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.
Applied Instruction
- MUSIC 251A - Performance Studies: Keyboard
- MUSIC 251B - Performance Studies: Voice
- MUSIC 251C - Performance Studies: Woodwinds
- MUSIC 251D - Performance Studies: Brass
- MUSIC 251E - Performance Studies: Percussion
- MUSIC 251F - Performance Studies: Strings
- MUSIC 251G - Performance Studies: Classical Guitar
- MUSIC 251I - Performance Studies: Jazz Instruments
- MUSIC 251L - Performance Studies: Composition
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
Five Units of Lower Division Music Electives
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Four Units of
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Four Units Selected From
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Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
Language Requirement
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Major
57 units- MUSIC 305A - Music Theory III
- MUSIC 305B - Music Theory IV
- MUSIC 308A - Music History I: Middle Ages through the Enlightenment
- MUSIC 308DW - Music History II: Classical and Romantic
- MUSIC 515 - Professional Orientation for Music Performers
- MUSIC 518 - Community Performance Practicum
- B A 350 - Management and Organizational Behavior
- MGT 358 - Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
- MUSIC 408DW - Music History III: 20th and 21st Centuries
- MGT 420 - Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition and Evaluation
- MGT 460 - Business Model Design and Development
Music, Music Entrepreneurship and Business Track, B.M. (2025-2026) - Roadmap
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Nine Units of Upper Division Music Electives
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One Course Selected From
- ECON 201 - Statistical Methods
- STAT 119 - Elementary Statistics for Business
- STAT 250 - Statistical Principles and Practices
- B A 370 - Marketing
- MGT 353 - Creativity and Innovation
- MGT 455 - Social Entrepreneurship
- MGT 470 - Venture Launch
- HTM 330 - Event and Meeting Industry
- THEA 470 - Facility Operations and Management for Theatre
- THEA 476 - Event Coordination and the Entertainment Industry
- AFRAS 385 - African American Music
- THEA 465 - Theatre of Diversity
Performance Studies for Credit
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Preparation for the Major
41 units- MUSIC 105 - Introduction to Elements of Music
- MUSIC 106A - Aural Musicianship I
- MUSIC 106B - Aural Musicianship II
- MUSIC 110A - Piano - Elementary Class Instruction
- MUSIC 110B - Piano - Elementary Class Instruction
- MUSIC 151 - Introduction to Music
- MUSIC 205A - Music Theory I
- MUSIC 205B - Music Theory II
- ACCTG 201 - Financial Accounting Fundamentals
- COMM 103 - Oral Communication
- ECON 101 - Principles of Economics
- ECON 102 - Principles of Economics
- JMS 210 - Digital Literacy
Six Units of
Suggested Courses
- MUSIC 160 - Introduction to Electro-Acoustic Music
- MUSIC 166 - Elements of Jazz I
- MUSIC 206A - Aural Musicianship III
- MUSIC 206B - Aural Musicianship IV
- MUSIC 243 - Diction I
- MUSIC 260 - Electro-Acoustic Music Composition I
- MUSIC 266 - Elements of Jazz II
- MUSIC 290 - Body Modalities
- DANCE 290 - Body Modalities
- MUSIC 343 - Music Literature for Children
- MUSIC 345 - Music Cultures of the World
- MUSIC 347 - Conducting
- MUSIC 349 - Conducting II
- MUSIC 405A - Orchestration
- MUSIC 405B - Counterpoint
- MUSIC 408B - Jazz History and Improvisation
- MUSIC 541 - Performance Studies Pedagogy
- MUSIC 554 - Music Literature
- MUSIC 561 - Area Studies: Cuba and Brazil
- MUSIC 562 - Psychology of Music
- THEA 345 - Theatre Marketing and Publicity
- THEA 596 - Selected Topics in Theatre
Two Units of
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This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2025-26 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.