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The Associate in Arts in Music for Transfer Degree is designed to prepare the student for transfer to four-year institutions of higher education and specifically intended to satisfy the lower division requirements for the Baccalaureate in Arts in Music at the California State University. This degree is designed to prepare students to demonstrate competence and discipline in the study of music theory, music analysis, music composition, and musicianship skills, and to 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 and provide comprehensive preparation for upper-division work.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate ensemble specific performance practices and professional standards of conduct expected of ensemble participants.
• Perform solo literature with an accompanist (if appropriate) using stylistically accurate rhythm, pitch, diction (or articulation) and musical expression.
• Demonstrate the ability to “audiate” a musical score by sight-reading and performing complex rhythms and by sight singing chromatic, modulating, and post-tonal melodies.
• Demonstrate the ability to recognize patterns and musical function by aurally identifying and transcribing scales, modes, post-tonal melodies, and complex harmonic progressions.
• Analyze chromatic harmonic progressions that include modulation using 20th century techniques.
• Write, analyze, and compose music using 20th century techniques, such as tone rows, set theory, augmented sixth chords, pandiatonicism and polytonalism.
• Demonstrate keyboard proficiency at the level required to perform theoretical concepts studied in music theory courses.

Music

Associate in Art for Transfer Degree

The Associate in Art in Music for Transfer degree will be awarded upon completion of 60 California State University (CSU) transferable units including the above major requirements and the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) requirements and with a minimum grade point average of 2.0. All courses in the major must be completed with a grade of 'C' or better (or a 'P' if taken as Pass/No Pass).