Performing Arts Required Courses

Emphasis Requirements

Students choose either Dance, Music, or Theater as an emphasis.

Performing Arts Electives

Note: Some courses listed as electives are required in one of the emphases but remain electives for the other two emphases.

• PA 101 - Introduction to the Performing Arts Units: 3
• PA 202 - Integrating Dance, Music and Theatre Units: 3
• PA 335 - Business and the Performing Arts (Cross-listed as BUS 335) Units: 3
• PA 350 - Audience and Performance Studies Units: 3
• PA 352 - Aztec Dance And Culture (Cross-listed as CHS 352) Units: 3
• PA 360 - Musical Theatre Units: 3
• PA 384 - Costume Design (Cross-listed as ART 384) Units: 3
• PA 387 - Street and Performance Art (Cross-listed as ART 387) Units: 3
• PA 391 - Production (Cross-listed as ART 391) Units: 3 (Repeatable for up to 12 units) (3 units required for PA majors, and 9 units available as PA electives)
• PA 490 - Special Topics Units: 3 (Repeatable for up to 6 units)
• PA 492 - Internship in Performing Arts Units: 1-3 (Repeatable for up to 6 units)
• PA 494 - Independent Study Units: 1-3 (Repeatable for up to 6 units)
• PADA 151 - Conditioning for Dancers Units: 2
• PADA 251 - Cirque Elements In Dance Units: 3
• PADA 253 - Jazz Dance I Units: 2
• PADA 254 - Modern Dance I Units: 2
• PADA 255 - Dance Composition and Improvisation Units: 3
• PADA 332 - Dance In History Units: 3
• PADA 353 - Jazz Dance II Units: 3
• PADA 354 - Modern Dance II Units: 3
• PADA 455 - Advanced Technique of Contemporary Dance Forms Units: 3
• PADA 458 - Dance Ensemble Units: 3
• PAMU 100 - Music Appreciation Units: 3
• PAMU 109 - Private Lessons Units: 1
• PAMU 161 - Music Fundamentals Units: 3
• PAMU 200 - History of Rock Units: 3
• PAMU 202 - Group Guitar Lessons Units: 2
• PAMU 203 - Group Voice Lessons Units: 2
• PAMU 204 - Introduction To African Drumming Units: 3
• PAMU 205 - Musical Improvisation Units: 2
• PAMU 207 - Guitar Ensemble Units: 1
• PAMU 215 - Popular Songwriting Units: 3
• PAMU 231 - The Beatles: Music, Fashion and Culture (Cross-listed as ART 231) Units: 3
• PAMU 243 - Teaching Music to Children Units: 3
• PAMU 261 - Music Theory I Units: 3
• PAMU 306 - Chamber Ensemble Units: 1
• PAMU 307 - University Chorus Units: 1
• PAMU 308 - University Orchestra Units: 1
• PAMU 309 - Private Lessons Units: 1
• PAMU 310 - Contemporary Music Ensemble Units: 1
• PAMU 330 - Jazz in America Units: 3
• PAMU 332 - World Music Units: 3
• PAMU 333 - The Varieties of Musical Experience Units: 3
• PAMU 335 - The Physics of Music (Cross-listed as PHYS 335) Units: 3
• PAMU 336 - Art And Music: Dissonance, Diversity And Continuity (Cross-listed as ART 336) Units: 3
• PAMU 337 - Music In History Units: 3
• PAMU 339 - Understanding Music in Television And Cinema (Cross-listed as ART 339) Units: 3
• PAMU 361 - Music Theory II Units: 3
• PAMU 432 - Arts of the Harlem Renaissance (Cross-listed as ENGL 432, ART 432) Units: 3
• PAMU 435 - The Music Museum (Cross-listed as BUS 435, ECON 435, EDUC 435) Units: 3
• PATH 280 - Acting I Units: 3
• PATH 281 - Play Analysis Units: 3
• PATH 332 - Teaching Dramatic Literature (Cross-listed as ENGL 332) Units: 3
• PATH 333 - Multicultural Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as ENGL 333) Units: 3
• PATH 334 - Spanish Language Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as SPAN 334) Units: 3
• PATH 338 - Theatre in History (Cross-listed as HIST 338) Units: 3
• PATH 341 - Modern American Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as ENGL 341) Units: 3
• PATH 342 - Modern British and European Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as ENGL 342) Units: 3
• PATH 343 - Teaching Drama to Children (Cross-listed as EDUC 343) Units: 3
• PATH 344 - World Drama and Theatre (Cross-listed as ENGL 344) Units: 3
• PATH 380 - Acting II Units: 3
• PATH 382 - Directing Units: 3
• PATH 410 - Shakespeare’s Plays (Cross-listed as ENGL 410) Units: 3
• PATH 412 - Drama of Ancient Greece (Cross-listed as ENGL 412) Units: 3
• PATH 463 - Writing For The Stage (Cross-listed as ENGL 463) Units: 3
• PATH 480 - Acting III: Performance Styles Units: 3

Additional General Education & other Graduation Requirements -81 units

To graduate, students must complete 120 units minimum (40 units must be upper division) including all General Education  (GE) and Graduation Requirements  .  The following areas must be included:

• Additional Lower Division A-E (GE) Requirements not met within the major
• Nine units of Upper Division Interdisciplinary GE (UDIGE), courses are numbered 330-349 and 430-449. Six units may be within the major, 3 units must be outside the major (C or better grade)
• Multicultural Requirement (C or better grade)
• Language Requirement (C or better grade)
• American Institutions Requirement
• Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation