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 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 |
CERRITOS COLLEGE COURSE |
MUSC 121: Music Theory and Form I
MUSC 133: Aural Skills I |
MUS 106: Music Theory/Musicianship I |
MUSC 122: Music Theory and Form II
MUSC 134: Aural Skills II |
MUS 107: Music Theory/Musicianship II |
| MUSC 221: Music Theory and Form III |
MUS 108: Music Theory/Musicianship III |
| MUSC 222: Music Theory and Form IV |
MUS 109: Music Theory/Musicianship IV |
| MUSC 235: Instrumentation |
No course equivalency |
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Applied Music requirement:
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| MUSC 101: Studio Class (taken for 4 semesters) |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 180: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction |
MUS 148: Private Study/Technique |
| MUSC 181: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
MUS 149: Private Study/Technique |
| MUSC 280: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
MUS 150: Private Study/Performance Practice |
| MUSC 281: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
MUS 151: Private Study/Performance Practice |
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*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:
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CERRITOS COLLEGE COURSE |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
No course equivalency |
| ITAL 102: Elementary Italian II |
No course equivalency |
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Sequence 2:
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| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GERM 101: Elementary German |
| GRMN 102: Elementary German II |
GERM 102: Elementary German |
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Sequence 3:
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CERRITOS COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FREN 101: Elementary French |
| FREN 102: Elementary French II |
FREN 102: Elementary French |
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Sequence 4:
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CERRITOS COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GERM 101: Elementary German |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
No course equivalency |
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Sequence 5:
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| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FREN 101: Elementary French |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
No course equivalency |
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Sequence 6:
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CERRITOS COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FREN 101: Elementary French |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GERM 101: Elementary German |
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CERRITOS COLLEGE |