Bachelor of Arts in Music Therapy
* pending Chancellor's Office approval
The Bachelor of Arts in Music Therapy is a four-year plus internship undergraduate degree that prepares students to be leaders among their communities in the field of music therapy. Music Therapy is an allied health profession in which music interventions are used to address therapeutic or palliative care needs. Our program is designed to generate an understanding of music, human development and exceptionality, clinical practice, and the music therapy process through classroom experience and clinical training in local and community-based settings.
This degree provides not only required core courses in music, clinical studies, and music therapy practice--thereby providing the professional competencies required by the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA)--but also 1200 hours of supervised clinical training (at least 900 of which are completed through the internship process). Completing this degree will prepare students to sit for the certification exam with the Certification Board for Music Therapists (the MT-BC credential).
Requirements: 74 Units
Total units required for graduation: 120
Requirements for the B.A. in Music Therapy
| MUS 1000 | Music Forum (must take at least 4 times) | 4 |
| MUS 2120 | Music Theory I: Diatonic Harmony | 3 |
| MUS 2125 | Musicianship I | 2 |
| MUS 2130 | Music Theory II: Chromatic Harmony | 3 |
| MUS 2135 | Musicianship II | 2 |
| MUS 2230 | Class Piano IV | 1 |
| MUS 2660 | Electronic Music Production | 3 |
| Four units chosen from the student's instrument of study: | 4 | |
| Lower-Division Voice I | ||
| Lower-Division Keyboard I | ||
| Lower-Division String Instrument I | ||
| Lower-Division Wind Instrument I | ||
| Lower-Division Brass Instrument I | ||
| Lower-Division Percussion Instrument I | ||
| Lower-Division Voice II | ||
| Lower-Division Keyboard II | ||
| Lower-Division String Instrument II | ||
| Lower-Division Wind Instrument II | ||
| Lower-Division Brass Instrument II | ||
| Lower-Division Percussion Instrument II | ||
| Six units chosen from the following (at least two must be MUS 3860) | 6 | |
| Large Music Ensemble | ||
| Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Symphonic Band | ||
| Concert Choir | ||
| Chamber Singers | ||
| MUS 2050 | Class Guitar | 1 |
| MUS 2060 | Class Voice | 1 |
| MUS 2700 | Music Therapy Orientation | 3 |
| MUS 2750 | Functional Skills for Music Therapy | 3 |
| MUS 2770 | Improvisation for Music Therapy | 2 |
| MUS 3050 | Western Music History from 1700 to 1900 | 3 |
| MUS 3500 | Global Music | 3 |
| MUS 3760 | Psychology of Music | 3 |
| MUS 3780 | Clinical Principles in Music Therapy | 3 |
| MUS 3781 | Music Therapy Observation | 2 |
| Two units of Music Therapy Group Lab | 2 | |
| Music Therapy Group Lab | ||
| MUS 3790 | Music Therapy for Adults | 2 |
| MUS 3791 | Music Therapy for Children | 2 |
| PSYC 1100 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 3390 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| Four units of Music Therapy Practicum | 4 | |
| Music Therapy Practicum | ||
| Internship in Music Therapy (6 units total required) | 6 | |
| Internship in Music Therapy | ||
| Total Units | 74 | |