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 | |
Lower division transfer requirements: | ||
| MUSC 001A Music Systems IA | MUSIC 122 Theory and Musicianship I Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 001B Music Systems IB | MUSIC 122 Theory and Musicianship I Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 002A Music Systems IIA | MUSIC 123 Theory and Musicianship II Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 002B Music Systems IIB | MUSIC 123 Theory and Musicianship II Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 003A Music Systems IIIA | MUSIC 222 Theory and Musicianship III Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 009 Music Fundamentals | MUSIC 120 Introduction to Music Skills | |
| MUSC 012 Fundamentals of Music History | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 013 Music Technology | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 019 Music in World Cultures | MusLt 114 Music Cultures of the World | |
| MUSC 025A Piano Proficiency | MUSIC 150 Beginning Piano I AND MUSIC 151 Beginning Piano II | |
| MUSC 025B Piano Proficiency | MUSIC 250 Intermediate Piano | |
| MUSC 040A Jazz Improvisation - I | MUSPF 130 Jazz Workshop | |
| Note: The SJSU School of Music and Dance will grant articulation and placement equivalency for Musc 1A-B, 2A-B, 3A, 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 4 semester units, or 6 quarter units, appropriate to their Major): | ||
| MUSC 029 Electro-Acoustics | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 030 Piano | MUSIC 152 Jazz Piano | |
| MUSC 031 Harpsichord | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 032 Organ | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 033 Voice | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 034 Strings | MUSIC 156 Beginning String Instruments | |
| MUSC 035 Woodwinds | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 036 Brass | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 036A Vocal-Instrumental Improvisation | MUSIC 171 Jazz and Popular Solo Voice | |
| MUSC 037 Percussion | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 038A Composition/Arranging - Improvised Music | MUSIC 182 Songwriting | |
Additional Courses in Music - Take 10 units from at least 2 of the following categories, to be selected in consultation with an advisor directed towards one of the capstone projects described below (at least 5 of these units will be upper division taken at SJSU) - Theory, Arranging and Composition; History and Literature; Conducting; Improvisation; Music Technology; Beginning Methods and Techniques; Applied Lessons; Chamber Music; or Ensembles (note only Theory, Arranging and Composition AND Beginning Methods and Techniques offers lower division requirements- courses listed below). | ||
| Theory, Arranging and Composition: | ||
| MUSC 003B Music Systems IIIB | MUSIC 222 Theory and Musicianship III Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 004A Music Systems IVA | MUSIC 223 Theory and Musicianship IV Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 004B Music Systems IVB | MUSIC 223 Theory and Musicianship IV Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| Beginning Methods and Techniques: | ||
| MUSC 026A Voice Fundamentals | MUSIC 170 Applied Voice Training | |
| MUSC 041A Applied Lyric Diction | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 041B Applied Lyric Diction | No Current Equivalent | |
| Placement audition required. Two units of applied study and two units of ensemble are required. NOTE: BM Music requires 8 units of applied study and 4 units of ensemble. | ||
All students must satisfy the following prerequisite (or equivalent) prior to registering for the WST and 100W courses at SJSU {Academic Senate policy S05-8}: | ||
| ENGL 001B Composition 2 A "C" or better is required in English 1B (a "C-" is not acceptable). | Engl 123 Freshman English: Composition & Reading | |
| or | ||
| Second Semester English Composition Equivalent Course | ENGL 126 Critical Thinking: The Shaping of Meaning in Language OR HIST 122 Critical Reasoning in History OR PHILO 130 Critical Thinking: Reasoning in Everyday Life OR SOCIO 122 Critical Thinking About Social & Cultural Issues OR SPCH 121 Persuasion & Critical Thinking | |
| A course articulated to SJSU's English 1B is recommended, however any course approved for the IGETC second semester composition area would be accepted to meet this requirement (a grade of "C" or better is required). | ||
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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