Community College students should meet with a counselor as soon as possible to determine the equivalent courses offered at that institution. Students should complete as many as possible of the lower division requirements listed below, prior to transfer.
Lower Division Course Requirements | Community College Course Equivalents | |
| All music majors must demonstrate an acceptable level of performance ability in applied area offered in the curriculum. All entering transfer students must perform a placement audition for the appropriate applied music committee. | ||
Preparation and Support for the Major: | ||
| MUSC 019 Music in World Cultures | Musi 7B Introduction to World Music in America | |
| MUSC 025A Piano Proficiency | Musi 12A Class Piano I AND Musi 12B Class Piano II | |
| OR | ||
| MUSC 025B Piano Proficiency | Musi 12B Class Piano II AND Musi 12C Class Piano III | |
| Students must enroll in Music 25A or 25B until the proficiency is completed by exam, or qualified students may test out by performing required skills for the piano faculty at SJSU. | ||
| ENGL 001B Composition 2 A "C" or better is required in English 1B (a "C-" is not acceptable). | Ewrt 1B Reading, Writing and Research OR ESL 6 Critical Reading and Research for Writing OR Ewrt 2 Critical Reading, Writing & Thinking | |
Requirements for the Major: | ||
| MUSC 001A Music Systems IA | Musi 3A Comprehensive Musicianship AND Musi 3B Comprehensive Musicianship AND Musi 3C Comprehensive Musicianship | |
| MUSC 001B Music Systems IB | Musi 3A Comprehensive Musicianship AND Musi 3B Comprehensive Musicianship AND Musi 3C Comprehensive Musicianship | |
| MUSC 002A Music Systems IIA | Musi 3A Comprehensive Musicianship AND Musi 3B Comprehensive Musicianship AND Musi 3C Comprehensive Musicianship | |
| MUSC 002B Music Systems IIB | Musi 3A Comprehensive Musicianship AND Musi 3B Comprehensive Musicianship AND Musi 3C Comprehensive Musicianship | |
| MUSC 003A Music Systems IIIA | Musi 4A Comprehensive Musicianship II AND Musi 4B Comprehensive Musicianship II AND Musi 4C Comprehensive Musicianship II | |
| MUSC 003B Music Systems IIIB | Musi 4A Comprehensive Musicianship II AND Musi 4B Comprehensive Musicianship II AND Musi 4C Comprehensive Musicianship II | |
| MUSC 004A Music Systems IVA | Musi 4A Comprehensive Musicianship II AND Musi 4B Comprehensive Musicianship II AND Musi 4C Comprehensive Musicianship II | |
| MUSC 004B Music Systems IVB | Musi 4A Comprehensive Musicianship II AND Musi 4B Comprehensive Musicianship II AND Musi 4C Comprehensive Musicianship II | |
| MUSC 012 Fundamentals of Music History | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 013 Music Technology | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 040A Jazz Improvisation - I | MUSI 32A Jazz Solo Voice I | |
| The SJSU School of Music and Dance will grant articulation and placement equivalency for Musc 1A-B, 2A-B, 3A-B, 4A-B, and 25A-B upon passing an equivalency examination in these courses. We recommend that the transfer student complete as many comprehensive musicianship and theory courses as possible prior to transfer. | ||
Additional requirements: | ||
| The following courses are required each semester of the lower division (the student will choose the course appropriate to their Major). Select 8 semester units (12 quarter units) from the following courses (Placement audition required. Two units of applied study and two units of large ensemble are required. NOTE: BM Music requires 8 units of applied study and 4 units of ensemble): | ||
| MUSC 029 Electro-Acoustics | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 030 Piano | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 031 Harpsichord | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 032 Organ | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 033 Voice | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 034 Strings | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 035 Woodwinds | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 036 Brass | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 037 Percussion | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 038 Composition | No Current Equivalent | |
Choose an emphasis area in Voice, Keyboard, or Symphonic Instrument. Only Voice Emphasis offers the following lower division requirements: | ||
| MUSC 041A Applied Lyric Diction | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 041B Applied Lyric Diction | No Current Equivalent | |
For the California Single-Subject Credential, add: | ||
| MUSC 026A Voice Fundamentals | MUSI 13A Beginning Singing I AND Musi 13B Beginning Singing II | |
Lower Division General Education (39 semester or 58 quarter units) - some of the courses listed above may be approved for general education credit as well as major preparation at your institution. Please see your college counselor/advisor to review your general education in order to receive FULL OR PARTIAL CERTIFICATION PRIOR TO TRANSFER to San José State University. You may be required to take additional lower division general education courses if you do not provide SJSU WITH A FULL OR PARTIAL CERTIFICATION OF GENERAL EDUCATION upon transfer.
American Institutions Requirement (3-9 semester or 5-15 quarter units) - may be satisfied within the lower division general education requirements.
Physical Education Requirement (2 courses) - at least 2 different activities.
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