UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
MUS 110A 1
Lesson Requirement 2
Ensemble Requirement (MUS 181, MUS 189) 2
GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning (MATH 131 recommended) 3
GE Area 3B Humanities 3
Total 14

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
MUS 110B 1
MUS 112/L 1/1
MUS 191/L (meets CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement) 2/1
Lesson Requirement 2
Ensemble Requirement (MUS 181, MUS 189) 2
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Total 16

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
MUS 201 3
MUS 210AJ 1
MUS 211/L 1/1
MUS 213 3
Lesson Requirement 2
Ensemble Requirement 2
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
Elective (MUS 219A or MUS 219B recommended) 1
Total 17

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
MUS 202 (meets GE Area 3A Arts) 3
MUS 210BJ 1
MUS 212/L 1/1
MUS 214 3
Lesson Requirement 2
Ensemble Requirement 2
Total 13

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
MUS 302 2
MUS 311J/L 1/1
MUS 316 3
Lesson Requirement 2
Ensemble Requirement 2
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science 3
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
Total 17

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
MUS 307 (meets GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
MUS 312J/L 1/1
MUS 319B 1
Lesson Requirement 2
Ensemble Requirement 2
GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government 3
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 16

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
MUS 317A 2
MUS 483ME/L 1/1
Lesson Requirement 2
Ensemble Requirement 2
GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
MUS 317B 3
MUS 319A 1
MUS 495 1
Lesson Requirement 2
Ensemble Requirement 2
GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3
Total 12
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

One General Education category requirement must be fulfilled by one of the following: AFRS 221, AFRS 272, AFRS 300, AFRS 324, AFRS 325, AFRS 346, AFRS 361.