Music Majors
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 RequirementsStudents are required to complete
General Theory requirements,
Applied Music requirements and a 2-semester
Foreign Language requirement.
General Theory requirement
| LMU COURSE |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE COURSE |
| MUSC 121: Music Theory and Form I |
MUS 115: Music Theory I |
| MUSC 122: Music Theory and Form II |
MUS 116: Music Theory 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 |
MUS 117: Musicianship I |
| MUSC 134: Aural Skills II |
MUS 118: Musicianship II |
| MUSC 235: Instrumentation |
No course equivalency |
| LMU |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE |
Applied Music requirement
| LMU COURSE |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE COURSE |
| MUSC 101: Studio Class (taken for 4 semesters) |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 180: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction |
MUS 165A: Applied Music I |
| MUSC 181: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
MUS 165B: Applied Music II |
| MUSC 280: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
MUS 165C: Applied Music III |
| MUSC 281: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
MUS 165D: Applied Music IV |
| LMU |
MARYMOUNT 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 |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE COURSE |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 1: Elementary Italian I |
| ITAL 102: Elementary Italian II |
ITAL 2: Elementary Italian II |
| LMU |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE |
Sequence 2:
| LMU COURSE |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GERMAN 1: Elementary German I |
| GRMN 102: Elementary German II |
GERMAN 2: Elementary German II |
| LMU |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE |
Sequence 3:
| LMU COURSE |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FRENCH 1: Elementary French I |
| FREN 102: Elementary French II |
FRENCH 2: Elementary French II |
| LMU |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE |
Sequence 4:
| LMU COURSE |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GERMAN 1: Elementary German I |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 1: Elementary Italian I |
| LMU |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE |
Sequence 5:
| LMU COURSE |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FRENCH 1: Elementary French I |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 1: Elementary Italian I |
| LMU |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE |
Sequence 6:
| LMU COURSE |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FRENCH 1: Elementary French I |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GERMAN 1: Elementary German I |
| LMU |
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE |