Music, BA (2024-2025)

The following roadmap is a sample advising map to complete the degree program in four years. Please consult your MyPlanner and major advisor as you develop your individualized academic plan. Students must have completed 60+ units in order to enroll in SJSU Studies courses.

Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4

Year 1

Fall Semester (15 units)

GE Area A3 3 unit(s)
GE Area A2 3 unit(s)
GE Area E 3 unit(s)
MUSC 1A - Music Theory IA
2 unit(s)
MUSC 1B - Musicianship IB
1 unit(s)
MUSC 25A - Piano Proficiency I
1 unit(s)
Applied Course1 unit(s)
Ensemble Course 1 unit(s)

Spring Semester (15 units)

GE Area A3 3 unit(s)
GE Area B4 3 unit(s)
MUSC 2A - Music Theory IIA
2 unit(s)
MUSC 2B - Musicianship IIB
1 unit(s)
MUSC 19 - Music in World Cultures
3 unit(s) (C1)
MUSC 25B - Piano Proficiency II
1 unit(s)
Applied Course1 unit(s)
Ensemble Course 1 unit(s)

Year 2

Fall Semester (14 units)

GE Area D + US123 3 unit(s)
GE Area B2+B3 3 unit(s) *
MUSC 3A - Music Theory IIIA
2 unit(s)
MUSC 3B - Musicianship IIIB
1 unit(s)
MUSC 40A - Jazz Improvisation - I
2 unit(s)
MUSC 13 - Music Technology
1 unit(s)
Applied Course 1 unit(s)
Ensemble Course 1 unit(s)
Complete the Upper Division Writing - Directed Self Placement

Spring Semester (14 units)

GE Area B1+B3 3 unit(s) *
GE Area D + US123 3 unit(s)
MUSC 4A - Music Theory 4A
2 unit(s) (C1)
MUSC 4B - Musicianship 4B
1 unit(s)
MUSC 12 - Medieval and Renaissance Music
2 unit(s) (C2)
Applied Course 1 unit(s)
Ensemble Course 1 unit(s)

Year 3

Fall Semester (15 units)

MUSC 100W - Written Communication II
3 unit(s) (WID)
MUSC 110 - Baroque and Classical Music History
3 unit(s)
Music Elective 2 unit(s) **
Music Elective 2 unit(s) **
Music Elective 1 unit(s) **
GE Area F 3 unit(s)
Physical Education 1 unit(s)

Spring Semester (15 units)

MUSC 111 - Romantic and Modern Music History
3 unit(s)
MUSC 117 - Music and Culture in Latin America
3 unit(s) (V)
Music Elective 1 unit(s) **
Music Elective 1 unit(s) **
Music Elective 1 unit(s) **
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
Apply to Graduate

Year 4

Fall Semester (15 units)

MUSC 120 - Worlds of Jazz
3 unit(s) (S)
Music Elective 1 unit(s) **
Music Elective 1 unit(s) **
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
Physical Education 1 unit(s)

Spring Semester (17 units)

SJSU Studies Area R 3 unit(s)
MUSC 182 - Senior Project
1 unit(s) ***
Music Elective 2 unit(s) **
Music Elective 3 unit(s) **
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 2 unit(s)

Roadmap Notes

* Either B1 or B2 must be taken with a B3 - Laboratory .

** Music Elective courses (15 units) must be selected from categories listed in catalog. See Advisor for more information.

*** MUSC 182 - Senior Project : Designed according to catalog requirements and approval of music advisor. Music elective courses should lead towards this capstone project.