Bachelor’s degree · BA / BA (Hons)
Bachelor of Arts in Music (Liberal Arts, Performance, Music Education options)
California State University, Dominguez Hills · CSUDH Department of Music · Carson, California, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of ArtsBA
- Subject
- General Music Studies (concentration)Music Performance (concentration)Music Education (concentration)
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Undergraduate music degree with liberal arts, performance and music education options; the music education option meets the CSET requirement for entry to the Single Subject Credential program.
- Department
- CSUDH Department of Music
- 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 ArtsBA
- 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 | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Liberal Arts OptionApplicants apply to this pathway“The Liberal Arts Option This degree option is intended for students who wish to pursue a liberal arts degree”Source |
| Music Performance | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Performance OptionApplicants apply to this pathway“The Performance Option This degree option prepares students for careers as professional performers or private studio instructors.”Source |
| Music Education | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Music Education OptionApplicants apply to this pathway“The Music Education Option This option is intended for students who wish to prepare for careers as music educators in grades K-12.”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
- Students completing the music education option meet the requirements for the California Subject Examinations for Teachers (CSET), which allows them to enter the Single Subject Credential program in the College of Education.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
- CSU Dominguez Hills campus
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)