Degree Requirements and Courses
Learn more about certificate and degree requirements, course content, recommended sequence, and schedule.
Music AA-T Degree
Provides students with a common core of lower division courses required to transfer and pursue a bachelor’s degree in Music in the CSU system.
Associate in Arts for Transfer | SC Program: AA-T.1008
Music majors acquire valuable skills that are useful in pretty much any field. You can highlight these skills when you're applying for a job or graduate program. The Shasta College Music Department offers a wide variety of music classes, and is dedicated to serving all student clientele, including music majors, pre-music majors, general education students, and community / returning students.
The Associate in Arts in Music for Transfer Degree is designed to prepare the student for transfer to four-year institutions of higher education and specifically intended to satisfy the lower division requirements for the Baccalaureate in Arts in Music at the California State University. This degree is designed to prepare students to demonstrate competence and discipline in the study of music theory, music analysis, music composition, and musicianship skills, and to demonstrate proficiency in ensemble skills and solo performance skills. Completion of this curriculum will demonstrate commitment to the serious study of Music in practice and in theory and provide comprehensive preparation for upper-division work
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Map your education by viewing the program map for the degree or certificate you’re interested in earning below. Meet with a counselor to create your official comprehensive education plan.
A program map shows all the required and recommended courses you need to graduate and a suggested order in which you should take them. The suggested sequence of courses is based on enrollment and includes all major and general education courses required for the degree.
Fall Semester, First Year
15.5 Units TotalENGL C1000
GE
4
Academic Reading and Writing
ENGL C1000
Note: For students who would benefit from further instruction and individual support while taking their first college-transfer level English course, ENGL C1000E is a recommended alternative to ENGL C1000.
In this course, students receive instruction in academic reading and writing, including writing processes, effective use of language, analytical thinking, and the foundations of academic research. An argumentative research essay is required for the successful completion of the course. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
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In this course, students receive instruction in academic reading and writing, including writing processes, effective use of language, analytical thinking, and the foundations of academic research. An argumentative research essay is required for the successful completion of the course. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
MUS 2
M
4
Diatonic Harmony and Musicianship
MUS 2
Advisory: MUS 1 with a grade of C or higher.
This course covers the fundamental elements of music, including scales, modes, key signatures, chords, melodic and harmonic intervals, and the handwritten notation of pitch and rhythm in simple and compound meters. It also explores structural elements such as harmony and melody, four-part harmonic writing, non-harmonic tones, basic chord progressions, and cadential formulas. Ear training and sight-singing are integrated throughout. Analysis and composition are studied concurrently, including phrase structure, figured bass symbols, and introductory dominant sevenths. This is the first course in the four-semester music theory sequence. This course may be taught in a distance education format.
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This course covers the fundamental elements of music, including scales, modes, key signatures, chords, melodic and harmonic intervals, and the handwritten notation of pitch and rhythm in simple and compound meters. It also explores structural elements such as harmony and melody, four-part harmonic writing, non-harmonic tones, basic chord progressions, and cadential formulas. Ear training and sight-singing are integrated throughout. Analysis and composition are studied concurrently, including phrase structure, figured bass symbols, and introductory dominant sevenths. This is the first course in the four-semester music theory sequence. This course may be taught in a distance education format.
MUS 48
M
0.5
Applied Music
MUS 48
Limitation on Enrollment: Student must be a declared Music major, enrolled in a Music Theory class (MUS 2-5), and enrolled in a large music ensemble (MUS 31-51 or 300- 346). Please contact the MUS 48 coordinator for registration permission.
This course consists of individualized study in instruments or voice using appropriate techniques and repertoire. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance in preparation for transfer to a music degree program. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. Entrance is by audition. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
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This course consists of individualized study in instruments or voice using appropriate techniques and repertoire. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance in preparation for transfer to a music degree program. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. Entrance is by audition. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
MUS 40
M
1
Concert Choir
MUS 40
This course is interchangeable with any course between MUS 31- MUS 47.
Large Ensembles (MUS 31 - MUS 47) are 1 unit per semester. One ensemble per semester is required but students are strongly encouraged to take multiple ensembles each semester.
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Spring Semester, First Year
14.5 Units TotalMUS 3
M
4
Advanced Diatonic Harmony & Musicianship
MUS 3
This course is the second course of the four-semester music theory sequence. Course content includes idiomatic work from selected historical periods with a critical approach to stylistic analysis. All diatonic chords and the introduction of the V7, along with their inversions will be studied. This course will include an introduction to two-part species counterpoint and will apply and develop the rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic materials of Music 2 through ear training, sight singing, analysis, and dictation. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
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MUS 48
M
0.5
Applied Music
MUS 48
Limitation on Enrollment: Student must be a declared Music major, enrolled in a Music Theory class (MUS 2-5), and enrolled in a large music ensemble (MUS 31-51 or 300- 346). Please contact the MUS 48 coordinator for registration permission.
