(53-56 credits)

  • Students who major in Music are required to declare a minor or a second major in a subject area outside of music.
  • All courses required in the Music major must be completed with a minimum grade of C-, with the exception of certain courses in the Clinical Musicianship concentration, which require a minimum grade of B-.
  • A student granted a waiver of any Music course(s) must take an equivalent number of credits in other Music course(s) as electives.
  • A maximum of two semesters of ensemble credit will be accepted from a transfer college.
  • All semesters of Applied Music must be taken on the same instrument.
  • Students must have 45 upper-division credits for graduation.

Music: General

(54 credits)

Required Foundation Courses (27 Credits)
MUS110Introduction to Music Studies1
Select four of the following (Participation in Music Ensemble, by advisement: 4 semesters at 1 credit each):4
Southeast Asian Music Ensemble
College/Youth Symphony
College-Community Chorale
Symphonic Band
Concert Choir
Collegium Musicum
Chamber Singers
Chamber Jazz Ensembles
MUS150Concert Series Attendance 0
MUS202Piano 12
MUS203Theory 13
MUS231Sight Singing and Ear Training 11
MUS232Sight Singing and Ear Training 21
MUS2xxApplied Music: 2 semesters at 2 credits each4
MUS331Music to 1750 3
MUS333Music since 17503
MUS335Sight Singing & Ear Training 31
MUS4xxApplied Music: 2 semesters at 2 credits each4
Additional Required Courses (13 Credits)
MUS204Theory 23
MUS303Theory 33
MUS301Piano 22
MUS302Jazz Piano and Popular Styles2
or MUS320 Keyboard Harmony and Improvisation
MUS364Form and Analysis 3
Elective Requirements (9 Credits)
Select 9 credits9
Capstone Requirements (5 Credits)
MUS432Writing About Music 3
MUS490Senior Project Seminar2
Total Credits54

Music: Classical Performance Concentration

(54 credits)

Required Foundation Courses (27 Credits)
MUS110Introduction to Music Studies1
Select four of the following (Participation in Music Ensemble, by advisement: 4 semesters at 1 credit each):4
Southeast Asian Music Ensemble
College/Youth Symphony
College-Community Chorale
Symphonic Band
Concert Choir
Collegium Musicum
Chamber Singers
Chamber Jazz Ensembles
MUS150Concert Series Attendance 0
MUS202Piano 12
MUS203Theory 13
MUS231Sight Singing and Ear Training 11
MUS232Sight Singing and Ear Training 21
MUS2xxApplied Music: 2 semesters at 2 credits each4
MUS331Music to 1750 3
MUS333Music since 17503
MUS335Sight Singing & Ear Training 31
MUS4xxApplied Music: 2 semesters at 2 credits each4
Concentration Courses (21 Credits)
Select two of the following (Participation in Music Ensemble, by advisement: 2 additional semesters):2
Southeast Asian Music Ensemble
College/Youth Symphony
College-Community Chorale
Symphonic Band
Concert Choir
Collegium Musicum
Chamber Singers
Chamber Jazz Ensembles
MUS204Theory 23
MUS301Piano 22
MUS303Theory 33
MUS364Form and Analysis 3
MUS4xxApplied Music: 4 additional semesters8
Elective Requirements (5 Credits)
Select 5 credits5
Capstone Requirements (1 Credits)
MUS483Senior Recital 1
Total Credits54

Music: Clinical Musicianship Concentration

(56 credits)

Note that several concentration courses require a minimum grade of B- to progress to the next course in the sequence.

Required Foundation Courses (26 Credits)
Select four of the following (Participation in Music Ensemble, by advisement: 4 semesters at 1 credit each):4
Southeast Asian Music Ensemble
College/Youth Symphony
College-Community Chorale
Symphonic Band
Concert Choir
Collegium Musicum
Chamber Singers
Chamber Jazz Ensembles
MUS150Concert Series Attendance 0
MUS202Piano 12
MUS203Theory 13
MUS231Sight Singing and Ear Training 11
MUS232Sight Singing and Ear Training 21
MUS2xxApplied Music: 2 semesters at 2 credits each4
MUS331Music to 1750 3
MUS333Music since 17503
MUS335Sight Singing & Ear Training 31
MUS4xxApplied Music: 2 semesters at 2 credits each4
Concentration Courses (23 Credits)
MUS204Theory 23
MUS218Guitar 12
MUS301Piano 22
MUS302Jazz Piano and Popular Styles2
MUS310Jazz Theory 13
MTX250Music Therapy Overview3
MTX328Inclusive Conducting and Arranging1
MTX353Clinical Applications of Music I3
MTX354Clinical Applications of Music II3
MTX462Clinical Musicianship1
Elective Requirement (2 Credits)
MUS205Class Voice2
or MUSxxxMusic Elective
Capstone Requirements (5 Credits)
MTX345Psychology of Music3
MTX484Music Therapy Observations2
Total Credits56

