Academic Advising
Current Students: Please contact us through the Virtual Advising Center (VAC)
General/Prospective Students: Please contact us at mus-ug@cloud.ucsd.edu.
Please see Expected Response Times for specific requests below:
Virtual Advising Center (VAC) – 2-3 Business days after submission
EASy Request – 5 Business days after submission
Declaring a Minor – 5 Business days after submission
Undergraduate Student Petition – 2 Business days after submission. We review on Thursdays. It can take up to a business week to receive a decision.
Double Major – Review starts during Week 4. You will receive a decision 5 Businesses days after submission.
EASy Request – 5 Business days after submission
Declaring a Minor – 5 Business days after submission
Undergraduate Student Petition – 2 Business days after submission. We review on Thursdays. It can take up to a business week to receive a decision.
Double Major – Review starts during Week 4. You will receive a decision 5 Businesses days after submission.
SAP and Unit Limit Extension – 2-5 Business days after submission.
Please see the following advising schedule:
** No Virtual Advising or Walk-Ins will be conducted until after Week 2. If you have any inquiries please make sure to utilize your Virtual Advising Center (VAC).
FA23 Walk-In Advising Schedule:Mondays: 1:30P - 2:30PThursdays: 1:30P - 2:30P** Walk-In Advising is first come first serve. There may be a significant wait time. If you have questions, you can also reach out to us thourgh the Virtual Advising Center or you can find your answer on here on the Music Department Website. **Virtual Advising Appointments: Please schedule your Virtual Advising Appointments via the Virtual Advising Center (VAC):FA23 Virtual Advising Appointment Schedule:Tuesdays: 9:00A - 11:30A1:30P - 2:30PThursdays: 9:00A - 11:30APlease Note: We only allow a 5 minute grace period for tardiness. You will NOT be seen after this grace period and will need to reschedule.
Virtual Advising Appointments are dedicated to assisting students with the following:
- Double Major Petitions
- Quarter by Quarter Plans
- Degree Audit Checks
- Degree Planning and Major Concerns
** To ensure that you make the best out of our time, come prepared with courses that you are interested in and all forms completed. **
Proficiency Exams and Petitions
FALL 2023 - Proficiency Exams:
PLEASE NOTE:
- Proficiency exams are required of all students wishing to Test Out of the Music 1 series, Music 2 series and Music 2K series.
- Students who test out of a course or sequence will NOT earn course credit/units. Testing out merely fulfills prerequisite requirements.
- MUS 2 Series is REQUIRED for all Music Majors. ...
Music 1: The proficiency exam for Music 1 (Fundamentals of Music) is given individually for each course in the sequence. There is a MUS 1A exam, a 1B exam and a 1C exam.
MUS 1A, MUS 1B and 1C exams are administered with each instructor.
Each exam must be completed within 40 minutes. This course sequence is intended for non-music majors.
Music 2:
Exam Schedule:
Students not currently enrolled in MUS 2A and seeking to take the exam:
Wednesday, Sept, 27th: 2:00P in CPMC 264
Students currently enrolled in MUS 2A will be required to take the exam during the first class meeting:
Thursday, Sept. 28th: 11:00A in CPMC 264
The MUS 2 series proficiency exam exists to assess the level of incoming experience for all students hoping to either take or pass out of the 2 series.
All students interested in the MUS 2 sequence are required to take the exam, regardless of prior experience. If you have advanced prior knowledge, you will either be admitted to a later series of the course (2B, 2C) or be passed directly into MUS 101A. Regardless of prior experience, you are still required to take the exam.
If you are new to music theory with no prior music theory experience, you must still take the exam in order for the instructor to assess incoming levels of experience.
There is no need to “study” in advance of this proficiency exam. It is an ear-training based exam, proctored live, and will cover a range of topics from hearing basic intervals, chord qualities, scales qualities, inversions, modes, basic chord progressions, cadences and 2-note dictations.
Music 2K: All students planning to test out of Music 2K (Basic Keyboard) must take a proficiency exam for each course. Each exam tests students on all three courses of that series.
*If you do not see information regarding your desired course, please reach out to the instructor directly at takaeohnishi@gmail.com.
