Why the catalog year matters
Your catalog year is the year you started at SDSU, and it decides which rules apply to your degree, not the current semester's course list. A class that is offered this term may not count toward your requirements, and one that counts for a newer catalog year may not be on an older list at all. Always check the requirements for your own catalog year, not the newest one.
Additional Lower Division Requirement
1 unitApplied Instruction
Ensembles
- MUSIC 170 - University Chorus
- MUSIC 174 - Concert Band
- MUSIC 175 - Marching Band
- MUSIC 176 - Wind Symphony
- MUSIC 177 - Symphonic Band
- MUSIC 180 - Symphony Orchestra
- MUSIC 183 - Opera Workshop
- MUSIC 184 - Opera Theatre
- MUSIC 185 - SDSU Treble Choir
- MUSIC 186 - SDSU Chamber Choir
- MUSIC 189 - Jazz Ensemble
- MUSIC 370 - Woodwind Forum
- MUSIC 374 - Concert Band
- MUSIC 375 - Marching Band
- MUSIC 376 - Wind Symphony
- MUSIC 377 - Symphonic Band
- MUSIC 380 - Symphony Orchestra
- MUSIC 383 - Opera Workshop
- MUSIC 384 - Opera Theatre
- MUSIC 385 - SDSU Treble Choir
- MUSIC 386 - SDSU Chamber Choir
- MUSIC 389 - Jazz Ensemble
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
Language Requirement
No course list published for this category.
Major
48 units- MUSIC 345 - Music Cultures of the World
- MUSIC 347 - Conducting
- MUSIC 360 - Electro-Acoustic Music Composition II
- MUSIC 405A - Orchestration
- MUSIC 405B - Counterpoint
- MUSIC 409W - Research and Writing for Musicians
- MUSIC 460 - Art of Recording
- MUSIC 507 - Composition Laboratory
- MUSIC 560 - Music and Visual Media
- MUSIC 561 - Area Studies: Cuba and Brazil
- MUSIC 565 - Techniques of Film Scoring
- MUSIC 595 - Stylistic Composition in Contemporary Media
- MUSIC 305A - Music Theory III
- MUSIC 305B - Music Theory IV
- MUSIC 308A - Music History I: Middle Ages through the Enlightenment
- MUSIC 309 - Music History II: American Revolution to the Present
Music, Global Composition Specialization, B.M. - Roadmap
No course list published for this category.
Performance Studies for Credit
No course list published for this category.
Preparation for the Major
34 units- MUSIC 105 - Introduction to Elements of Music
- MUSIC 106A - Aural Musicianship I
- MUSIC 106B - Aural Musicianship II
- MUSIC 108 - Introduction to Music Studies
- MUSIC 151 - Introduction to Music
- MUSIC 110A - Piano - Elementary Class Instruction
- MUSIC 110B - Piano - Elementary Class Instruction
- MUSIC 160 - Introduction to Electro-Acoustic Music
- MUSIC 166 - Elements of Jazz I
- MUSIC 205A - Music Theory I
- MUSIC 205B - Music Theory II
- MUSIC 206A - Aural Musicianship III
- MUSIC 206B - Aural Musicianship IV
- MUSIC 207 - Composition Laboratory
- MUSIC 210A - Piano - Elementary Class Instruction
- MUSIC 210B - Piano - Elementary Class Instruction
- MUSIC 260 - Electro-Acoustic Music Composition I
- MUSIC 266 - Elements of Jazz II
Seminar Requirement
1 unitThis checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2026-27 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.