Keyboard or Guitar Music Performance Major

Select Either Credits: 2-3

• MUS 104 - Introduction to Musical Studies Credits: (3)

• For entering students with fewer than 45 transfer quarter credits (not counting Running Start credits)

• OR

• MUS 304 - Introduction to Musical Studies for Transfer Students Credits: (2)

• For transfer students with 45 or more quarter credits (not including Running Start credits)

Ensemble Credits: 21

Large Ensembles Credits (6-12)
Only the following are designated as Large Ensembles: MUS 267-467 (Choir), MUS 268-468 (Chamber Choir), MUS 266-466 (Wind Ensemble), MUS 277-477 (Orchestra), MUS 287-487 (Marching and Concert Band-Fall quarter only) and MUS 288-488 (Symphonic Band). Note: All ensemble courses have 200level and 400 level numbers. The 200 level numbers are used by freshmen and sophomores, the 400 level numbers are used by juniors and seniors.

Chamber Ensembles Credits (9-15)

Applied Music Credits: 42

Music Theory Credits: 27

Students enrolled in the first-year theory sequence (MUS 144, 145, 146) must have passed or be currently enrolled in the corresponding Class piano course (MUS 154A). A waiver of this requirement can be obtained by demonstrating keyboard skills to any piano faculty member.

Music History Credits: 12

• MUS 359 - Survey of Music in Cross-Cultural Perspectives Credits: (3)
• MUS 372 - Music History to 1600 Credits: (2)
• MUS 373 - Music History, 1600 to 1800 Credits: (3)
• MUS 374 - Music History, 1800 to the Present Credits: (4)