Freshman Vocal Studies Pathway

Pathway View

These pathways serve as tools, not prescribed programs of study. Before enrolling, you can use them to get a feel for what you can do in this program. After enrolling, you and your advisors can use them as a starting point for building your personalized outcomes-based ILP.

This pathway, intended as a reference, shows a productive route to graduation in four years.  Your actual pathway may not look exactly like the model due to several factors:

  • Any required remedial courses such as MATH 098 and WRT 095
  • Students who have not taken the prerequisite coursework in all Musicianship and Theory courses can take an assessment test to measure their musical skills, and, with a satisfactory grade on that test, have the requirement waived. 
  • Actual availability of courses during a given semester
  • Personal choices you make in your Individual Learning Plan-in consultation with your First Year Seminar professor, and lower-division and major advisors-including the decision to pursue more than the minimal learning requirements

Courses by Requirement

Degree requirements are considered a guideline for graduation, and cannot replace the feedback of an academic advisor. Learn more about degree requirements at CSUMB.

Course units may only be counted once, when a course meets multiple requirements, the letter 'C' means that the completed course units were counted elsewhere.

First Year Seminar

RequirementCourseUnits
First Year SeminarAny approved course3
Total:3

University Learning Requirements

RequirementCourseUnits
Community Participation HCOM 211S: Reading Writing Crit Thkg SLC
Creative/Artistic Expression MPA 306: Music and Computers4Upper-division
Democratic Participation GS 200 or SBS 212 or CST 2734
Engcom A HCOM 211S: Reading Writing Crit Thkg SL6
Engcom B HCOM 213: Intro to Comm Ethics4
Ethics HCOM 213: Intro to Comm EthicsC
Literature and Popular Culture MPA 335: Reflections on AmericaCUpper-division
MathcomAny approved course4Upper-division
Science ContentAny approved course4Upper-division
Science Methods LabAny approved course1
Science Methods LectureAny approved course3
U.S. Histories GS 200 or SBS 212 or CST 273C
Vibrancy ActivityAny approved course1
Vibrancy TheoryAny approved course3
Total:34

Upper-division General Education

RequirementCourseUnits
Creative/Artistic Expression MPA 306: Music and Computers4Upper-division
Literature and Popular Culture MPA 335: Reflections on AmericaCUpper-division
MathcomAny approved course4Upper-division
Science ContentAny approved course4Upper-division
Total:12

Graduation Learning Outcomes

RequirementCourseUnits
Culture & Equity MPA 335: Reflections on America4
GWAR MPA 312: Music in Film4
Language 2Any approved course4
Language 3Any approved course4
Language 4Any approved course4
Tech/InfoAny approved course4
Upper Division Service Learning MPA 317S: Community Involvement SL4
Total:28

Major Learning Requirements

RequirementCourseUnits
MLO 1 Historical and Theoretical Analysis MPA 337: MusHistory I 500-1750 ONLINE4
MLO 2 Community Issues Analysis MPA 317S: Community Involvement SLC
MLO 3 Comparative Analysis MPA 341: Sight Reading for Singers2
MLO 4 Moral and Ethical Analysis HCOM 403S or CHHS 350 or CST 3734
MLO 5 Performance Skills MPA 420: Advanced Voice Ensemble1
MLO 6 Technological Skills MPA 306: Music and ComputersC
Total:11

Major Core Courses

Major Concentration Courses

Additional Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
Any MPA Ensemble1
MPA 101: Musicianship and Theory I4
MPA 102: Musicianship and Theory 24
MPA 103: Musicianship & Theory III4
MPA 110: Keyboard I1
MPA 115: Performance Study-Fundamental1
MPA 210: Keyboard II1
MPA 215: Performance Study Beginning1
MPA 295: Special Topics1
MPA 300: Major ProSeminar2
MPA 315: Performance Study Intermediate1
MPA 440: Master Classes/Lecture Demos1
MPA 475: Senior Capstone2
Total:24

Total: 128 units

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