Music Associate in Arts (MUSIC-AA)

This program is designed to provide students with basic skills and concepts in the field of music and to prepare the student completely for transfer to an upper-level institution. Students may choose as their principal instrument—piano, voice, organ, all woodwind instruments, all brass instruments, percussion, guitar, and strings. Students should consult with an advisor at the college or university they plan to attend for the specific courses recommended by that institution. We strongly encourage you to contact the Pensacola State College Performing Arts Department (P.A.D.) for assistance in planning your program of study.

Department Head:

Don Snowden, (850) 484-1802

dsnowden@pensacolastate.edu

Degree Requirements

Semester 1 (15 cc)

ENC 1101CEnglish Composition I

3 cc

MV 131__Applied Music (Principal Instrument)Two 1/2 hour lessons a week

1 cc

MUN 1xxxMajor Music Ensemble

1 cc

MUS 1360Music and Computer

3 cc

MUT 1111Music Theory I

3 cc

MUT 1241CEar Training and Sightsinging I

1 cc

 

Choose one of the following Mathematics General Education Courses:

MAC 1105College Algebra

3 cc

MGF 1106Mathematics for Liberal Arts I

3 cc

MGF 1107Mathematics for Liberal Arts II

3 cc

STA 2023Elementary Statistics

3 cc

Semester 2 (16 cc)

MUN 1xxxMajor Music Ensemble

1 cc

MUT 1112Music Theory II

3 cc

MUT 1242CEar Training and Sightsinging II

1 cc

MV 131__Applied Music (Principal Instrument)Two 1/2 hour lessons a week

1 cc

ENC 1102English Composition II

3 cc

See Choices Natural Sciences (General Education Core Course)

3 cc

Natural Science Companion Lab

1 cc

 

Choose one of the following Mathematics General Education courses (not selected in semester 1):

MAC 1105College Algebra

3 cc

MGF 1106Mathematics for Liberal Arts I

3 cc

MGF 1107Mathematics for Liberal Arts II

3 cc

STA 2023Elementary Statistics

3 cc

The required companion lab may be taken this semester or with the Natural Science course in semester 3.

See general education course list for general education course options.

Semester 3 (15 cc)

MUT 2116Music Theory III

3 cc

See Choices Humanities (Literature LIT, AML, or ENL prefix)

3 cc

See Choices Any Natural Sciences General Education Course

3 cc

See Choices Humanities (General Education Core Course)

3 cc

 

Choose one of the following courses:

Foreign Language I

3 cc

or

MV 232__Applied Music (Principal Instrument)Two 1/2 hour lessons a week

1 cc

and

MUN 1xxxMajor Music Ensemble

1 cc

and

MUT 2246CEar Training and Sightsinging III

1 cc

Foreign Language I must be selected if the foreign language requirement has not been met.

Any Humanities core course except MUH 2011.

If a biological science was selected in semester 2, then a physical science must be selected in semester 3.  If a physical science was selected in semester 2, then a biological science must be selected in semester 3.

See general education course list for general education course options.

Semester 4 (14 cc)

MUT 2117Music Theory IV

3 cc

MUT 2247CEar Training and Sightsinging IV

1 cc

MV 232__Applied Music (Principal Instrument)Two 1/2 hour lessons a week

1 cc

PSY 2012General Psychology

3 cc

See Choices Any Social Sciences General Education Course

3 cc

 

Choose one of the following courses:

Foreign Language II

3 cc

or

MUH 2110Introduction to Music History

3 cc

Foreign Language II must be selected if the foreign language requirement has not been met.

Note: Students will be required to pass a piano proficiency examination during the final semester, and are strongly urged to enroll in MVK applied piano minor courses to pass this proficiency examination.

Note: Students will be required to take a Music Theory Placement Exam. Students that do not pass the Placement Exam will be required to enroll in MUT 1001 Fundamentals of Music.

See general education course list for general education course options.

Total Credit Hours: 60

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