Music Associate in Art for Transfer

The Associate in Arts in Music for Transfer, also called the Music AA-T Degree, is designed to prepare students to transfer to a CSU or UC campus to complete a bachelor’s degree in Music. Course offerings include music theory and musicianship, ensembles, piano, and applied lessons on an instrument or voice. Students earning the Music AA-T Degree will receive “priority admission with junior status to the CSU system.”  Students completing a bachelor’s degree typically choose careers in music that include performer, educator, conductor, composer, arranger, accompanist, recording engineer, radio/television audio engineer, music minister, music therapist, or private instructor.

Semester 1

Course Code	Title	Units
MUS 012	Fundamentals of Music	3
MUS 021A	Piano I	1
MUS 027 or MUS 028 or MUS 029 or MUS 031 or MUS 033	Jazz Band or Jazz Ensembles or Jazz Singers or Chamber Singers or Symphonic Band	1
MUS 099A or MUS 099B	Applied Music, Instrumental or Applied Music, Vocal	0.5
ENG 001A	English Composition	4
CSU GE Area A1	Oral Communication	3
CSU GE Area E	Lifelong Learning & Self-Development	3

Semester 2

Course Code	Title	Units
MUS 001	Music Theory I	4
MUS 021B	Piano II	1
MUS 027 or MUS 028 or MUS 029 or MUS 031 or MUS 033	Jazz Band or Jazz Ensembles or Jazz Singers or Chamber Singers or Symphonic Band	1
MUS 099A or MUS 099B	Applied Music, Instrumental or Applied Music, Vocal	0.5
CSU GE Area A3	Critical Thinking	3
CSU GE Area B1	Physical Sciences	3-4
CSU GE Area F	Ethnic Studies	3

Summer

Course Code	Title	Units
CSU GE Area C1 or C2	Arts or Humanities	3
CSU GE Area D	Social & Behavioral Sciences	3

Semester 3

Course Code	Title	Units
MUS 002	Music Theory II	4
MUS 0021C	Piano III	1
MUS 027 or MUS 028 or MUS 029 or MUS 031 or MUS 033	Jazz Band or Jazz Ensembles or Jazz Singers or Chamber Singers or Symphonic Band	1
MUS 099A or MUS 099B	Applied Music, Instrumental or Applied Music, Vocal	0.5
CSU GE Area B2	Life Sciences	3-4
CSU GE Area B4	Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning	3-5

Semester 4

Course Code	Title	Units
MUS 003	Music Theory III	4
MUS 027 or MUS 028 or MUS 029 or MUS 031 or MUS 033	Jazz Band or Jazz Ensembles or Jazz Singers or Chamber Singers or Symphonic Band	1
MUS 099A or MUS 099B	Applied Music, Instrumental or Applied Music, Vocal	0.5
HIST 017 or 018	U.S. History	3
PS 001	Introduction to Government	3
CSU GE Area C1	Arts	3

Please see a Counselor if you need help selecting CSU GE or IGETC GE courses.

CSU GE courses