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. | ||
Support for the Major: | ||
| MUSC 019 Music in World Cultures | Mus 8 Music for Multicultural America | |
| MUSC 025A Piano Proficiency | Mus 12A Beg Class Piano AND Mus 12B Intermediate Class Piano | |
| OR | ||
| MUSC 025B Piano Proficiency | Mus 12B Intermediate Class Piano AND Mus 12C Advanced Class Piano | |
| 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). | Engl 1B Composition, Critical Reading & Thinking OR Engl 1BH Composition, Critical Reading & Thinking (Honors) | |
Requirements for the Major: | ||
| MUSC 001A Music Systems IA | Mus 3A Beginning Music Theory, Literature & Composition Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 001B Music Systems IB | Mus 3AL Theory Laboratory in Ear Training & Sightsinging Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 002A Music Systems IIA | Mus 3B Intermediate Music Theory, Literature & Composition Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 002B Music Systems IIB | Mus 3BL Theory Laboratory in Ear Training & Sightsinging Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 003A Music Systems IIIA | Mus 3C Advanced Music Theory, Literature & Composition Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 003B Music Systems IIIB | Mus 3CL Theory Laboratory in Ear Training & Sightsinging Subject to Completion of Theory Placement Exam | |
| MUSC 004A Music Systems IVA | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 004B Music Systems IVB | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 006 Jazz Theory | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 012 Fundamentals of Music History | Mus 2A Music History AND Mus 2B Music History | |
| MUSC 013 Music Technology | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 040A Jazz Improvisation - I | No Current Equivalent | |
| 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 027A Fundamentals of Jazz Keyboard I | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 027B Fundamentals of Jazz Keyboard II | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 030 Piano | 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 036A Vocal-Instrumental Improvisation | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 037 Percussion | No Current Equivalent | |
| MUSC 038A Composition/Arranging - Improvised Music | No Current Equivalent | |
For the California Single-Subject Credential, add: | ||
| MUSC 026A Voice Fundamentals | Mus 13A Class Voice I AND Mus 13B Class Voice 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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