Music AFA

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

• Demonstrate the ability to hear, identify and engage with the elements of music (melody, harmony, rhythm, form, texture, timbre, etc.) in both sound and musical notation.
• Demonstrate the ability to think critically, analyze and communicate about the historical, cultural and sociological importance of music in a wide variety of styles and genres.
• Demonstrate proficiency and creativity in musical performance and music composition.
• Exhibit knowledge of how the music industry shapes the music we consume and create.
• Demonstrate facility with music technology and its applications.

Total Credit Hours: 64

Specific Program Notes

**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.