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Music (AA-T) (AA-T) Music Total Units: 23
Term Effective: Fall 2025

Description:

The Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer in Music prepares students for careers in music performance, composition/arranging, publishing, education, and other specializations while also meeting the lower-division transfer requirements for a Bachelor’s degree in Music.

Students will have to fulfill the following requirements to earn this degree.

  1. Completion of 60 semester units that are eligible for transfer to the California State University, including both of the following:

    a) The California Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) Requirements; and

    b) A minimum of 18 semester units as required for the Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer in Music for Transfer Major.

  2. Obtainment of an overall minimum grade point average of 2.0.
  3. Earn a grade of C or better (or P) in all courses required for the Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer in Music for Transfer Major.

A maximum of 12 units are allowed with a P grade for students earning an Associate Degree. For detailed information, please refer to the SRJC Grading Policy.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:

  1. demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic structure of music.
  2. demonstrate fluency with the language of music in written and aural form.
  3. perform on their instrument (or voice) at college sophomore level.
  4. perform effectively in a musical ensemble.
  5. utilize the piano keyboard to demonstrate and apply musical concepts.
  6. emonstrate a broad-based understanding of the historical and aesthetic development of music.

Program Requirements:

The requirements for the Music (AA-T) (AA-T) program are:

  • Complete 23 units from
    • Music for Transfer Core Requirements
    • Music for Transfer List A

Music for Transfer Core Requirements - complete 20.00 units
MUSC 2AMusic Theory 13.00
MUSC 2BMusic Theory 23.00
MUSC 2CMusic Theory 33.00
MUSC 3AMusicianship 11.00
MUSC 3BMusicianship 21.00
MUSC 3CMusicianship 31.00
Complete any combination totaling at least 4.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
MUSP 40.1Applied Music (Individual Instruction): Piano1.00
MUSP 40.2Applied Music (Individual Instruction): Voice1.00
MUSP 40.3Applied Music (Individual Instruction): Strings1.00
MUSP 40.4Applied Music (Individual Instruction): Woodwind1.00
MUSP 40.5Applied Music (Individual Instruction): Brass1.00
MUSP 40.6Applied Music (Individual Instruction): Percussion1.00
MUSP 40.7Applied Music (Individual Instruction): Guitar1.00
Complete any combination totaling at least 4.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
MUSP 21AConcert Choir 11.00
MUSP 21BConcert Choir 21.00
MUSP 21CConcert Choir 31.00
MUSP 21DConcert Choir 41.00
MUSP 23AChamber Singers 11.00
MUSP 23BChamber Singers 21.00
MUSP 23CChamber Singers 31.00
MUSP 23DChamber Singers 41.00
MUSP 30ASymphonic Band 11.00
MUSP 30BSymphonic Band 21.00
MUSP 30CSymphonic Band 31.00
MUSP 30DSymphonic Band 41.00
MUSP 32AJazz Band 11.00
MUSP 32BJazz Band 21.00
MUSP 32CJazz Band 31.00
MUSP 32DJazz Band 41.00
MUSP 33AOrchestra 11.00
MUSP 33BOrchestra 21.00
MUSP 33COrchestra 31.00
MUSP 33DOrchestra 41.00
MUSP 42AJazz Combo Ensemble 11.00
MUSP 42BJazz Combo Ensemble 21.00
MUSP 42CJazz Combo Ensemble 31.00
MUSP 42DJazz Combo Ensemble 41.00
 
Music for Transfer List A - complete 3.00 units
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
MUSC 2DMusic Theory 43.00
MUSC 3DMusicianship 41.00
MUSP 11AClass Piano 12.00
MUSP 11BClass Piano 22.00
MUSP 11CClass Piano 32.00
MUSC 7Music Appreciation3.00
MUSC 6.1Music History and Literature: Antiquity to 17503.00
MUSC 6.2Music History and Literature: 1750 to Present3.00

Term Effective: Fall 2025

The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.

Associate Degree Requirements:

The major is one of several requirements students need to fulfill in order to be awarded the Associate Degree, the highest level of academic achievement recognized by Santa Rosa Junior College. Please note that all of the following requirements must be met in order for the degree to be conferred:

For all students admitted for the Fall 2009 term or any term thereafter, a grade of "C" or better, or "P" if the course is taken on a pass/no pass basis, is required for each course applied toward the major.

Course Prerequisites and Advisories:

Courses in a program of study may have prerequisites or advisories; that is, courses that must or should be completed before taking that course. Please check for prerequisites or advisories by clicking on the course numbers in the Program Requirements section.

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