MUS at California State University, Bakersfield

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. MUS 1410Theory I
  2. MUS 1420Theory II
• 1. MUS 1120Piano Class I
  2. MUS 1130Piano Class II

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate MUS coursework.

• MUS 1420Theory IIopens 14 courses (2 directly)
• MUS 2410Theory IIIopens 13 courses (10 directly)
• MUS 2411Musicianship IIIopens 7 courses (4 directly)
• MUS 1130Piano Class IIopens 5 courses (4 directly)
• MUS 3600Beginning Conductingopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• MUS 2120Piano Class IIIopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate MUS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 44 MUS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 56 more MUS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on MUS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in MUS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at MUS 4600

  1. MUS 1410Theory I
  2. MUS 1420Theory II
  3. MUS 2410Theory III
  4. MUS 2411Musicianship III
  5. MUS 3600Beginning Conducting
  6. MUS 4600Instrumental Conducting

• 4 courses deep, ending at MUS 2130

  1. MUS 1120Piano Class I
  2. MUS 1130Piano Class II
  3. MUS 2120Piano Class III

• 3 courses deep, ending at MUS 3140

  1. MUS 1250Jazz Collective
  2. MUS 2140Jazz Improvisation I
  3. MUS 3140Jazz Improvisation II

• 2 courses deep, ending at MUS 1150

  1. MUS 1140Voice Class I
  2. MUS 1150Voice Class II

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for MUS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MUS yet.

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Department events

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