Sinclair Community College

Music (MUS.S.AA)

69.0 Credit Hours

The Associate of Arts in Music is designed for students who will be transferring to a four-year institution for further studies upon graduation in music education, music performance, or any baccalaureate program in music. The A.A. curriculum fulfills the requirements of the first two years of a bachelor of music, with special emphasis on public performance. An audition is required upon entering the program and a solo recital is required before graduation. As part of this degree program, students must complete the requirements of the Ohio Transfer Module in order to graduate.

Program Outcomes

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Identify and describe aural, analytical and compositional techniques used by composers from 900 AD to present time; demonstrate computer literacy with interactive music theory software.

Perform standard level solo and ensemble repertoire

Articulate the historical style characteristics of Western European music as they changed from medieval to modern times.

Sight-read (on piano), harmonize, perform in ensembles, improvise and demonstrate piano technique equivalent to established sophomore levels.

Curriculum

Ohio Transfer Module: Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective
6 credit hours

Ohio Transfer Module: Mathematics Elective
3 credit hours

Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective
6 credit hours

Ohio Transfer Module: Natural & Physical Sciences Elective
6 credit hours

Applied Instrument Elective
8 credit hours

COM 2211

Effective Public Speaking

3 credit hours

ENG 1101

English Composition I

3 credit hours

ENG 1201

English Composition II

3 credit hours

MUS 1110

Music Technology for Music Majors

1 credit hour

MUS 1111

Music Theory I

3 credit hours

MUS 1112

Aural Skills I

1 credit hour

MUS 1113

Music Theory II

3 credit hours

MUS 1114

Aural Skills II

1 credit hour

MUS 2111

Music Theory III

3 credit hours

MUS 2112

Aural Skills III

1 credit hour

MUS 2113

Music Theory IV

3 credit hours

MUS 2114

Aural Skills IV

1 credit hour

MUS 2117

Survey of Musical Styles I

3 credit hours

MUS 2118

Survey of Musical Styles II

3 credit hours

Course Option
(MUS 1115 AND MUS 1116 AND MUS 2115 AND MUS 2116 OR MUS 1119 AND MUS 1120 AND MUS 2119 AND MUS 2120 )
4 credit hours

Course Option
(MUS 1131 AND MUS 1132 AND MUS 2131 AND MUS 2132 OR MUS 1143 AND MUS 1144 AND MUS 2143 AND MUS 2144 )
4 credit hours

Music (MUS.S.AA)

69.0 Credit Hours

Program Outcomes

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Identify and describe aural, analytical and compositional techniques used by composers from 900 AD to present time; demonstrate computer literacy with interactive music theory software.

Perform standard level solo and ensemble repertoire

Articulate the historical style characteristics of Western European music as they changed from medieval to modern times.

Sight-read (on piano), harmonize, perform in ensembles, improvise and demonstrate piano technique equivalent to established sophomore levels.

Curriculum

6 credit hours Ohio Transfer Module: Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective

3 credit hours Ohio Transfer Module: Mathematics Elective

6 credit hours Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective

6 credit hours Ohio Transfer Module: Natural & Physical Sciences Elective

8 credit hours Applied Instrument Elective

3 credit hours COM 2211: Effective Public Speaking

3 credit hours ENG 1101: English Composition I

3 credit hours ENG 1201: English Composition II

1 credit hour MUS 1110: Music Technology for Music Majors

3 credit hours MUS 1111: Music Theory I

1 credit hour MUS 1112: Aural Skills I

3 credit hours MUS 1113: Music Theory II

1 credit hour MUS 1114: Aural Skills II

3 credit hours MUS 2111: Music Theory III

1 credit hour MUS 2112: Aural Skills III

3 credit hours MUS 2113: Music Theory IV

1 credit hour MUS 2114: Aural Skills IV

3 credit hours MUS 2117: Survey of Musical Styles I

3 credit hours MUS 2118: Survey of Musical Styles II

4 credit hours Course Option: (MUS 1115 AND MUS 1116 AND MUS 2115 AND MUS 2116 OR MUS 1119 AND MUS 1120 AND MUS 2119 AND MUS 2120 )

4 credit hours Course Option: (MUS 1131 AND MUS 1132 AND MUS 2131 AND MUS 2132 OR MUS 1143 AND MUS 1144 AND MUS 2143 AND MUS 2144 )

Ohio Transfer Module: Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective

Ohio Transfer Module: Mathematics Elective

Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective

Ohio Transfer Module: Natural & Physical Sciences Elective

Applied Instrument Elective

COM 2211 Effective Public Speaking
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Department of Communication
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

Designed to improve speaking and listening skills through the study and application of public speaking structure, content and style.