**All information is subject to change. Please check our website regularly for up to date information.
Undergraduate Student Petitions
Students who would like to petition a course to be applied to the Music Department must submit the following:
- An Undergraduate Student Petition form
- Course syllabus
Petitions can be submitted to the Undergrad Music Email: mus-ug@cloud.ucsd.edu with the Subject of "Student Petition: [Insert Your Name] [Insert PID]". The department will review the petition starting 5 business days after it was received and will determine whether the course meets the department's requirements and will approve or deny the petition on that basis. Please allow a business week for your decision to be processed.
PETITIONING ENSEMBLES
The Music Department does not allow students to petition ensembles. Music majors who are required to fulfill the 3 quarter ensemble requirement will be required to do so by participating in UC San Diego ensembles.
Double Major Student Petitions
Students wanting to pursue a double major in Music, Music Humanities or ICAM can submit a petition once they have completed 90 UC units and no later than 135 units. With the approval of both departments and of the College Provost, a student in good standing may declare a double major. Students should arrange an advising appointment with the UG advisor to review the requirements of the major. Students should be prepared to have their Double Major Petition form and a copy of their quarter by quarter plan available for review. The Music Department will allow a maximum of 2 upper-division courses to overlap between both majors.
Please know that our office begins reviewing Double Major Petitions starting Week 4 of every quarter.
Important Dates
New Students 2023-2024
** Information is in the process of being updated
2023-2024 Important Dates
| Event | Date |
| Fall Quarter begins | 9/19 |
|
Instruction begins |
9/22 |
| Deadline to Add or re-enroll | 10/7 |
| Deadline to Change Grading Option | 10/21 |
| Deadline to Change Units | 10/21 |
| Deadline to Drop Courses without "W" | 10/21 |
| Deadline to Drop Courses with "W" | 11/4 |
| Veterans Day Holiday | |
| Last day of classes before finals | 12/2 |
| Finals Week | 12/3-12/10 |
| Fall Quarter ends | 12/10 |
| Winter Break | |
| Winter Quarter begins | |
| Instruction begins | |
| Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday | |
| Deadline to Add or re-enroll | |
| Deadline to Drop Courses without "W" | |
| Deadline to Change Grading Option | |
| Deadline to Change Units | |
| Presidents' Day Holiday | |
| Deadline to Drop Courses with "W" | |
| Instruction Ends | |
| Finals Week | |
| Deadline to file for "Removal of Grade Incomplete" from previous quarter | |
| Winter Quarter ends | |
| Deadline to request grade of "Incomplete" | |
| Spring Break | |
| Spring Quarter begins | |
| César Chávez Holiday | |
| Instruction begins | |
| Deadline to Add or re-enroll | |
| Deadline to Drop courses without "W" | |
| Deadline to Change Grading Option | |
| Deadline to Change Units | |
| Deadline to Drop courses with "W" | |
| Memorial Day observance | |
| Instruction ends | |
| Finals Week | |
| Deadline to file for "Removal of Grade Incomplete" from previous quarter | |
| Spring Quarter ends | |
| Commencement programs | |
| Deadline to request grade of "Incomplete" |
Upcoming Holiday Schedule
**Please Note: The Music Dept. will be CLOSED on these dates.
| Holiday | Date |
| Memorial Day | 05/29 |
| Juneteenth | 06/19 |
| Independence Day | 07/04 |
| Labor Day | 09/04 |
Additional Resources and Links
Enrollment & Registration Calendar
Provides Music Department policies and downloadable department forms (i.e. Key Request, Lockers, Practice Rooms, Equipment Checkout)
Office for Students with Disabilities
OSD Department Liaison: TBD, Undergraduate Advisor, CPMC 195 (AFA letters must be on file with the department in order to receive accommodations).
Online Key Request for Music Majors and students in the following courses: MUS 2ABC, 2AK, 2BK, 2CK, 32, 32V, 95B, 95D, 95E, 95JC, 95K, 95L, 101ABC, 102, 106, 130, 131, 132, 132V, 134, 137, 43 and 143.
Undergraduate Student Petition