All candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in music must complete a minimum of 46 units in music. The total number of music units that count toward the Bachelor of Arts may not exceed 60 units. Each semester, Bachelor of Arts students must complete 1 unit each of applied music and major ensemble for a total of 8 semesters.
Bachelor of Arts Major in Music
Students must complete a minimum of 120 units with a Pacific cumulative and program grade point average of 2.0 in order to earn the bachelor of arts degree with a major in music. Only 60 music units may count toward the degree.
I. General Education Requirements
For more details, see General Education
Minimum 28 units and 9 courses that include:
A. CORE Seminars (2 courses)
| CORE 001 | Problem Solving & Oral Comm | 3 |
| CORE 002 | Writing and Critical Thinking | 4 |
Note: 1) CORE Seminars cannot be taken for Pass/No Credit. 2) Transfer students with 28 or more transfer credits taken after high school are exempt from both CORE seminars. Students participating in the First Year Honors Program should complete an honors section of CORE 001 regardless of the number of college transfer units completed.
B. Breadth Requirement (7 courses, at least 3 units each)
| At least one course from each of the following areas: | ||
Artistic Process & Creation | ||
Civic & Global Responsibility | ||
Language & Narratives | ||
Quantitative Reasoning | ||
Scientific Inquiry | ||
Social Inquiry | ||
World Perspectives & Ethics | ||
Note: 1) No more than 2 courses from a single discipline can be used to meet the Breadth Requirement.
C. Diversity and Inclusion Requirement
| All students must complete Diversity and Inclusion coursework (at least 3 units) | ||
Note: 1) Diversity and Inclusion courses can also be used to meet the breadth category requirements, or major or minor requirements.
D. Fundamental Skills
| Students must demonstrate competence in: | ||
Writing | ||
Quantitative Analysis (Math) | ||
Note: 1) Failure to satisfy the fundamental skills requirements by the end of four semesters of full-time study at the University is grounds for academic disqualification.
II. Breadth Requirement
Students must complete 61 units outside the Conservatory of Music. (Courses include general education courses, transfer courses, CPCE/EXTN units, internships, etc.)
III. Major Requirements
| Musicianship | ||
| MCOM 009 | Introduction to Music Technology | 1 |
| MCOM 032 | Diatonic Harmony | 3 |
| MCOM 033 | Chromatic Harmony | 3 |
| MCOM 042 | Musicianship I | 1 |
| MCOM 043 | Musicianship II | 1 |
| MPER 054 | Dean's Seminar | 1 |
| MHIS 011 | Survey of Music History I | 3 |
| MHIS 012 | Survey of Music History II | 3 |
| Elective select one additional MCOM or MHIS course (100 level) | 3 | |
| Elective select one MHIS Course (150 or higher) | 3 | |
| MUSC 197 | Independent Research | 3 |
| Performance/Required Music Electives | ||
| MAPP 010 Applied Music ** | 6 | |
| Select six units from the following: * | 6 | |
| Jazz Ensemble | ||
| University Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Symphonic Wind Ensemble | ||
| Concert Band | ||
| Opera Production | ||
| The Oriana Choir (Women's Chorus) | ||
| University Chorus | ||
| Pacific Singers | ||
| Music Electives | 13 | |
| General Studies Electives | ||
| Electives | 41 | |
| * | A Major Ensemble is required every semester for a total of 6 units. |
| ** | Students repeat MAPP 010 to have a total of 6 units from this one course. |
Musicianship
1. The ability to hear, identify, and work conceptually with the elements of music such as rhythm, melody, harmony, structure, timbre, texture. 2. An understanding of and the ability to read and realize musical notation. 3. An understanding of compositional processes, aesthetic properties of style, and the ways these shape and are shaped by artistic and cultural forces. 4. An acquaintance with a wide selection of musical literature, the principal eras, genres, and cultural sources. 5. The ability to develop and defend musical judgments.
Performance and Music Electives
1. Ability in performing areas at levels consistent with the goals and objectives of the specific liberal arts degree program being followed. 2. Understanding of procedures for realizing a variety of musical styles.
Liberal Arts Studies
1. The ability to think, speak, and write clearly and effectively, and to communicate with precision, cogency, and rhetorical force. 2. An informed acquaintance with the mathematical and experimental methods of the physical and biological sciences; with the main forms of analysis and the historical and quantitative techniques needed for investigating the workings and developments of modern society 3. An ability to address culture and history from a variety of perspectives. 4. Understanding of, and experience in thinking about, moral and ethical problems. 5. The ability to respect, understand, and evaluate work in a variety of disciplines. 6. The capacity to explain and defend views effectively and rationally.
