CSUN音乐疗法计划由Ron Borczon教授于1984年创立，他至今仍是该计划的负责人。该计划获得文学学士学位，旨在满足美国音乐治疗协会规定的能力。完成课程后，您有资格参加音乐治疗师认证委员会（Certification Board for Music Therapy）颁发的全国委员会考试。CSUN音乐疗法计划的首次通过率高达93％。该课程非常有经验，教授和学生都提供许多课堂经验。这些经历是有组织的，以便学生可以学习模拟音乐治疗小组的感受。
The Bachelor of Arts in Music option in Music Therapy is designed to prepare students for careers in the therapeutic applications of music (entrance audition required). Capstone experience: internship. Completion of the program qualifies students to take the national examination needed to become a Board-Certified Music Therapist.<br><br>The Music Therapy program is an evidence-based curriculum that consists of both didactic and experiential courses to help develop the creative, intellectual and intuitive skills of students. Students work through many hypothetical and real cases to develop their skills in order to successfully complete the program and reach the culminating experience of the internship. Prior to the start of the internship, the student must demonstrate significant progress toward the competencies as laid out by the American Music Therapy Association.<br>Music department graduates are gainfully employed in diverse positions throughout the world, including as teachers in public and private schools and colleges, practicing music therapists, conductors of orchestras and bands, published composers and arrangers, award-winning recording artists, performers in renowned opera companies, major symphony orchestras, recording studios and professional chamber ensembles, plus many graduates are involved with the entertainment industry in Southern California and elsewhere.