Bachelor’s degree · BA / BA (Hons)
Music BA
California State University, Chico · Music, Theatre, and Dance (College of Humanities and Fine Arts) · Chico, California, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts in MusicBA
- Subject
- General Music StudiesMusic Performance (concentration)Music Education (concentration)
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Bachelor of Arts in Music with a theory, history, aural and keyboard core and two options, applied music and music education; the music education option prepares for the Single Subject Credential in Music.
- Department
- Music, Theatre, and Dance (College of Humanities and Fine Arts)
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts in MusicBA
- Award family
- BA / BA (Hons)A Bachelor of Arts, including BA (Hons). It is not relabelled as a Bachelor of Music.
- Qualification level
- Bachelor’s degree
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| General Music Studies | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Music Performance | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Option in applied musicHow students choose it is not published“The option in applied music.”Source |
| Music Education | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Option in music educationHow students choose it is not published“The option in music education.”Source |
Professional pathway
Academic study and professional licensure or clinical registration are different things. This is recorded exactly as the program states it.
- Type
- Teacher licensure or qualification route
- What the page says
- The music education option is described as preparation for the Single Subject Credential in Music.Source
- Jurisdiction
- California
Qualifications and professional recognition vary by country and program. Confirm requirements with the relevant professional body before enrolling.
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Chico State campus (Music, Theatre, and Dance)
Source could not be re-checked automatically.
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition requirement not published
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, audition requirement, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)