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 |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| MUSC 121: Music Theory and Form I |
MUSIC 1A: Music Theory 1 |
| MUSC 122: Music Theory and Form II |
MUSIC 1B: Music Theory 2 |
| MUSC 221: Music Theory and Form III |
MUSIC 3: Music Theory - Counterpoint |
| MUSC 222: Music Theory and Form IV |
MUSIC 2A: Music Theory 3 |
| MUSC 133: Aural Skills I |
MUSIC 5AD: Musicianship 1 |
| MUSC 134: Aural Skills II |
MUSIC 9AD: Musicianship 2 |
| MUSC 235: Instrumentation |
No course equivalency |
| LMU |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE |
Applied Music requirement
| LMU COURSE |
LONG BEACH CITY 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 |
LONG BEACH CITY 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 |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 1: Elementary Italian |
| ITAL 102: Elementary Italian II |
ITAL 2: Elementary Italian |
| LMU |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE |
Sequence 2:
| LMU COURSE |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GER 1: Elementary German |
| GRMN 102: Elementary German II |
GER 2: Elementary German |
| LMU |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE |
Sequence 3:
| LMU COURSE |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FREN 1: Elementary French |
| FREN 102: Elementary French II |
FREN 2: Elementary French |
| LMU |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE |
Sequence 4:
| LMU COURSE |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GER 1: Elementary German |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 1: Elementary Italian |
| LMU |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE |
Sequence 5:
| LMU COURSE |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FREN 1: Elementary French |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 1: Elementary Italian |
| LMU |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE |
Sequence 6:
| LMU COURSE |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FREN 1: Elementary French |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GER 1: Elementary German |
| LMU |
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE |