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Change of Major

Claire Trevor School of the Arts

Criteria for the following majors:

  • Dance
  • Drama
  • B.A. in Music
  • B.Mus. in Music
  • Art
  • Arts Undeclared
Dance
Requirements Description
Cumulative UC GPA 2.00 GPA
Course grades None
Other Audition
Drama
Requirements Description
Cumulative UC GPA 2.00 GPA
Course grades Completion of at least three required drama courses for the major with grades of B or better.
B.A. in Music
Requirements Description
Cumulative UC GPA 2.00 GPA
Course grades

Currently enrolled UCI students wishing to add the B.A. in Music must complete the following:

A. Complete one of the following:
1. Take the Undergraduate Music Theory Placement Test, offered in Welcome Week each fall by the Music Department, and as a result of that test, place into MUSIC 16A; or
2. Complete MUSIC 25A Fundamentals of Music I

B. Complete one of the following 3 courses:
MUSIC 39A The Classical Tradition 1
MUSIC 39B The Classical Tradition 2
MUSIC 51 Music Technology

B.Mus. in Music
Requirements Description
Cumulative UC GPA 2.00 GPA
Currently enrolled UCI students wishing to add the B.Mus. in Music must pass an audition. Auditions are held each year, with prescreen video submissions due in late fall and second round in-person auditions held in late January. Detailed audition instructions, repertoire requirements and deadlines are provided on the Department of Music website: https://music.arts.uci.edu/.
Art
Requirements Description
Cumulative UC GPA 2.60 GPA
Course grades (Prior to Fall 2022) Completion of ONE course chosen from Art 1A, 1B, 1C or Art 9A and ONE Art History course
chosen from Art History 40A, B, C, 42A, B, C or D.
Course grades (Effective Fall 2022) Completion of two lower-division studio courses (chosen from Art 20 – 99) with a B or higher.
Arts Undeclared
Requirements Description
Cumulative UC GPA 2.00 GPA
Course grades None
Other Maximum of 60 units. Interest in one area of the Arts with intent to explore.

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