Unit(s): 1-2
MUS 490 - Senior Project Unit(s): 1-3
Major Performing Ensemble Credits / Units: 1
Lower Division GE Area E: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
OR
Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities
Credits / Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
Music Elective Credits / Units: 3

Total Units: 129

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