Option in General Music

The Option in General Music is a program serving students who wish to study music as a broadly based liberal arts education and is designed to appeal to the student who desires a course of study with several areas of focus that include performance and non-performance subjects.

Under the mandatory guidance of an advisor, students have the ability to construct a 4-year plan that is catered to their individual area of focus.

Students are encouraged to pursue and study more than one of the degree focus areas including:

• jazz studies
• keyboard
• vocal or instrumental performance
• composition
• ethnomusicology 
• music history

Admission to the University

Students interested in the Option in General Music should apply to the University during the initial admission application filing period of October 1 through November 30 for the following Fall semester. Applications submitted after November will not be accepted. If you have not yet applied for admission here are some additional web sites: California State University Chico’s main web page. You can find information about admissions and apply online (this site includes links for freshmen, transfer students, international students, and graduate students). You can also email the University for information at info@csuchico.edu(opens in new window). The telephone number for Admissions is (530) 898-6321.