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 Requirements
Students are required to complete
General Theory requirements,
Applied Music requirements and a two-semester
Foreign Language requirement.
General Theory requirement
| LMU COURSE |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| MUSC 121: Music Theory and Form I |
MUS 104A: Beginning Theory |
| MUSC 122: Music Theory and Form II |
MUS 104B: Beginning Theory |
| MUSC 221: Music Theory and Form III |
MUS 204A: Intermediate Theory |
| MUSC 222: Music Theory and Form IV |
MUS 204B: Intermediate Theory |
| MUSC 133: Aural Skills I |
MUS 102A: Basic Musicianship |
| MUSC 134: Aural Skills II |
MUS 102B: Basic Musicianship |
| MUSC 235: Instrumentation |
No course equivalency |
| LMU |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE |
Applied Music requirement
| LMU COURSE |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| MUSC 101: Studio Class (taken for 4 semesters) |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 180: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction |
MUS 185: Applied Music |
| MUSC 181: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
MUS 285: Applied Music |
| MUSC 280: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
No course equivalency |
| MUSC 281: Applied Emphasis Individual Instruction* |
No course equivalency |
| LMU |
SANTA BARBARA 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 |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 101: Beginning Italian I |
| ITAL 102: Elementary Italian II |
ITAL 102: Beginning Italian II |
| LMU |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE |
Sequence 2:
| LMU COURSE |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GER 101: Beginning German I
OR
GER 102: Beginning German II |
| GRMN 102: Elementary German II |
GER 103: Intermediate German |
| LMU |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE |
Sequence 3:
| LMU COURSE |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FR 101: Beginning French I |
| FREN 102: Elementary French II |
FR 102: Beginning French II |
| LMU |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE |
Sequence 4:
| LMU COURSE |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GER 101: Beginning German I
OR
GER 102: Beginning German II |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 101: Beginning Italian I |
| LMU |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE |
Sequence 5:
| LMU COURSE |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FR 101: Beginning French I |
| ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I |
ITAL 101: Beginning Italian I |
| LMU |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE |
Sequence 6:
| LMU COURSE |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE COURSE |
| FREN 101: Elementary French I |
FR 101: Beginning French I |
| GRMN 101: Elementary German I |
GER 101: Beginning German II
OR
GER 102: Beginning German II |
| LMU |
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE |