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 1101C | English Composition I | 3 cc |
MV 131__ | Applied Music (Principal Instrument)Two 1/2 hour lessons a week | 1 cc |
MUN 1xxx | Major Music Ensemble | 1 cc |
MUS 1360 | Music and Computer | 3 cc |
MUT 1111 | Music Theory I | 3 cc |
MUT 1241C | Ear Training and Sightsinging I | 1 cc |
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| Choose one of the following Mathematics General Education Courses: | |
MAC 1105 | College Algebra | 3 cc |
MGF 1106 | Mathematics for Liberal Arts I | 3 cc |
MGF 1107 | Mathematics for Liberal Arts II | 3 cc |
STA 2023 | Elementary Statistics | 3 cc |
Semester 2 (16 cc)
MUN 1xxx | Major Music Ensemble | 1 cc |
MUT 1112 | Music Theory II | 3 cc |
MUT 1242C | Ear Training and Sightsinging II | 1 cc |
MV 131__ | Applied Music (Principal Instrument)Two 1/2 hour lessons a week | 1 cc |
ENC 1102 | English Composition II | 3 cc |
See Choices | Natural Sciences (General Education Core Course) | 3 cc |
| Natural Science Companion Lab | 1 cc |
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| Choose one of the following Mathematics General Education courses (not selected in semester 1): | |
MAC 1105 | College Algebra | 3 cc |
MGF 1106 | Mathematics for Liberal Arts I | 3 cc |
MGF 1107 | Mathematics for Liberal Arts II | 3 cc |
STA 2023 | Elementary 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 2116 | Music 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 |
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| Choose one of the following courses: | |
| Foreign Language I | 3 cc |
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MV 232__ | Applied Music (Principal Instrument)Two 1/2 hour lessons a week | 1 cc |
| and | |
MUN 1xxx | Major Music Ensemble | 1 cc |
| and | |
MUT 2246C | Ear 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 2117 | Music Theory IV | 3 cc |
MUT 2247C | Ear Training and Sightsinging IV | 1 cc |
MV 232__ | Applied Music (Principal Instrument)Two 1/2 hour lessons a week | 1 cc |
PSY 2012 | General Psychology | 3 cc |
See Choices | Any Social Sciences General Education Course | 3 cc |
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| Choose one of the following courses: | |
| Foreign Language II | 3 cc |
| or | |
MUH 2110 | Introduction 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