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 |
GLENDALE COLLEGE COURSE |
| MUSC 121: Music Theory and Form I |
MUSIC 107: Harmony I |
| 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 |
MUSIC 104: Musicianship I |
| MUSC 134: Aural Skills II |
MUSIC 105: Musicianship II |
| MUSC 235: Instrumentation |
No course equivalency |
| LMU |
GLENDALE COLLEGE |
Applied Music requirement
| LMU COURSE |
GLENDALE 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 |
GLENDALE COLLEGE |
*A grade of B [3.0] or better is required in this course.Foreign Language requirement
Students are required to take 1 of the following foreign language sequences.
Sequence 1:
| LMU COURSE |
GLENDALE COLLEGE COURSE |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 101: Beginning Italian I |
| ITAL 102: Elementary Italian II |
ITAL 102: Beginning Italian II |
| LMU |
GLENDALE COLLEGE |
Sequence 2:
| LMU COURSE |
GLENDALE COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GERM 101: Beginning German I |
| GRMN 102: Elementary German II |
GERM 102: Beginning German II |
| LMU |
GLENDALE COLLEGE |
Sequence 3:
| LMU COURSE |
GLENDALE COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
Take both courses:
• FREN 101: Beginning French I
• FREN 102: Beginning French II |
| FREN 102: Elementary French II |
Take both courses:
• FREN 103: Intermediate French I
• FREN 104: Intermediate French II |
| LMU |
GLENDALE COLLEGE |
Sequence 4:
| LMU COURSE |
GLENDALE COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GERM 101: Beginning German I |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
| LMU |
GLENDALE COLLEGE |
Sequence 5:
| LMU COURSE |
GLENDALE COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
Take both courses:
• FREN 101: Beginning French I
• FREN 102: Beginning French II |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
| LMU |
GLENDALE COLLEGE |
Sequence 6:
| LMU COURSE |
GLENDALE COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
Take both courses:
• FREN 101: Beginning French I
• FREN 102: Beginning French II |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GERM 101: Beginning German I |
| LMU |
GLENDALE COLLEGE |