Music - Associate of Arts (Major Code - MUS)
The Music Associate of Arts degree prepares students for transfer to a university program in music, interdisciplinary arts and performance, or related areas of study. To ensure seamless transfer, students should develop their specific program of study in close coordination with a Cochise College music instructor.
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this program will be able to do the following:
- Demonstrate an understanding of Western music theory from the Renaissance through the present day.
- Transcribe tonal and atonal passages of music into notation after hearing them.
- Sight sing musical melodies from notation on first view.
- Apply performance practices from various eras of Western art music with a chosen instrument or their voice.
- Collaborate and perform with others using a chosen instrument or one's voice.
- Perform alone using a chosen instrument or one's voice.
- Create original musical compositions.
Degree Map
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (AGEC-A) 35 CREDITS
Composition 6 credits
Mathematics 3-5 credits
MAT 142 | College Mathematics*** | 3 |
| or higher (3-5 credits) | |
Laboratory Sciences 8 credits
Arts 3 credits
Humanities 3 credits
Social and Behavioral Sciences 6 credits
General Education Electives 4-6 credits
General education electives must be chosen from the general education list. See www.cochise.edu/AGEC.
Six credits of arts, humanities, social and behavioral sciences, or general education electives must be chosen from the current listing of intensive writing courses. See www.cochise.edu/AGEC.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT 0-16 CREDITS
Non-English language second- or fourth-semester proficiency.
University non-English language requirements vary. Check with an advisor.
CORE CURRICULUM 20 CREDITS
Select four of the following (4 credits):
ELECTIVES (AS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE DEGREE)
Elective courses must be transferable to the university or universities to which the student plans to transfer. See www.aztransfer.com.
TOTAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS 60 CREDITS