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Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Emphasis II
This emphasis assists individuals to become music educators.
1. Core courses: Performance, Technology, Theory, and History:
Performance Studies (18 units):
Music Performance
Ensemble
(6 units)
(required every
quarter, only upper division units apply to the
major)
Music Individual
Instruction
(6 units)
(required every
quarter, only upper division units apply to the
major)
Piano
Proficiency
(6 units)
(may be fulfilled by
coursework or examination)
Music Theory (23 units):
Music 122- Music Theory
I
(5 units)
Music 124- Theory Skills
I
(1 unit)
Music 152- Music Theory
II
(5 units)
Music 154- Theory Skills
II
(1 unit)
Music 222- Music Theory
III
(5 units)
Music 224- Theory Skills
III
(1 units)
Music 370- Form and Analysis I (5
units)
Music Technology (3 units):
Music 111- Introduction to Music Technology (3 units)
Music History and Literature (15 units):
Music 201- Music History
I
(5 units)
Music 202- Music History
II
(5 units)
Music 480 Series (upper division music literature) -
one course (5
units)
Culminating Activity (6 units):
Music 490-494-Senior Recital, Senior Thesis, or
Senior
Performance and Paper
(6 units)
Breadth and Perspective: Music Education (40 units):
Music 257-Early Field Experiences in Music
(3 units)
Music 325- Beginning Conducting
(5 units)
Music 425 or Music 426 Advanced
Conducting
(5 units)
Music 425
Choral
Music 426
Instrumental
Music 403 or 404-Music in the Elementary
Schools
(5 units)
Music 405 or 406 and 410 or 411-Music in the
Secondary Schools
(10 units)
Music 405- Secondary Instrumental Methods I
Music 406- Secondary Instrumental Methods II
Music 410- Secondary Vocal Methods I
Music 411- Secondary Vocal Methods II
Vocal Techniques and Instrumental Pedagogy (12 units):
(Voice students
should take all four instrumental pedagogy courses;
Instrumentalists should take those instrumental courses
outside their
specialty plus 2 singing techniques classes.)
Music 227- Beginning Singing Techniques (Voice
Class) (2 units)
Music 228- Intermediate Singing Technique
(2 units)
Music 229- Advanced Singing Techniques
(2 units)
Music 241,241, and 243- Diction for Singers
(3 units)
Music 258- Brass Pedagogy
(3 units)
Music 258- String Pedagogy
(3 units)
Music 258- Woodwind Pedagogy
(3 units)
Music 258- Percussion Pedagogy
(3 units)
All music majors are required to take a performance ensemble (band, orchestra, choir or jazz band) and applied instruction during each quarter of residency. The students are placed based on entrance auditions performed upon entrance to the program. Students are allowed to register for ensembles by audition with the appropriate conductor and for studio by approval of the faculty. Students must petition for advancement to upper division, and only the upper division units are applied toward the degree.