Music Theater

Freshman Roadmap

(based on 2008-09 CSUSB catalog) For new Freshmen music majors

¹ All freshmen should take a Theory Placement Exam. Contact musicadmissions@csusb.edu for details.>

² All freshmen with prior piano experience should take a Piano Placement Exam. Contact musicadmissions@csusb.edu for details.

³ All freshmen must perform an Applied Music Placement Audition. Students not placed at the 100-level must enroll in prep-level (080-level) lessons. Contact musicadmissions@csusb.edufor details.

⁴ All full-time music majors must enroll every quarter in a major ensemble (MUS 380, 381, 385, or 386) most appropriate to their applied area of study.

⁵ TA 320A must be a musical theater production

⁶Substitutions may be necessary to avoid time conflicts with TA courses

⁷ Offered on 2-year rotation. Take in Year 3 or Year 4

⁸ Content of TA 320 varies, and is not always a musical theater production

⁹ May be completed in Year 3 to accommodate TA 320 offerings

¹⁰ Substitutions may be necessary to avoid time conflicts with TA courses

Lower Division Transfer

(based on 2008-09 CSUSB catalog) For Lower-Division Transfer music majors

Note: These roadmaps are constructed for a lower-division transfer student based on the following assumptions:

1) LD transfer music majors will need all CSUSB music theory courses except MUS 100 and 101, will need all three piano courses (MUS 220, 221, and 222), and will place into 100-level applied lessons. For more information regarding placement tests in those subjects, contact musicadmissions@csusb.edu.

2) All transfer music majors, regardless of coursework completed at other institutions, are required to complete at least 6 units in authorized major ensembles (MUS 380, 381, 385, and 386) and earn 3 quarters of credit in MUS 998 Concert Attendance. They must also enroll in a major ensemble in any quarter they are full-time students (enrolled in 12 or more units).

3) LD transfer students selecting a Performance/Composition, Music Technology, or Music Theater emphasis normally must spend four years at CSUSB. Only by placing immediately into 200-level applied lessons or completing each level of applied lessons in less than three quarters can a LD transfer complete one of those emphases in less than four years. LD transfers staying for four years are encouraged to complete an additional music degree emphasis or a minor in another field of study.

3-Year plan

¹¹ Content of TA 320 varies, and is not always a musical theater production

¹² TA 320A must be a musical theater production

¹³ Content of TA 320 varies, and is not always a musical theater production

¹⁴ Required if enrolled full-time for quarter

¹⁵ May be completed in other quarters to accommodate TA 320 offerings

¹⁶ Offered on 2-year rotation. Take in Year 2 or Year 3

4-Year plan

¹⁷ Toward second music emphasis or minor in another field of study

¹⁸ TA 320A must be a musical theater production

¹⁹ Toward second music emphasis or minor in another field of study

²⁰ Offered on 2-year rotation. Take in Year 3 or Year 4

²¹ Required if enrolled full-time for quarter

Upper Division Transfer

(based on 2008-09 CSUSB catalog) For Upper-Division Transfer music majors

Note: These roadmaps are constructed for an upper-division transfer student based on the following assumptions:

1) UD transfer music majors will place out of all music theory courses except for MUS 542, place out of MUS 222 Piano III, and place into 200-level applied lessons. For more information regarding placement tests in those subjects, contact musicadmissions@csusb.edu.

2) All transfer music majors, regardless of coursework completed at other institutions, are required to complete at least 6 units in authorized major ensembles (MUS 380, 381, 385, and 386) and earn 3 quarters of credit in MUS 998 Concert Attendance.

3) UD transfer students selecting a Performance/Composition, Music Technology, or Music Theater emphasis normally must spend three years at CSUSB. Only by placing immediately into 300-level applied lessons or completing each level of applied lessons in less than three quarters can a UD transfer complete one of those emphases in less than three years. UD transfers staying for three years are encouraged to complete an additional music degree emphasis or a minor in another field of study.

2-Year plan

²² Offered on 2-year rotation. Must be taken in Year 1 if offered.

²³ Content of TA 320 varies, and is not always a musical theater production

²⁴ TA 320A must be a musical theater production

²⁵ Substitutions may be necessary to avoid time conflicts with TA courses

²⁶ May be swapped with for another quarter's MUS 302/TA 320 if necessary

²⁷ Content of TA 320 varies, and is not always a musical theater production

3-Year plan

²⁸ Content of TA 320 varies, and is not always a musical theater production

²⁹ Substitutions may be necessary to avoid time conflicts with TA courses

³⁰ Offered on 2-year rotation. Take in Fall of Year 2 or 3

³¹ Content of TA 320 varies, and is not always a musical theater production

³² TA 320A must be a musical theater production

³³ Required only of full-time students (enrolled in 12 or more units for quarter)

³⁴ May be swapped with for another quarter's MUS 302/TA 320 if necessary