Music: Composition Concentration

(54 credits)

Required Foundation Courses (27 Credits)
MUS110Introduction to Music Studies1
Select four of the following (Participation in Music Ensemble, by advisement: 4 semesters at 1 credit each):4
Southeast Asian Music Ensemble
College/Youth Symphony
College-Community Chorale
Symphonic Band
Concert Choir
Collegium Musicum
Chamber Singers
Chamber Jazz Ensembles
MUS150Concert Series Attendance 0
MUS202Piano 12
MUS203Theory 13
MUS231Sight Singing and Ear Training 11
MUS232Sight Singing and Ear Training 21
MUS219Applied Composition (2 semesters at 2 credits each)4
MUS331Music to 1750 3
MUS333Music since 17503
MUS335Sight Singing & Ear Training 31
MUS419Applied Composition (2 semesters at 2 credits each)4
Concentration Courses (18 Credits)
MUS204Theory 23
or MUS310 Jazz Theory 1
MUS211Experiments in Music Composition3
Select one of the following, to be taken for two semesters:4
Applied Composition
or MUS2xx
Applied Instrument
MUS230Composition Seminar (to be taken for two semesters)2
Select one of the following, to be taken for two semesters:4
Applied Composition
or MUS4xx
Applied Instrument
MUS430Composition Seminar (to be taken for two semesters)2
Elective Requirement (4 Credits)
Select 4 upper-division elective credits.4
Capstone Requirements (5 Credits)
MUS432Writing About Music 3
MUS490Senior Project Seminar2
Total Credits54

Music: Jazz Performance Concentration

(53 credits)

Required Foundation Courses (27 Credits)
MUS110Introduction to Music Studies1
Select four of the following (Participation in Music Ensemble, by advisement: 4 semesters at 1 credit each):4
Southeast Asian Music Ensemble
College/Youth Symphony
College-Community Chorale
Symphonic Band
Concert Choir
Collegium Musicum
Chamber Singers
Chamber Jazz Ensembles
MUS150Concert Series Attendance 0
MUS202Piano 12
MUS203Theory 13
MUS231Sight Singing and Ear Training 11
MUS232Sight Singing and Ear Training 21
MUS2xxApplied Music: 2 semesters at 2 credits each4
MUS331Music to 1750 3
MUS333Music since 17503
MUS335Sight Singing & Ear Training 31
MUS4xxApplied Music: 2 semesters at 2 credits each4
Concentration Courses (25 Credits)
Select two of the following (Participation in Music Ensemble, by advisement: 2 additional semesters):2
Southeast Asian Music Ensemble
College/Youth Symphony
College-Community Chorale
Symphonic Band
Concert Choir
Collegium Musicum
Chamber Singers
Chamber Jazz Ensembles
MUS210Jazz Improvisation Workshop 2
MUS302Jazz Piano and Popular Styles2
MUS310Jazz Theory 13
MUS311Jazz Theory 23
MUS312Jazz Instrumentation and Arranging3
MUS410Jazz Improvisation Workshop 2
MUS4xxApplied Music: 4 semesters at 2 credits each8
Capstone Requirements (1 Credits)
MUS483Senior Recital 1
Total Credits53

Music: Recording & Electronic Music Concentration

(53 credits)

Required Foundation Courses (27 Credits)
MUS110Introduction to Music Studies1
Select four of the following (Participation in Music Ensemble, by advisement: 4 semesters at 1 credit each):4
Southeast Asian Music Ensemble
College/Youth Symphony
College-Community Chorale
Symphonic Band
Concert Choir
Collegium Musicum
Chamber Singers
Chamber Jazz Ensembles
MUS150Concert Series Attendance 0
MUS202Piano 12
MUS203Theory 13
MUS231Sight Singing and Ear Training 11
MUS232Sight Singing and Ear Training 21
MUS2xxApplied Music: 2 semesters at 2 credits each4
MUS331Music to 1750 3
MUS333Music since 17503
MUS335Sight Singing & Ear Training 31
MUS4xxApplied Music: 2 semesters at 2 credits each4
Concentration Courses (21 Credits)
MUS204Theory 23
MUS303Theory 33
or MUS310 Jazz Theory 1
MUS350Computer and Electronic Music 3
MUS351Advanced Computer and Electronic Music3
MUS380Basic Recording Techniques 3
MUS381Advanced Recording3
Select one of the following:3
Jazz Instrumentation and Arranging
Form and Analysis
Physics of Sound and Music
Capstone Requirements (5 Credits)
MUS432Writing About Music 3
MUS490Senior Project Seminar2
Total Credits53