Bachelor of Music Degree
The Music Department at California State University, Northridge offers two undergraduate degree programs (Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music) with several options for the undergraduate student.
The BACHELOR OF MUSIC degree is intended for students planning careers as performers, conductors, composers & arrangers, and university teachers. Areas of emphasis include Orchestral Strings, Classical Guitar, Winds, Percussion, Keyboard (piano and organ), Vocal Arts, Composition, Commercial and Media Writing, and Jazz Studies. Entrance auditions are required for all BM options.
The Department of Music is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. For further information, please consult the requirements listed in the current CSUN catalog. You can also request information by sending an e-mail to the Music Department at music@csun.edu (undergraduate programs), or gradmusic@csun.edu (graduate programs).
New Students
The Department of Music admits new students to the program every Fall and Spring semesters and offers a wide range of scholarships for both undergraduate and graduate students. All students are required to pass an entrance audition, and all undergraduate students must also complete a Musicianship and Keyboard placement exam. Here at CSUN Music Department, we offer several entrance audition dates throughout the calendar year, as well as scholarship auditions for incoming freshman and transfer students during the Spring semester auditions.
ALL APPLICANTS TO THE MUSIC PROGRAM ARE REQUIRED TO:
- Visit Calstate Apply and Submit a university application first. Within two days of filling out that application you will receive a link to a music audition application.
- Successfully pass the entrance audition.
- Undergraduates are required to take the online musicianship text and fill out the keyboard placement questionnaire exams in order that students be placed at the correct level.
- Meet with faculty area coordinator or undergraduate advisor to discuss course selection.