Advising Course Plan - Orchestral Instrument Major with Theory Fundamentals

First Year
Fall		Units
FSEM 100	First Year Seminar	1
MUSC 160	Music Theory Fundamentals I	0.5
MUSC 173	Aural Training I	0.5
MUSC 175	Functional Keyboard I	.25
MUSC 151	Music Culture	0.5
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)**		.5
MUSA 112	Primary Lower-Division Lessons for Music Majors	0.5
	Term Units	3.75
Spring
Free Elective (any non-Music course)		1
MUSC 161	Music Theory Fundamentals II	0.5
MUSC 174	Aural Training II	0.5
MUSC 176	Functional Keyboard II	.25
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)**		.5
MUSA 112	Primary Lower-Division Lessons for Music Majors	0.5
	Term Units	3.25
Second Year
Fall
MUSC 172	Music Theory II	1
MUSC 273	Aural Training III	0.5
MUSC 275	Functional Keyboard III	.25
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)**		.5
MUSA 112	Primary Lower-Division Lessons for Music Majors	0.5
MUSC 277	Conducting I	0.5
FREN 101 or GERM 101	Elementary French I Elementary German I	1
	Term Units	4.25
Spring
MUSC 272	Music Theory IV	1
MUSC 274	Aural Training IV	0.5
MUSC 276	Functional Keyboard IV	.25
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)**		.5
MUSA 112	Primary Lower-Division Lessons for Music Majors	0.5
MUSC 259	Technology for Musicians	0.5
FREN 102L or GERM 102L	Elementary French II Beginning German II	1
	Term Units	4.25
Third Year
Fall
MUSC 271	Music Theory III	1
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)**		.5
MUSA 313	Primary Upper-Division Lessons for Music Majors	1
MUSC 311	Music History I	1
MUSX Elective (any non-Recital class)		0
MUSC Upper Division Theory Elective1		1
	Term Units	4.5
Spring
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)**		.5
(NOTE:MUSC 366 and/or 367 are offered every other spring, and may need to be taken in 3rd year spring rather than 4th year spring, depending on when it is offered)
MUSA 313	Primary Upper-Division Lessons for Music Majors	1
MUSX 362	Junior Recital	0.0
MUSC 312	Music History II (WE)	1
MUSC 300	Career Skills for the Entrepreneurial Musician	0.5
General Education Requirement (any V course)		1
	Term Units	4
Fourth Year
Fall
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)**		.5
MUSA 313	Primary Upper-Division Lessons for Music Majors	1
MUSX 462	Senior Recital	0.0
MUSX Elective (any non-Recital course)		0
General Education Requirement (any Q course)		1
MUSC Upper Division Literature Elective (WE)2		1
MUSC Upper Division Theory Elective1		1
	Term Units	4.5
Spring
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)**		.5
MUSA 313	Primary Upper-Division Lessons for Music Majors	1
MUSX 462	Senior Recital	0.0
MUSX Elective (any non-Recital course)		0
General Education Requirement (any S course) (WE)		1
General Education Requirement (any H course) (WE)		1
MUSC 366 or 367	Wind, Brass, Percussion Pedagogy String Pedagogy	0.5
	Term Units	4
Total Unit: 32.5

(WE) means a Writing Enhanced course. Any four courses with the WE designation are required for graduation. FSEM and JSEM are automatically WE designated. Students may select Gen Ed courses with or without the WE designation as long as four are taken at some point before graduation. More than four WE courses are suggested in this document, but more than four are not required.

**

Students must take two semesters of chamber ensemble as part of their “Ensembles as assigned” listed above. Students consult with their advisor and major ensemble conductors as to which semesters will contain chamber ensemble credit.

¹

Select one from the following: MUSC 371, MUSC 379, MUSC 471.

²

Select one from the following: MUSC 387, MUSC 388, MUSC 389, MUSC 391, MUSC 392, MUSC 394.