ENG 1101 English Composition I
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: English
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

In English Composition I students learn reflective, analytical and argumentative writing strategies, incorporating sources and personal experience. Students will negotiate between public and private rhetorical situations and purposes to achieve academic literacy. They will write multiple drafts using a recursive writing process as they work toward fluency in style and mechanics.

ENG 1201 English Composition II
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: English
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

English Composition II, building on the skills in English Composition I, develops rhetorical literacy through research, critical reading and multigenre writing tasks. Through major and minor, cumulative and stand-alone assignments, students construct arguments and analyses, ethically incorporating academic sources while developing their own voices as writers and citizens.

MUS 1110 Music Technology for Music Majors
Credit Hours: 1.0
Department: Music
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

Introduction to technology resources used by music majors and future musicians. Typical music studio set-up. Sinclair systems (Angel), music notation software (Finale), MIDI (Cakewalk express), and digital audio recording (Audacity).

MUS 1111 Music Theory I
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Music
Division: Business and Public Services

First in a sequence of four music theory courses. Focus placed on diatonic melodic and harmonic structures, including scales and modes, intervals, tonality and keys, melodic organization, voice leading, instrument and voice ranges, transposition, triads and seventh chords. Activities include musical composition, analysis, listening, discussion and computer work.

MUS 1112 Aural Skills I
Credit Hours: 1.0
Department: Music
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

First in a sequence of four aural skills courses. Focus placed on diatonic melodic and harmonic structures within a more basic rhythmic environment. Practical transcription and singing skills are systematically studied. Activities include dictation of intervals, chords, melodies, harmonic progressions and rhythms, as well as singing of intervals, melodies and rhythms.

MUS 1113 Music Theory II
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Music
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

Second in a sequence of four music theory courses. Focus placed on diatonic and chromatic melodic and harmonic structures, including voice leading, seventh chords, modulation, secondary dominant-functioning chords and binary and ternary forms. Activities include musical composition, analysis, listening, discussion and computer work.

MUS 1114 Aural Skills II
Credit Hours: 1.0
Department: Music
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

Second in a sequence of four aural skills courses. Focus placed on diatonic melodic and harmonic structures within a more challenging rhythmic environment. Practical transcription and singing skills systematically studied. Activities include interval, chord, melodic, harmonic progression and rhythm dictation, as well as singing of intervals, melodies and rhythms.

MUS 2111 Music Theory III
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Music
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

Third in a sequence of four music theory courses. Focus will be placed on more advanced chromatic melodic and harmonic structures, including borrowed chords, the Neapolitan chord and augmented-sixth chords. Activities include musical composition, analysis, listening, discussion and computer work.

MUS 2112 Aural Skills III
Credit Hours: 1.0
Department: Music
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

Third in a sequence of four aural skills courses. Focus placed on chromatic melodic and harmonic structures within a challenging rhythmic environment. Practical transcription and singing skills systematically studied. Activities include interval, chord, melodic, harmonic progression and rhythm dictation, as well as singing of intervals, melodies and rhythms.

MUS 2113 Music Theory IV
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Music
Division: Business and Public Services

Final course in a sequence of four music theory courses. Focus placed on advanced chromatic melodic and harmonic structures, including extended harmony, altered dominant chords, chromatic mediants, sonata and rondo forms, late 19th-century and contemporary techniques. Activities include musical composition, analysis, listening, discussion and computer work.

MUS 2114 Aural Skills IV
Credit Hours: 1.0
Department: Music
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

Last in a sequence of four aural skills courses. Focus placed on advanced chromatic melodic and harmonic structures within an advanced rhythmic environment. Practical transcription and singing skills systematically studied. Activities include interval, chord, melodic, harmonic progression and rhythm dictation, as well as singing of intervals, melodies and rhythms.

MUS 2117 Survey of Musical Styles I
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Music
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

The historical styles of Western music in chronological sequence through analysis of various musical compositions and musical forms from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras.

MUS 2118 Survey of Musical Styles II
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Music
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

The historical styles of Western music in chronological sequence through analysis of various musical compositions and musical forms from the early 19th century to contemporary times, including the Romantic, Modern and 20th-century eras.

COMPLEX REQUIREMENT
(MUS 1115 AND MUS 1116 AND MUS 2115 AND MUS 2116 OR MUS 1119 AND MUS 1120 AND MUS 2119 AND MUS 2120 )

COMPLEX REQUIREMENT
(MUS 1131 AND MUS 1132 AND MUS 2131 AND MUS 2132 OR MUS 1143 AND MUS 1144 AND MUS 2143 AND MUS 2144 )

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