2024-2025 Catalog
Music AFA
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Code: AFA.MUSC
Concentrations: Music Performance (Classical/Jazz), Popular Music, Music Production
The Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) in Music concentrates student learning on music skills and knowledge, preparing students for further academic study of Music in a variety of music applications such as music production, music business, music education, music performance and composition, and music therapy, at the junior and senior college levels. Through applied and theoretical courses, students will develop the basic competencies of musicianship, knowledge acquisition, critical thinking, and analytic writing skills that potentially encompass a wide range of degree possibilities. The music course variety potentially includes performance, composition, critical listening, and theoretical skill sets necessary for a pathway towards a bachelor’s degree in music.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
- Articulate the aesthetic, historical, cultural, economic and sociological value of music across a wide variety of genres.
- Utilize technology to create, analyze, and market music.
- Demonstrate theoretical and practical musicianship skills to facilitate transfer to a bachelor’s program in music.
- Create a focused plan for continued studies in music based on exploration of the various facets of the music ecosystem.
CAREER PATHWAYS
| Music Educator (K-12, College, Community) |
Sound Engineer: Recording studio, Live events, Television, Film, Radio, Internet and Video Games |
| Musician (Classical, Jazz, Popular Music) |
Music Composer: Television, Film, Radio, Internet and Video Games |
| Performing Arts Manager |
Music Editor: Television, Film, Radio, Internet and Video Games |
| Music Therapist |
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Recommended Semester Sequence
Fourth Semester
- MUS2 Performance Ensemble II 1 Credit(s) **
- MUS/MUA Music Elective 1 Credit(s)
- Free Elective 3 Credit(s)
- Program Concentration Requirement 3 Credit(s)
- Program Concentration Requirement 3 Credit(s)
Gen Ed Math and Technology:
Program Concentrations
After the first semester, students will select a track that aligns with the career they wish to pursue.
Music Performance (Classical/Jazz)
Subtotal: 12 Credits
For transfer to Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music programs in Music Performance (Classical/Jazz), Music Education, Jazz Studies, Music Management (Classical/Jazz), or Music Technology (Classical/Jazz).
Subtotal: 12 Credits
For transfer to Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music programs in Popular Music Studies and Music Industry.
MUS-111 recommended to fulfill Humanities credit.
Plus two (2) of the following courses:
Subtotal: 12 Credits
For transfer to Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Science programs in Music Production, Recording Arts and Music Technology.
PHY-185 recommended to fulfill Natural Science Elective.
General Education Requirements
Humanities Electives **†
Select from the following:
Social Science
- Social Science Elective 3 Credit(s)
Mathematics, Natural Science, and Technology
Subtotal: 34 Credits
MUA-1, MUA-2: Applied music courses include half-hour private lessons with an instructor in Bass (MUA-101 , MUA-231 , MUA-232 , MUA-233 ); Guitar (MUA-102 , MUA-234 , MUA-235 , MUA-236 ); Percussion (MUA-103 , MUA-237 , MUA-238 , MUA-239 ); Piano (MUA-104 , MUA-240 , MUA-241 , MUA-242 ); Strings (MUA-105 , MUA-243 , MUA-244 , MUA-245 ); Voice (MUA-106 , MUA-246 , MUA-247 , MUA-248 ); or Woodwinds/Brass (MUA-107 , MUA-249 , MUA-250 , MUA-251 ).
MUS-1, MUS-2: Performance ensembles include Chamber Ensemble (MUS-125 , MUS-258 , MUS-259 , MUS-260 ); Chorus (MUS-121 , MUS-255 , MUS-256 , MUS-257 ); Jazz Ensemble (MUS-140 , MUS-246 , MUS-247 , MUS-249); and Pop/Rock Ensemble (MUS-120 , MUS-220 , MUS-221 , MUS-222 ).
Total Credit Hours: 60
Specific Program Notes
Students are encouraged to take their courses in semester sequence order.
Please note that required courses may have prerequisites. Click on each course to view details.
**General Education Elective(s) .
*Applied music courses include half-hour private lessons with an instructor in Bass (MUA-101 , MUA-231 , MUA-232 , MUA-233 ); Guitar (MUA-102 , MUA-234 , MUA-235 , MUA-236 ); Percussion (MUA-103 , MUA-237 , MUA-238 , MUA-239 ); Piano (MUA-104 , MUA-240 , MUA-241 , MUA-242 ); Strings (MUA-105 , MUA-243 , MUA-244 , MUA-245 ); Voice (MUA-106 , MUA-246 , MUA-247 , MUA-248 ); or Woodwinds/Brass (MUA-107 , MUA-249 , MUA-250 , MUA-251 ).
***Performance ensembles include Chamber Ensemble (MUS-125 , MUS-258 , MUS-259 , MUS-260 ); Chorus (MUS-121 , MUS-255 , MUS-256 , MUS-257 ); Jazz Ensemble (MUS-140 , MUS-246 , MUS-247 , MUS-249); and Pop/Rock Ensemble (MUS-120 , MUS-220 , MUS-221 , MUS-222 ).
†Music courses that may fulfill 3 credits of the humanities requirement are: MUS-101 ; MUS-105 ; MUS-106 ; MUS-107 ; MUS-108 ; MUS-109 ; MUS-110 ; and MUS-111 .
Students enrolled in this program ARE REQUIRED to successfully complete a course in basic algebra if indicated by the Basic Skills Placement Test.
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