B.A. in Music

Students graduating with a B.A. in Music from Cal State East Bay will be able to:

• Aurally identify common rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic patterns; demonstrate pitch and rhythmic accuracy through singing and rhythm vocalization.
• Demonstrate stylistically appropriate sound quality, technical skills, and expression within their primary performance and/or creative area.
• Apply critical and creative thinking and analytical reasoning to address complex challenges in the theory, history, and performance of music of many cultures.
• Create, perform, and respond to musical works and ideas, and relate them to societal, cultural and historical contexts.
• Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively and respectfully with others in classroom and performance settings.
• Demonstrate an ability to integrate musical ideas, methods, theories, and practices, and communicate them to others clearly and persuasively.

The B.A. in Music degree requires a total of 120 units:

• The major requirements consists of 54 units (see below).
• General Education (GE) & Graduation Requirements (GR) consists of 57 units. For more information on the GE/GR requirements, see the General Education section of the University Catalog, and, most importantly, the GE/GR Checklist.
• Free Electives may consist of 9 units (actual number of free elective units may depend on your choice of GE/GR units).

Note: It is possible to double-count units within the graduation requirements. A course may satisfy both a graduation requirement and a major requirement.