Humboldt State University

The Bachelor of Arts degree program in Music provides a basic understanding of the theory and history of music, performance opportunities in many styles and genres, and individual instruction in voice, piano, composition or instruments from highly-qualified faculty who are active musicians and scholars.

The music curriculum is divided into a core of courses required of all majors, plus an additional group of required courses specific to one of four concentrations: Music Studies, Composition, Performance, and Music Education.

All students begin in the Music Studies Concentration. Students who wish to change from the Music Studies Concentration to Composition, Performance, or Music Education Concentrations must audition by the end of the fourth semester at Humboldt for students who start their freshman year at Humboldt, or by the end of the first semester at Humboldt for upper division transfer students. (See audition information beginning on page 27 of the Music Student Handbook.)

All music major classes must be taken for a grade, except ensembles that are one only offered credit/no credit.