Certificates & Degrees

The Music Associate in Arts Degree is designed to provide students with the basic musical knowledge and academic skills to either transfer to a four-year academic institution or lead to employment in the music industry. This degree is designed to prepare students to demonstrate competence and discipline of music in all of its facets, read and audiate music, and demonstrate proficiency in ensemble skills and solo performance skills. Completion of this curriculum will demonstrate commitment to the serious study of Music in practice and in theory. This Degree may lead to employment in many fields of entertainment and different genres, including jazz, vocal, choral, instrumental, classical, rock, and music criticism. This degree requires a total of 36-37 units of which 26 units are in required courses. An additional 4 units are required from Applied Music classes. An additional 4 units are required from Performance Ensembles. An additional 2-3 units must be chosen from the restricted electives listed below.

MUSIC MAJOR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS - As a music major, you are expected to declare a performance area (voice, piano, or other instrument), to participate in at least one large performing group each semester, to be enrolled in Concert Hour each semester, to be enrolled in music theory and musicianship each semester, and to perform for student recitals and faculty juries on your major instrument each semester unless special exemption has been allowed. In addition to studying your major instrument each semester, you are urged to develop as much facility on the piano as possible because of its importance in other areas of your musical training.

APPLIED MUSIC: Four-year colleges vary in the amount of applied music credit that may be applied to the Baccalaureate degree. Students are cautioned to check the catalog of the college they plan to attend for its specific statement on the amount of applied music credit that will count toward the degree