Program Description

The B. A. in Music is an exciting program that specializes in individualized attention from exceptional faculty who challenge the students to achieve their best. We offer extensive training in musicianship,  private lessons, recital repertory classes, and diverse ensembles for students to gain important performance experience. Our dedicated faculty mentor each of our students and this unique individualized special training is the hallmark of our program.

Our diverse curriculum design offers students the necessary skills to be at the forefront of the music industry in the twenty- first century. Emphasis will be placed on professional-level performance, current trends in the music industry, pathways to graduate school and music education skills. Special attention will be paid to CSUCI’s important role in the diverse Southern California region as a Hispanic Serving Institution. Students will gain a keen awareness of diversity, inclusion, and equity and graduate with multicultural and international perspectives.

The B. A. in Music will equip students for a career in a wide array of music-related opportunities including: professional musician, studio recording industry, music educator, music business and marketing positions, composer/arranger/songwriter, and a host of other possibilities.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Technology/Marketing/Music Industry: Students will be at the forefront of the music industry in the 21st century by learning and implementing the necessary skills including studying and utilizing current musical trends and practices, learning branding strategies, marketing tools, public relations, and networking.
2. Performance: Students will demonstrate the skills and artistic self-expression in solo and collaborative settings by working independently to prepare professional level performances.  Students will initiate and facilitate community engagement, enriching and strengthening the cultural life of the region.
3. Foundational Knowledge and Skills: Students will develop and apply foundational knowledge in music theory, aural skills, and improvisation, demonstrate advanced research methods and keyboard proficiency.
4. Career Readiness: Students will exhibit professional-level performance, display skills to teach beginning students on their main instruments and demonstrate the ability to work on and manage a team in a music industry-related project.
5. Cultural and Musical Diversity: Students will gain a keen awareness of underrepresented communities and the inequities they face, practice inclusion, and learn about the rich international and multicultural history of music and CSUCI’s important role in it as a Hispanic serving institution.

Summary of Units: