ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE WITH A FIELD OF STUDY IN MUSIC
This plan is an official Field of Study Degree approved
by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Available at all DCCCD Colleges

Degree Code: AA.FS.MUSIC

This degree plan is designed to meet the needs of students who plan to major in Music and transfer to a four-year college/university. This curriculum applies to the Bachelor of Music degree, but also may be applied to the Bachelor of Arts or other baccalaureate-level music degree as deemed appropriate by the awarding institution. The field of study in music included in this degree is approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. This degree plan will constitute a 63-semester credit hour transfer block to any public Texas four-year college or university.

Transferring students who have completed the field of study curriculum must satisfy the competency and proficiency requirements of the receiving institution. Transferring students shall not be required to repeat courses transferred as part of the field of study curriculum. However, diagnostic assessment of transfer students is permissible if the receiving institution routinely conducts diagnostic assessment of native students at the same point in the program of study.

Completion of the field of study curriculum shall not prevent a receiving institution from requiring additional lower-division courses that may be necessary for specific degree programs. Receiving institutions may require transfer students in specialized programs (e.g., jazz studies, performance, composition, music therapy, etc.) to take additional degree-specific lower-division courses that are not included in the field of study curriculum. Receiving institutions are not required to accept a grade below "C" in transfer.

In order to be eligible to receive this AA degree, a student must:

1. Complete a minimum of 63 credit hours including all the required courses listed;
2. Earn a grade of "C" or better in English 1301, either Speech 1311, 1315 or 1321 and the selected college-level mathematics course;
3. Receive a GPA (2) of at least 2.00 ("C");
4. Meet all Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standards and course prerequisites; and
5. Complete at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation through instruction by the college awarding the degree.

CRITICAL READING AND WRITING
Select EACH of the following:
ENGL 1301 (a grade of "C" or better required)  CB010 
HIST 1301     CB060

SPEAKING AND LISTENING
Select ONE of the following: CB011  
SPCH 1311, 1315, 1321 (a grade of "C" or better required); [FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ARAB 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; CHIN 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; CZEC 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; FREN 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; GERM 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; GREE 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; ITAL 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; JAPN 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; KORE 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; LATI 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; PORT 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; RUSS 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; SGNL 1301, 1302; SPAN 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412; VIET 1311, 1312, 1411, 1412]

QUANTITATIVE REASONING
Select ONE of the following: CB020  
(A grade of "C" or better required)
MATH 1314/1414, 1316, 1324, 1325/1425, 1332, 1333, 1348, 1350, 1351, 2321/2421, 2342/2442, 2412, 2513, 2414, 2315, 2318/2418, 2320/2420, 2305

WELLNESS AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Select the following: CB090  
MUSI 1116

QUALITATIVE REASONING, LITERACY, AND RESEARCH
Select the following: CB010  
ENGL 1302    

SELF AND SOCIETY

Select the following: CB070  
PSYC 2301**

Select the following: CB060  
GOVT 2301

Select ONE from the following: CB080
HIST 1302, 2301, 2328, 2381

**If the university to which student wishes to transfer requires both MUSI 1308 AND MUSI 1309, or if student is undecided, the student does not have to take PSYC 2301.

HUMANITY, CREATIVITY, AND THE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE
Select EACH of the following: CB050  
MUSI 1308, 1309***

SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Select TWO of the following: CB030  
ANTH 2401; BIOL 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1411, 2401, 2402, 2416, 2420, 2421; CHEM 1405, 1406, 1407, 1411, 1412, 2423, 2425; ENVR 1401, 1402; GEOL 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1445, 1447; PHYS 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1407, 1415, 1417, 2425, 2426

If a student is required to take four (4) hours of Piano, this requirement is reduced to four (4) hours.

NOTE: This requirement cannot be met using the following combinations: BIOL 1406 and 1408; BIOL 1407 and 1409; BIOL 2420 and 2421; CHEM 1405 and 1411; CHEM 1406 and 1411; CHEM 1405 and 1406; CHEM 1406 and 1407; GEOL 1401 and 1403; PHYS 1401 and 1405; PHYS 1401 and 2425; PHYS 1405 and 2425.

CRITICAL ISSUES IN LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS
Select the following: CB070  
GOVT 2302

Select three semester hours from the following:
MUEN 1121, 1122, 1123, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1151, 1152, 1153, 2123, 2141
(Courses may be repeated for credit.)

I. Select six semester hours in the major applied area of study of the following:
MUAP 1101, 1105, 1109, 1113, 1115, 1117, 1121, 1125, 1129, 1133, 1137, 1141, 1145, 1149, 1153, 1157, 1158, 1161, 1165, 1169, 1177, 1181, 2201, 2205, 2209, 2213, 2215, 2217, 2221, 2225, 2229, 2233, 2237, 2241, 2245, 2249, 2253, 2257, 2258, 2261, 2265, 2269, 2277, 2281
(Courses may be repeated for credit.)

II. Applied/class piano
MUSI 1181, 1182, 2181, 2182; MUAP 1169, 2269, 2369

The actual number of hours in piano is determined by the college based upon student's level and piano proficiency. If the institution determines the student needs four (4) hours of piano, the science requirement is reduced to four (4) hours.

Select EACH of the following:
MUSI 1117, 1311, 1312, 2116, 2117, 2311, 2312

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR THIS AA DEGREE

Note: State universities are required to accept only 66 hours in transfer; therefore, it is strongly suggested that students check with their receiving university regarding the acceptance of any credit hours over the 66 credit hour maximum. Students may have to make a choice between completing the Field of Study or the AA degree.