I got in! Now What?

Congratulations, and welcome to the Department of Music. Here is what happens between your admission and your first week of classes, and what we need from you along the way.

First, accept your admission offer

Log in to MyCSUEB, choose the "Admissions" tile, select "Accept Admission," and pay the $110 non-refundable pre-enrollment fee, which is applied toward orientation. The Office of Admissions covers the rest of the university side, from housing to student life, on its after you're admitted page.

Get your music schedule

How your first semester comes together depends on how you enter. Most of this happens between late May and early July.

First-year students. Your first-semester schedule is built for you by the CLASS Student Success Center, in coordination with the department's music advisors, Inés Thiebaut (ines.thiebaut@csueastbay.edu) and Buddy James (buddy.james@csueastbay.edu). You do not register yourself for the first year at CSUEB.

Transfer and second-bachelor's students. We schedule an advising session with you to go over your options and plan your courses. Watch for our email(s) and pick a time. Once your courses are settled, you register yourself, and the Registrar explains how to register.

Music education students. If you plan to start the Single Subject Matter Preparation Certificate in Music, also get in touch with John Eros (john.eros@csueastbay.edu), who coordinates music education.

Complete your applied area placement

To begin lessons in your principal area, you need a successful applied area placement. If you completed a scholarship audition, that already counts and you are set. If you did not, sign up on the scholarship auditions and applied area placements page. Placements run up until the end of the second week of the fall or spring semester.

Join an ensemble

Auditions and placement happen at the first meeting of each ensemble, so register for the course and come to that first class ready to play or sing. The ensembles page lists what we run.

Come to music orientation

The Department holds its orientation on the day before classes start. You will walk our facilities, rent a locker, and meet your cohort and your advisors. We send the date and details by email over the summer.

Read ahead

Everything below is gathered on the student resources page, which is where to go once you are enrolled.

• The Undergraduate Handbook sets out the degree in full: applied levels and juries, recital requirements, ensembles, health and safety, and the academic policies of the department.
• The roadmaps lay out the degree term by term, four years or two years for transfer students.
• The Music Resource Center lends scores, parts, and study materials.
• The Music Equipment Office lends instruments and recording equipment, and assigns lockers.
• The concert calendar is on news and events.

Two other paths, when you are ready

Neither of these changes anything about your first semester. Both are worth knowing about early.

• The Single Subject Matter Preparation Certificate in Music is an add-on to the B.A. that prepares you to apply for the California Single Subject Teaching Credential in Music and complete it successfully. Its roadmap shows how the coursework fits alongside the degree. Write to John Eros (john.eros@csueastbay.edu) to set up an advising session.
• The FAST 4+1 B.A./M.A. gets you both degrees in five years. You apply by January 15 of your junior year, with 60 to 90 units completed and a 3.0 in your music courses. Roadmaps: 4+1 and 2+1 for transfer students.

Questions

Call (510) 885-3135 or write music@csueastbay.edu.