Program Overview

Music/Bachelor of Music Jazz Studies Option (2025-Present)

The Music/Bachelor of Music Jazz Studies Option is a 4-year degree program designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in music, with a focus on jazz studies.

Program Overview

This program is offered by the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication, and is designed to prepare students for a career in music performance, composition, and education.

Year 1: 1st Semester

• Course | Units
  • MUS 110A | 1
  • Lesson Requirement | 2
  • Ensemble Requirement (MUS 181, MUS 189) | 2
  • GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) | 3
  • GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning (MATH 131 recommended) | 3
  • GE Area 3B Humanities | 3
  • Total | 14

Year 1: 2nd Semester

• Course | Units
  • MUS 110B | 1
  • MUS 112/L | 1/1
  • MUS 191/L (meets CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement) | 2/1
  • Lesson Requirement | 2
  • Ensemble Requirement (MUS 181, MUS 189) | 2
  • GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication | 3
  • GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3
  • Total | 16

Year 2: 1st Semester

• Course | Units
  • MUS 201 | 3
  • MUS 210AJ | 1
  • MUS 211/L | 1/1
  • MUS 213 | 3
  • Lesson Requirement | 2
  • Ensemble Requirement | 2
  • GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking | 3
  • Elective (MUS 219A or MUS 219B recommended) | 1
  • Total | 17

Year 2: 2nd Semester

• Course | Units
  • MUS 202 (meets GE Area 3A Arts) | 3
  • MUS 210BJ | 1
  • MUS 212/L | 1/1
  • MUS 214 | 3
  • Lesson Requirement | 2
  • Ensemble Requirement | 2
  • Total | 13

Year 3: 1st Semester

• Course | Units
  • MUS 302 | 2
  • MUS 311J/L | 1/1
  • MUS 316 | 3
  • Lesson Requirement | 2
  • Ensemble Requirement | 2
  • GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science | 3
  • CARQ American History Campus Requirement | 3
  • Total | 17

Year 3: 2nd Semester

• Course | Units
  • MUS 307 (meets GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) | 3
  • MUS 312J/L | 1/1
  • MUS 319B | 1
  • Lesson Requirement | 2
  • Ensemble Requirement | 2
  • GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government | 3
  • GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3
  • Total | 16

Year 4: 1st Semester

• Course | Units
  • MUS 317A | 2
  • MUS 483ME/L | 1/1
  • Lesson Requirement | 2
  • Ensemble Requirement | 2
  • GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3
  • GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) | 3
  • GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity | 1
  • Total | 15

Year 4: 2nd Semester

• Course | Units
  • MUS 317B | 3
  • MUS 319A | 1
  • MUS 495 | 1
  • Lesson Requirement | 2
  • Ensemble Requirement | 2
  • GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences | 3
  • Total | 12
  • OVERALL TOTAL UNITS | 120

Additional Requirements

• One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.
• One General Education category requirement must be fulfilled by one of the following: AFRS 221, AFRS 272, AFRS 300, AFRS 324, AFRS 325, AFRS 346, AFRS 361.