The Bachelor of Arts in Music option in Music Education is designed to prepare students with the skills and knowledge to successfully teach music in K-12 schools (entrance audition required). Students receive a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree that focuses on music education. Completion of this curriculum satisfies the pre-professional academic requirements for the Single Subject Teaching Credential in Music. The Music department’s program is fully approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

The curriculum provides a broad-based comprehensive approach to the teaching of music through experiences in aural skills; theory; improvisation; technology; conducting and arranging; history; world music; choral, general and instrumental methods; observation and field experiences; small and large ensembles; and private lessons. Music education students study with the same teachers and perform with the same ensembles as the performance majors.

The CSU, Northridge Music department maintains a close relationship with area schools allowing students many early opportunities to observe and experience teaching prior to student teaching. These schools provide diverse urban and suburban settings with mentor teachers for student teacher placements during the credential program.

The credential program is a fifth year of study that follows the B.A. degree. This program, which includes two semesters of student teaching, must be completed to receive the California teaching credential that is required to teach in California Public Schools.

Credential Program

To be cleared for the credential program, a Music Education major must meet all of the Music Education requirements, including the Music Education Assessment and additional criteria found in the Credential section of this Catalog.

The Bachelor of Arts in Music option in Music Industry Studies (MIS) prepares students for executive and administrative careers in the music industry (entrance audition required). This option offers a blend of the art of music and the discipline of business. Students not only participate in traditional music courses, such as individual applied music lessons and performing ensembles, but they are also immersed in an interdisciplinary curriculum that provides a foundational understanding of business and how it operates in the music industry. With a strong emphasis on experiential learning, students put their classroom education into practice through internships, student-produced events and a student-run, faculty-advised record label (Five of Five Music Entertainment). This option culminates in a music industry internship experience.

The Bachelor of Arts in Music option in Breadth Studies is a flexible program with minimum performance requirements that allows students to combine studies in music with other fields of interest (entrance audition required). Students must audition at the same level as other B.A. programs and have a clear career goal that cannot be met through one of the other CSUN Music options.

The Bachelor of Arts in Modern Jewish Studies provides an interdisciplinary examination of Jews and Judaism in terms of the interactions of culture, history and religion during the last 400 years. The courses in the major explore the modern Jewish experience in multiple geographical settings and include language study.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students majoring in Jewish Studies will have an appreciation and understanding of the major events and cultural features of Jewish life in different international settings from 1600 to the present. Students will be able to:

1. Define and analyze significant Jewish religious beliefs, ethics, religious practices, philosophies and cultural expressions.
2. Demonstrate an ability to speak, comprehend and write Modern Hebrew at an elementary level.
3. Identify the major events of modern Jewish history and articulate the internal (within the Jewish community) and external (outside of the Jewish community) forces that led up to and shaped these events.
4. Describe the principal social contours of modern Jewish communities and families and give examples of the complex and multifaceted forms of modern Jewish identity.

Mechanical Engineering majors at CSUN receive a solid education in the fundamentals of the discipline augmented by hands-on experience that employers have found to be invaluable. Design concepts and projects are integrated throughout the curriculum.

The freshmen and sophomore years provide the student with a breadth of knowledge that is required in specialized courses and in the career work of the mechanical engineer. During these years, students take courses in mathematics, chemistry, physics, computer programming, engineering materials, engineering mechanics, electrical systems and mechanical design. The junior year courses include engineering economics, engineering dynamics, strength of materials, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mechanical design, the numerical analysis of engineering systems, and computer-aided analysis and design.

The senior year is composed of a group of required and elective courses that are related to the student’s area of specialization within Mechanical Engineering. The required courses include system dynamics, mechatronics and two semesters of senior design. Students can take their electives to obtain more in-depth knowledge in the following areas: aerospace engineering, automotive engineering, controls engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical design and thermal-fluid systems.

The Mechanical Engineering department takes a practical approach to engineering, offering hands-on design experience as well as theoretical knowledge. That’s an advantage on the job because our graduates have had experience constructing projects, not just analyzing and designing them. A key to this practical training is the department’s Senior Design Program, which is modeled on the industry work groups that students will encounter on the job. Like professional engineers, students design and develop a project, from conception through manufacture. In the process, they gain valuable experience in working as a team, overcoming technical and management challenges, and developing communication skills. Past senior design projects have included an autonomous intelligent ground vehicle, a Formula SAE race car, a human-powered vehicle, unmanned aerial systems and sustainable energy systems.

The B.S. degree in Mathematics is designed for students who want to pursue occupational careers involving applied mathematics or want to prepare for graduate work in applied mathematics.

Double Major

A student pursuing either a B.A. or a B.S. degree may combine a second major with Mathematics. In this circumstance, upon approval of an advisor, 6 units of upper division electives may be satisfied by courses in the second major. The remaining electives must be taken in the Department of Mathematics. Under certain rare conditions, the physics requirement in the lower division core may be replaced by appropriate coursework in the second major. Prior approval must be obtained from an advisor and the department chair for this latter occurrence.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students shall be able to:

1. Devise proofs of basic results concerning sets and number systems.
2. Rigorously establish fundamental analytic properties and results, such as limits, continuity, differentiability, and integrability.
3. Demonstrate facility with the objects, terminology, and concepts of linear algebra.
4. Demonstrate facility with the terminology, use of symbols, and concepts of probability.
5. Write simple computer programs to perform computations arising in the mathematical sciences.

