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 pagefor additional courses as required by the College of Communication and Fine Arts.
Lower Division Major Requirements
Students are required to complete General Theory requirements, Applied Music requirements and a two-semester Foreign Language requirement.
General Theory requirement
| LMU COURSE |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS COURSE |
| MUSC 121: Music Theory and Form I |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 122: Music Theory and Form II |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 221: Music Theory and Form III |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 222: Music Theory and Form IV |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 133: Aural Skills I |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 134: Aural Skills II |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 235: Instrumentation |
MUSIC 127: Orchestration |
| LMU |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS |
Applied Music requirement
| LMU COURSE |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS COURSE |
| MUSC 101: Studio Class (taken for 4 semesters) |
MUSIC 190: Applied Performance |
| 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 |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS |
*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 |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS COURSE |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
| ITAL 102: Elementary Italian II |
ITAL 102: Elementary Italian II |
| LMU |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS |
Sequence 2:
| LMU COURSE |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
| GRMN 102: Elementary German II |
GRMN 102: Elementary German II |
| LMU |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS |
Sequence 3:
| LMU COURSE |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FRNCH 101: Elementary French I |
| FREN 102: Elementary French II |
FRNCH 102: Elementary French II |
| LMU |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS |
Sequence 4:
| LMU COURSE |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
| LMU |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS |
Sequence 5:
| LMU COURSE |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FRNCH 101: Elementary French I |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
| LMU |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS |
Sequence 6:
| LMU COURSE |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FRNCH 101: Elementary French I |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
| LMU |
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS |