Major Requirements

Credits Required: 

Recording Technology: 120 units

Contemporary Studies: 120 units

Students will complete core courses, Major Learning Outcomes and courses specific to their chosen concentration in order to succesfully complete their degree in Music. Students are required to take a Musicianship and Theory placement assessment and complete a diagnostic audition.

Major Requirements and Learning Outcomes are identified below. In order to graduate, students must also meet all general education and university requirements. 

Core Courses

  • Complete all of the following
  • MPA 110: Keyboard I (1 unit)
  • MPA 210: Keyboard II (1 unit)
  • MPA 101: Musicianship & Theory I (4 units)
  • MPA 102: Musicianship & Theory 2 (4 units)
  • MPA 300: Major ProSeminar (2 units)
  • Take each semester of junior and senior year:
  • MPA 440: Master Classes/Lecture Demos (1 unit)
  • Take two semesters of:
  • MPA 475: Senior Capstone (2 units)

MLO 1: Historical and Theoretical Analysis

Students identify genres from different periods and integrate historical and theoretical perspectives in analyzing contemporary styles.

Required Courses

  • MPA 335: Reflections on America (4 units)
  • MPA 337: MusHistory I 500-1750 ONLINE (4 units)
  • MPA 338: MusHistory II 1750-1900 ONLINE (4 units)

MLO 2: Community Issues Analysis

Students understand and analyze societal issues associated with the production, dissemination and consumption of music.

Required Course

  • HCOM 340S: Topics in Social Movements SL (6 units)

MLO 3: Comparative Analysis

Students understand compositional processes, aesthetic properties of style and the ways these shape and are shaped by artistic and cultural forces.

Required Courses

  • Complete two of the following
  • MPA 341: Sight Reading for Singers (2 units)
  • MPA 345: Improvisation (2 units)
  • MPA 370: Composition/Arranging I (2 units)
  • MPA 371: Composition & Arranging II (2 units)
  • MPA 401: Conducting (2 units)

MLO 4: Moral and Ethical Analysis

 Students understand and address moral and ethical issues.

Required Courses

  • HCOM 340S: Topics in Social Movements SL (6 units)

MLO 5: Performance Skills

Students express themselves artistically in at least one major performance area at a level appropriate for the particular music emphasis.

Required Courses

  • Complete at least 4 units in the following courses
  • MPA 211: Beginning Guitar (1 unit)
  • MPA 212: Intermediate Guitar (1 unit)
  • MPA 213: Jazz Blues Guitar (1 unit)
  • MPA 214: Guitar Ensemble (1 unit)
  • MPA 309: Global Percussion (1 unit)
  • MPA 310: Gospel Choir (2 units)
  • MPA 313: Music & Performance (4 units)
  • MPA 315: Performance Study Intermediate (1 unit)
  • MPA 320: Chorale (2 units)
  • MPA 330: Voice Training (2 units)
  • MPA 332: Voice Training II (2 units)
  • MPA 340: Music Prod & Artistic Dev (2 units)
  • MPA 350: Advanced Performing Band (1 unit)
  • MPA 405: Ensembles I (1 unit)
  • MPA 406: Ensembles II (1 unit)
  • MPA 415: Performance Study Advanced (1 unit)
  • MPA 420: Advanced Voice Ensemble (1 to 2 units)

MLO 6: Technological Skills

Students understand how technology serves music and use the technological tools applicable to a specific area of concentration.

Required Course

  • MPA 306: Music & Computers (4 units)

Concentrations

Contemporary Studies

Required Courses

  • MPA 336: Jazz History (4 units)
  • MPA 345: Improvisation (2 units)
  • MPA 365: Survey of Global Music (1 to 4 units)
  • MPA 401: Conducting (2 units)

Recording Technology

Diagnostic auditions required before starting Recording Technology concentration coursework.

Required Courses

  • MPA 307: Audio Production (4 units)
  • MPA 308: Mixing & Editing (4 units)
  • MPA 408: Advanced Audio Production (4 units)