MAJOR
All students pursuing a Music major must complete the following courses:
Required Courses:
| MUSC 151 | Theory and Practice of Music I | 4 units |
| MUSC 250 | Theory and Practice of Music II | 4 units |
| MUSC 490 | Senior Seminar | 4 units |
In addition to these 12 units required of all Music majors, students majoring in Music must pursue one of the following concentrations: Music Production, Music Composition, Instrumental Performance, Vocal Performance, Ethnomusicology/Popular Music, Musicology, or Music Theory & Analysis.
Music Production
Music business instruction will be provided through academic advising, internships, and our music production guest speaker series.
| MUSC 113 | Learning to Compose | 4 units |
| MUSC 148 | Introduction to Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) | 4 units |
| MUSC 248 | Advanced Production: Sampling and Synthesis | 4 units |
| MUSC 249 | Recording Techniques | 4 units |
| MUSC 348 | Mixing and Mastering | 4 units |
| MUSC 351 | Theory and Practice of Music III | 4 units |
| MUSC 263 | Western Music and Culture in the 20th Century | 4 units |
| | One 4-unit production elective (two, if they pass out of MUSC 148) | |
| | One MUSC 200-level or above popular or non-Western music course | 4 units |
| | Two semesters of piano study (if new to the piano, the first semester will be MUSA 102, for which declared majors will receive funding) | 2 units |
| | Two units of ensemble participation (MUSC 120-130) | 2 units |
Students may pass out of MUSC 148 after receiving the permission of the instructor of the course. If they do so, they must take an additional production elective.
Music Composition
| MUSC 148 | Introduction to Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) | 4 units |
| | Four semesters of MUSC 257 | 16 units |
| MUSC 261 | Western Music and Culture: 1600-1789 | 4 units |
| MUSC 272 | Instrumental Conducting | 2 units |
| MUSC 351 | Theory and Practice of Music III | 4 units |
| | One MUSC 200-level or above popular or non-Western music course (must satisfy Second-Stage Writing) | 4 units |
| | Two semesters of ensemble participation (MUSC 120-130) | 2-4 units |
Instrumental Performance
| MUSC 113 | Learning to Compose | 4 units |
| MUSC 261 | Western Music and Culture: 1600-1789 | 4 units |
| MUSC 272 | Instrumental Conducting | 2 units |
| MUSC 351 | Theory and Practice of Music III | 4 units |
| | One MUSC 200-level or above popular or non-Western music course (must satisfy Second-Stage Writing) | 4 units |
| | One 4-unit elective 200-level or above | 4 units |
| | Six semesters of private lessons on one's principal instrument (MUSA 200-level course) | 6 units |
| | Six semesters of ensemble participation (MUSC 127, MUSC 129, MUSC 130) | 6 units |
Vocal Performance
| MUSC 113 | Learning to Compose | 4 units |
| MUSC 115 | Topics in Vocal Music | 4 units |
| MUSC 261 | Western Music and Culture: 1600-1789 | 4 units |
| MUSC 273 | Choral Conducting | 2 units |
| MUSC 351 | Theory and Practice of Music III | 4 units |
| | One MUSC 200-level or above popular or non-Western music course (must satisfy Second-Stage Writing) | 4 units |
| | Six semesters of private voice lessons (MUSA 200-level course) | 6 units |
| | Ensemble Participation (MUSC 120, MUSC 121, or MUSC 122) | 6-8 units |
Ethnomusicology or Popular Music
| | Four MUSC 200-level or above popular or non-Western music courses (one must satisfy Second-Stage Writing) | 16 units |
| | Two 100-level popular or non-Western music courses | 8 units |
| MUSC 261 | Western Music and Culture: 1600-1789 | 4 units |
| MUSC 263 | Western Music and Culture in the 20th Century | 4 units |
| | Two semesters of participation in MUSC 123, MUSC 124, or MUSC 127 | 2 units |
| | Two semesters of private lessons (a MUSA 200-level course) | 2 units |
Musicology
| MUSC 113 | Learning to Compose | 4 units |
| MUSC 115 | Topics in Vocal Music | 4 units |
| MUSC 261 | Western Music and Culture: 1600-1789 | 4 units |
| MUSC 263 | Western Music and Culture in the 20th Century | 4 units |
| MUSC 351 | Theory and Practice of Music III | 4 units |
| | Two MUSC 200- or 300-level history or culture electives chosen in consultation with one's Music major advisor, one of which must be a popular or non-Western music course | 8 units |
| | Two semesters of ensemble participation (MUSC 120-130) | 2-4 units |
| | Two semesters of private lessons (MUSA courses) | 2 units |
Music Theory and Analysis
| MUSC 113 | Learning to Compose | 4 units |
| MUSC 257 | Composition Seminar | 4 units |
| MUSC 261 | Western Music and Culture: 1600-1789 | 4 units |
| MUSC 263 | Western Music and Culture in the 20th Century | 4 units |
| MUSC 351 | Theory and Practice of Music III | 4 units |
| | One MUSC 200- or 300-level analysis-rich course that fulfills the second-stage writing requirement | 4 units |
| | Two semesters of MUSC 350 | 4 units |
| | Two semesters of ensemble participation (MUSC 120-130) | 2-4 units |
| | Two semesters of private lessons (MUSA courses) | 2 units |