Music Majors
Lower Division Curriculum for the Bachelor of Arts in Music
The College of Communication and Fine Arts offers a major leading to the Bachelor of Arts in Music in the following concentrations:
- Choral Conducting concentration (Instrumental or Vocal)
- Instrumental Conducting concentration
- Instrumental Studies concentration
- Music History/Literature concentration (Instrumental or Vocal)
- Theory/Composition concentration (Instrumental or Vocal)
- Vocal Studies concentration
- World Music/Ethnomusicology concentration (Instrumental or Vocal)
University Core Requirements
Please consult the University Core requirements page for additional courses as required by the College of Communication and Fine Arts.
Lower Division Requirements
Students are required to complete General Theory requirements, Applied Music requirements and a two-semester Foreign Language requirement.
General Theory requirement
| LMU COURSE |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE COURSE |
| MUSC 121: Music Theory and Form I |
MUS 103: Music Theory I |
| MUSC 133: Aural Skills I |
MUS 106: Musicianship I |
| MUSC 122: Music Theory and Form II |
MUS 104: Music Theory II |
| MUSC 134: Aural Skills II |
MUS 107: Musicianship II |
| MUSC 221: Music Theory and Form III |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 222: Music Theory and Form IV |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 235: Instrumentation |
No course equivalency |
| LMU |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE |
Applied Music requirement
| LMU COURSE |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE COURSE |
| MUSC 101: Studio Class (taken for 4 semesters) |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 180: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 181: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 280: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 281: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
No course equivalency |
| LMU |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE |
*A grade of B [3.0] or better is required in this course.
Foreign Language requirement
Students are required to take one of the following foreign language sequences:
Sequence 1:
| LMU COURSE |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE COURSE |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 101: Italian 101 |
| ITAL 102: Elementary Italian II |
No course equivalency |
| LMU |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE |
Sequence 2:
| LMU COURSE |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
No course equivalency |
| GRMN 102: Elementary German II |
No course equivalency |
| LMU |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE |
Sequence 3:
| LMU COURSE |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
Take both courses:
• FR 101: French I
• FR 102: French II |
| FREN 102: Elementary French II |
Take both courses:
• FR 102: French II
• FR 201: French III |
FREN 101: Elementary French I
FREN 102: Elementary French II |
Take all 3 courses:
• FR 101: French I
• FR 102: French II
• FR 201: French II |
| LMU |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE |
Sequence 4:
| LMU COURSE |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
No course equivalency |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 101: Italian 101 |
| LMU |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE |
Sequence 5:
| LMU COURSE |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
Take both courses:
• FR 101: French I
• FR 102: French II |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 101: Italian 101 |
| LMU |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE |
Sequence 6:
| LMU COURSE |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
Take both courses:
• FR 101: French I
• FR 102: French II |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
No course equivalency |
| LMU |
RIO HONDO COLLEGE |