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 |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE COURSE |
| MUSC 121: Music Theory and Form I |
MUSIC 3A: Theory and Musicianship I |
| MUSC 122: Music Theory and Form II |
MUSIC 3B: Theory and Musicianship II |
| 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 |
No course equivalency |
| EL CAMINO COLLEGE |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE |
Applied Music requirement
| LMU COURSE |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE COURSE |
| MUSC 101: Studio Class (taken for 4 semesters) |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 180: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction |
MUSIC 23abcd: Applied Music/Private Lessons |
| MUSC 181: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
MUSIC 23abcd: Applied Music/Private Lessons |
| MUSC 280: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
MUSIC 90abcd: Intermediate Applied Music/Private Lessons |
| MUSC 281: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
MUSIC 90abcd: Intermediate Applied Music/Private Lessons |
| LMU |
EL CAMINO 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 |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE COURSE |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITALIAN 1: Elementary Italian I |
| ITAL 102: Elementary Italian II |
ITALIAN 2: Elementary Italian II |
| LMU |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE |
Sequence 2:
| LMU COURSE |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GERMAN 1: Elementary German I |
| GRMN 102: Elementary German II |
GERMAN 2: Elementary German II |
| LMU |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE |
Sequence 3:
| LMU COURSE |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FRENCH 1: Elementary French I |
| FREN 102: Elementary French II |
FRENCH 2: Elementary French II |
| LMU |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE |
Sequence 4:
| LMU COURSE |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GERMAN 1: Elementary German I |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITALIAN 1: Elementary Italian I |
| LMU |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE |
Sequence 5:
| LMU COURSE |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FRENCH 1: Elementary French I |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITALIAN 1: Elementary Italian I |
| LMU |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE |
Sequence 6:
| LMU COURSE |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FRENCH 1: Elementary French I |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GERMAN 1: Elementary German I |
| LMU |
EL CAMINO COLLEGE |