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
Lesson Requirement 2
Ensemble 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
Total 14

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 Requirement 2
Ensemble Requirement 2
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication 3
Elective 2
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
MUS 201 3
MUS 210A 1
MUS 211/L 1/1
MUS 213 3
Lesson Requirement 2
Ensemble Requirement 2
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking 3
Total 16

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
MUS 202 (meets GE C1 Arts) 3
MUS 210B 1
MUS 212/L 1/1
MUS 214 3
MUS 339A 1
Lesson Requirement 2
Ensemble Requirement 2
Total 14

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
MUS 311/L 1/1
MUS 316 3
MUS 339B 1
Lesson Requirement 2
Upper Division Ensemble Requirement 2
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science 2
GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity 1
meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 3
Total 16

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
MUS 312/L 1/1
MUS 339D 1
MUS 403 or MUS 412 2
Lesson Requirement 2
Upper Division Ensemble Requirement 2
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
MUS 307 (meets Upper Division GE Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
Music Option Elective 2
Lesson Requirement 2
Upper Division Ensemble Requirement 2
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals 3
GE D1 Social Sciences 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
MUS 468/L 1/1
MUS 483ME/L 1/1
MUS 495 1
Lesson Requirement 2
Upper Division Ensemble Requirement 2
Upper Division GE Section D1 Social Sciences 3
GE F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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