UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

Refer to the Catalog Archives for General Education requirements.

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
MUS 110A 1
MUS 111/L 1/1
Lesson and Ensembles Requirement 2
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (MATH 131 recommended) 3
GE C2 Humanities 3
Elective 1
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
MUS 110B 1
MUS 112/L 1/1
MUS 191/L (meets GE E Lifelong Learning) 2/1
Lesson and Ensembles Requirement 2
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication 3
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals 3
Elective 1
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
MUS 201 3
MUS 210A 1
MUS 211/L 1/1
MUS 213 3
Lesson and Ensembles Requirement 2
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking 3
Elective 1
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
BLAW 280 3
MUS 202 (meets GE C1 Arts) 3
MUS 210B (MUS 235D for piano students) 1
Lesson and Ensembles Requirement 2
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science 2
GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity 1
GE D1 Social Sciences 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
MUS 303A 3
MUS 391/L 2/1
MUS 393A 3
MUS 307 (meets Upper Division GE Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
MGT 360 3
MUS 303B 3
MUS 393B 3
MUS 397R/L (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning) 2/1
Upper Division GE Section D1 Social Sciences 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
MUS 466 3
MUS 483ME/L 1/1
MUS 493C or MUS 494A 1
Elective (Upper Division) 3
GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government 3
GE F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
MUS 493C or MUS 494A 1
MUS 494A/C 1/3
Electives 10
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.