Training
•Bullet: At 38 units, the Independent Track is the smallest of the four Music BA tracks: 14 units of core academic courses (MUS 123, MUS 124C, MUS 124D, and the MUS 195 Senior Project), three quarters of MUS 131 applied lessons totaling 6 units, at least 6 units of ensembles, and at least 12 units of electives
•Bullet: Students in the Independent Track develop their own senior project
•Bullet: The elective menu includes MUS 107A, 107B, and 107C electronic and computer music, MUS 108A/B Orchestration, MUS 113 Introduction to Conducting, MUS 115 History of Film Music, MUS 117 The Broadway Musical, and the MUS 129A-D surveys of musics of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe
Facilities
•Bullet: The Sound Lab in the Art Annex teaches the history of electronic sound, modular synths, musique concrète, hardware hacking, and computer music
•Bullet: The Ann E. Pitzer Center, opened in 2016, features a 399-seat concert hall, six practice rooms, and five large teaching/rehearsal studios