The B.S. degree in Mathematics is designed for students who want to pursue occupational careers involving applied mathematics or want to prepare for graduate work in applied mathematics.

Double Major

A student pursuing either a B.A. or a B.S. degree may combine a second major with Mathematics. In this circumstance, upon approval of an advisor, 6 units of upper division electives may be satisfied by courses in the second major. The remaining electives must be taken in the Department of Mathematics. Under certain rare conditions, the physics requirement in the lower division core may be replaced by appropriate coursework in the second major. Prior approval must be obtained from an advisor and the department chair for this latter occurrence.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students shall be able to:

1. Devise proofs of basic results concerning sets and number systems.
2. Rigorously establish fundamental analytic properties and results, such as limits, continuity, differentiability, and integrability.
3. Demonstrate facility with the objects, terminology, and concepts of linear algebra.
4. Demonstrate facility with the terminology, use of symbols, and concepts of probability.
5. Write simple computer programs to perform computations arising in the mathematical sciences.

The B.S. degree in Mathematics is designed for students who want to pursue occupational careers involving applied mathematics or want to prepare for graduate work in applied mathematics.

Double Major

A student pursuing either a B.A. or a B.S. degree may combine a second major with Mathematics. In this circumstance, upon approval of an advisor, 6 units of upper-division electives may be satisfied by courses in the second major. The remaining electives must be taken in the Department of Mathematics. Under certain rare conditions, the physics requirement in the lower division core may be replaced by appropriate coursework in the second major. Prior approval must be obtained from an advisor and the department chair for this latter occurrence.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students shall be able to:

1. Devise proofs of basic results concerning sets and number systems.
2. Rigorously establish fundamental analytic properties and results, such as limits, continuity, differentiability, and integrability.
3. Demonstrate facility with the objects, terminology, and concepts of linear algebra.
4. Demonstrate facility with the terminology, use of symbols, and concepts of probability.
5. Write simple computer programs to perform computations arising in the mathematical sciences.

The Secondary Teaching option provides preparation for the student planning to teach mathematics at the secondary level. Students in this option may enroll in a post-baccalaureate teacher preparation program to earn a Preliminary Single Subject Credential in Mathematics. Alternatively, students who meet the eligibility requirements can enter either the Four-Year Integrated Mathematics (FYI-Math) Teacher Credential Program or the Junior-Year Integrated Mathematics (JYI-Math) Teacher Credential Program, in which students earn both a bachelor’s degree and a Preliminary Single Subject Credential and are qualified to teach full-time upon graduation. These options have been approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing as academic programs for the Single Subject Credential in Mathematics. For details on the Single Subject Credential program, see the Credentials and Department of Secondary Education sections in this Catalog.

Double Major

A student pursuing either a B.A. or a B.S. degree may combine a second major with Mathematics. In this circumstance, upon approval of an advisor, 6 units of upper-division electives may be satisfied by courses in the second major. The remaining electives must be taken in the Department of Mathematics. Under certain rare conditions, the physics requirement in the lower division core may be replaced by appropriate coursework in the second major. Prior approval must be obtained from an advisor and the department chair for this latter occurrence.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students shall be able to:

1. Devise proofs of basic results concerning sets and number systems.
2. Rigorously establish fundamental analytic properties and results, such as limits, continuity, differentiability, and integrability.
3. Demonstrate facility with the objects, terminology, and concepts of linear algebra.
4. Demonstrate facility with the terminology, use of symbols, and concepts of probability.
5. Write simple computer programs to perform computations arising in the mathematical sciences.

Mathematicians today are engaged in a wide variety of activities. Research mathematicians create new theories and techniques. Applied mathematicians use that theory and mathematical modeling to solve problems in economics, science, medicine, engineering, and management. Teachers of mathematics develop new ways to teach mathematical concepts to children and adults. University-level mathematics involves more than algorithms and computational techniques. Mathematics majors also learn to construct proofs and how to approach a real-life problem from a mathematical point of view.

Double Major

A student pursuing either a B.A. or a B.S. degree may combine a second major with Mathematics. In this circumstance, upon approval of an advisor, 6 units of upper-division electives may be satisfied by courses in the second major. The remaining electives must be taken in the Department of Mathematics. Under certain rare conditions, the physics requirement in the lower division core may be replaced by appropriate coursework in the second major. Prior approval must be obtained from an advisor and the department chair for this latter occurrence.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students shall be able to:

1. Devise proofs of basic results concerning sets and number systems.
2. Rigorously establish fundamental analytic properties and results, such as limits, continuity, differentiability, and integrability.
3. Demonstrate facility with the objects, terminology, and concepts of linear algebra.
4. Demonstrate facility with the terminology, use of symbols, and concepts of probability.
5. Write simple computer programs to perform computations arising in the mathematical sciences.