Combined Colleges: 2017-2018 Catalog - Field of Study Degrees

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A FIELD OF STUDY IN MUSIC

This plan is an official Field of Study Degree approved
by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Offered at all colleges

Degree Code: AA.FS.MUSIC.14

This degree plan is designed to meet the needs of students who plan to major in Music and transfer to a four-year college/university. This curriculum applies to the Bachelor of Music degree, but also may be applied to the Bachelor of Arts or other baccalaureate-level music degree as deemed appropriate by the awarding institution. The field of study in music included in this degree is approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. This degree plan will constitute a 60-semester-credit-hour transfer block to any public Texas four-year college or university.

Transferring students who have completed the field of study curriculum must satisfy the competency and proficiency requirements of the receiving institution. Transferring students shall not be required to repeat courses transferred as part of the field of study curriculum. However, diagnostic assessment of transfer students is permissible if the receiving institution routinely conducts diagnostic assessment of native students at the same point in the program of study.

Completion of the field of study curriculum shall not prevent a receiving institution from requiring additional lower-division courses that may be necessary for specific degree programs. Receiving institutions may require transfer students in specialized programs (e.g., jazz studies, performance, composition, music therapy, etc.) to take additional degree-specific lower-division courses that are not included in the field of study curriculum. Receiving institutions are not required to accept a grade below "C" in transfer.

In order to be eligible to receive this AA degree, a student must:

Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours including all the required courses listed;
Earn a grade of "C" or better in English 1301 and the selected college-level mathematics course;
Receive a GPA (2) of at least 2.00 ("C");
Meet all Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requirements and course prerequisites; and
Complete at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation through instruction by the college awarding the degree.

Students who plan to transfer must work closely with an advisor/counselor and music coordinator at the college.

This degree does not include all Core course requirements.

Course Requirements for the AA Degree with a Field of Study in Music	Credit Hours
TIER 1 - CORE FOUNDATIONS
CRITICAL READING AND WRITING Select EACH* of the following:* ENGL 1301 (a grade of "C" or better required) CB010 HIST 1301 CB060	6
SPEAKING, LISTENING, WELLNESS AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE Select ONE* of the following options:* CB090 OPTION A: SPCH 1311, 1315, 1321 or SGNL 1301, 1302 AND PHED 1164 OR OPTION B: ARAB 1411, 1412; CHIN 1411, 1412; FREN 1411, 1412; GERM 1411, 1412; ITAL 1411, 1412; JAPN 1411, 1412; KORE 1411, 1412; PORT 1411, 1412; RUSS 1411, 1412; SPAN 1411, 1412	4
QUANTITATIVE REASONING Select ONE* of the following:* CB020 (A grade of "C" or better required) MATH 1314, 1316, 1324, 1325, 1332, 1342, 1350, 1414, 1425, 1442, 2412, 2413, 2414 *Note: If a student takes the four (4) credit hour mathematics course; three (3) of those hours will apply towards the mathematics requirement. The remaining one (1) credit hour from that mathematics course will be applied to the general degree requirement and does not count towards the 42-hour core.	3-4^*
TIER 2 - CORE DOMAINS
QUALITATIVE REASONING, LITERACY AND RESEARCH Select the following: CB010 ENGL 1302	3
SELF AND SOCIETY Select the following: CB070 GOVT 2305 Select ONE* from the following:* CB060 HIST 1302, 2301, 2328, 2381	6
HUMANITY, CREATIVITY AND THE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE Select ONE* of the following:* CB050 MUSI 1308, 1309 Note: If the institution to which the student wishes to transfer requires one music literature course, the student should take MUSI 1308. If the institution requires two music literature courses, the student should take MUSI 1308 and 1309.	3
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND SUSTAINABILITY Select ONE* of the following:* CB030 ANTH 2401, BIOL 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1411, 2401, 2402, 2406, 2416, 2420, 2421; CHEM 1405, 1406, 1407, 1411, 1412, 2423, 2425; ENVR 1401, 1402; GEOL 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1445, 1447; PHYS 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1407, 1415, 1417, 2425, 2426	4
TIER 3 - INTEGRATIVE LEARNING
CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONSHIP Select the following: CB070 GOVT 2306	3
CORE CREDIT HOURS FOR THIS AA DEGREE	32
REQUIRED MUSIC ENSEMBLE FIELD OF STUDY COURSES
Select FOUR semester hours* from the following:* MUEN 1121, 1122, 1123, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1151, 1152, 1153, 2123, 2141 (Courses may be repeated for credit.)	4
APPLIED STUDY
I. Select EIGHT (8) semester hours in the major applied area of study of the following: MUAP 1101, 1105, 1109, 1113, 1115, 1117, 1121, 1125, 1129, 1133, 1137, 1141, 1145, 1149, 1153, 1157, 1158, 1161, 1165, 1169, 1177, 1181, 2201, 2205, 2209, 2213, 2215, 2217, 2221, 2225, 2229, 2233, 2237, 2241, 2245, 2249, 2253, 2257, 2258, 2261, 2265, 2269, 2277, 2281 (Courses may be repeated for credit.) II. Applied/class piano MUSI 1181, 1182, 2181, 2182; MUAP 1169, 2269, 2369	8
THEORY/AURAL SKILLS
Select EACH* of the following:* MUSI 1116, 1117, 1311, 1312, 2116, 2117, 2311, 2312	16
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR THIS AA DEGREE	60

Note: State universities are required to accept only 60 hours in transfer; therefore, it is strongly suggested that students check with their receiving university regarding the acceptance of any credit hours over the 60-credi-hour maximum. Students may have to make a choice between completing the Field of Study or the degree.

Student's transcript will indicate the Field of Study has been completed upon successful completion of the following courses:

MUSI 1308, MUSI 1309

Four (4) semester hours from MUEN 1121, 1122, 1123, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1151, 1152, 1153, 2123, 2141

Eight (8) semester hours from MUAP 1101, 1105, 1109, 1113, 1115, 1117, 1121, 1125, 1129, 1133, 1137, 1141, 1145, 1149, 1153, 1157, 1158, 1161, 1165, 1169, 1177, 1181, 2201, 2205, 2209, 2213, 2215, 2217, 2221, 2225, 2229, 2233, 2237, 2241, 2245, 2249, 2253, 2257, 2258, 2261, 2265, 2269, 2277, 2281

Sixteen (16) semester hours from MUSI 1116, 1117, 1311, 1312, 2116, 2117, 2311, 2312.