This course consists of individualized study in instruments or voice using appropriate techniques and repertoire. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance in preparation for transfer to a music degree program. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. Entrance is by audition. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
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This course consists of individualized study in instruments or voice using appropriate techniques and repertoire. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance in preparation for transfer to a music degree program. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. Entrance is by audition. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
MUS 31
M
1
Chamber Choir
MUS 31
This course is interchangeable with any course between MUS 31 - MUS 47.
Large Ensembles (MUS 31 - MUS 47) are 1 unit per semester. One ensemble per semester is required but students are strongly encouraged to take multiple ensembles each semester.
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Fall Semester, Second Year
14.5 Units TotalCOMM C1000
GE
3
Introduction to Public Speaking
COMM C1000
In this course, students learn and apply foundational rhetorical theories and techniques of public speaking in a multicultural democratic society. Students discover, develop, and critically analyze ideas in public discourse through research, reasoning, organization, composition, delivery to a live audience and evaluation of various types of speeches, including informative and persuasive speeches. This course may be taught in a distance education format.
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MUS 4
M
4
Chromatic Harmony
MUS 4
This course applies and develops the rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic materials of Music 3 through ear training, sight singing, analysis, and dictation. This is the third course of the four semester music theory sequence required to satisfy the Music Core Program and lower division music transfer, may be challenged and is transferable. It must be taken for a grade by music majors. Study chromatic alterations as used during the 18th and 19th Centuries, and the concept of Sonata-Allegro form in an overview of larger forms.
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MUS 48
M
0.5
Applied Music
MUS 48
Limitation on Enrollment: Student must be a declared Music major, enrolled in a Music Theory class (MUS 2-5), and enrolled in a large music ensemble (MUS 31-51 or 300- 346). Please contact the MUS 48 coordinator for registration permission.
This course consists of individualized study in instruments or voice using appropriate techniques and repertoire. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance in preparation for transfer to a music degree program. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. Entrance is by audition. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
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This course consists of individualized study in instruments or voice using appropriate techniques and repertoire. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance in preparation for transfer to a music degree program. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. Entrance is by audition. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
MUS 33
M
1
Jazz Ensemble
MUS 33
This course is interchangeable with any course between MUS 31 - MUS 47.
Large Ensembles (MUS 31 - MUS 47) are 1 unit per semester. One ensemble per semester is required but students are strongly encouraged to take multiple ensembles each semester.
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Spring Semester, Second Year
15.5 Units TotalMUS 5
M
4
Twentieth Century Harmony
MUS 5
This course is a study of the composition techniques and harmonic practices of the Twentieth Century and the development of critical judgments about the Century's styles. Material for this class includes: post-Romantic techniques such as modal mixture, chromatic mediants, Neapolitan and augmented-sixth chords, extended chords (9th, 11th and 13th), altered dominant chords; and 20th Century techniques such as: Impressionism, tone rows, set theory, pandiatonicism and polytonalism, meter, rhythm, and minimalistic ideas. This course applies and develops the rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic materials of Music 4 through ear training, sight singing, analysis, and dictation. The course will also study the large forms found in music such as sonata, rondo, and variation form. This is the final course of the four-semester music theory sequence and may be offered in a distance education format.
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MUS 48
M
0.5
Applied Music
MUS 48
Limitation on Enrollment: Student must be a declared Music major, enrolled in a Music Theory class (MUS 2-5), and enrolled in a large music ensemble (MUS 31-51 or 300- 346). Please contact the MUS 48 coordinator for registration permission.
This course consists of individualized study in instruments or voice using appropriate techniques and repertoire. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance in preparation for transfer to a music degree program. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. Entrance is by audition. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
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This course consists of individualized study in instruments or voice using appropriate techniques and repertoire. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance in preparation for transfer to a music degree program. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. Entrance is by audition. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
MUS 35
M
1
Vocal Jazz Ensemble
MUS 35
This course is interchangeable with any course between MUS 31 - MUS 47.
Large Ensembles (MUS 31 - MUS 47) are 1 unit per semester. One ensemble per semester is required but students are strongly encouraged to take multiple ensembles each semester.
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Please see a counselor to discuss options for meeting general education requirements for transfer to California State Universities (CSU) and/or University of California (UC) campuses, as well as any specific additional courses that may be required by your chosen institution of transfer.
*Alternative Courses: Please see a Shasta College counselor for alternative course options. You can also view the following to find other courses to meet degree/certificate requirements:
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