Students preparing to transfer to a four-year college or university in Music Performance will find that the A.F.A degree curriculum prepares them to complete a bachelor’s degree in music performance. Completion of the A.F.A., however, does not fulfill the requirements of the Illinois General Education Core Curriculum (GECC). Therefore, students are advised to also complete the GECC before transferring. Transfer admission is competitive and completion of this program alone does not guarantee admission either to the baccalaureate program or to upper-division music courses. Some colleges and universities also require competency in a single foreign language. Students should plan their transfer program with a music faculty advisor and the catalog of the four-year college or university they plan to attend.

Program Note*

MUS 121 may not be used as a fine arts elective for students pursuing an A.F.A. in music performance.

Required General Education Core Courses

(25 hours) Cr. Hrs.

Communications (9)

COM 103 Introduction to Public Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENG 101 Composition I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENG 102 Composition II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Social/Behavioral Science elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Humanities elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Fine Arts elective* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

One course from Soc/Beh Sci, Hum, or FA must

fulfill the non-Western culture requirement.

Mathematics elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Physical Sciences

or Life Sciences elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Required Program Courses (39 hours)

MUS 101 Music Theory and Harmony I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MUS 102 Music Theory and Harmony II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MUS 103 Ear-Training, Sight-Singing, and

Keyboard Harmony I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MUS 104 Ear-Training, Sight-Singing, and

Keyboard Harmony II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MUS 165 Class Piano I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MUS 166 Class Piano II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MUS 180 Applied Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

MUS 201 Advanced Theory and Harmony I . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MUS 202 Advanced Theory and Harmony II . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MUS 203 Advanced Ear-Training, Sight-Singing,

and Keyboard Harmony I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MUS 204 Advanced Ear-Training, Sight-Singing,

and Keyboard Harmony II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MUS 244 Music Literature: 18th Century

to Present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MUS 280 Applied Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

ENSEMBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Choose from:

Choral Ensemble (MUS 142),

Instrumental Ensemble (MUS 146, MUS 147, or MUS 148),

Jazz Ensemble (MUS 169), or

Guitar Ensemble (MUS 184)

Total Semester Credit Hours Required 64