Certificate of Achievement in Music
2025-2026 Map
Total Units: 21 - 24
Term 1
1.50 - 2.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| MUS 88: Applied Music | 0.50 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): Audition Required This course consists of individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for the specific instrument or voice being studied through private instruction. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. This course may be repeated 3 times to meet the requirements of the AA-T in Music. (C-ID MUS 160). |
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| Select one: | 1.00 - 1.50 | ||
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Term 2
5.50 - 6.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| MUS 80: Theory & Musicianship I | 4.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 4.00
A comprehensive study of diatonic harmony and musicianship, including principles of voice leading in four-part texture, harmonic analysis, melody harmonization, non-chord tones, and basic forms (strophic, binary, ternary). Musicianship component develops skills in sight singing and dictation, including rhythmic exercises, interval recognition, melodic reading and dictation in major and minor scales, and basic harmonic dictation. (C-ID MUS 120/MUS 125). |
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| MUS 88: Applied Music | 0.50 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): Audition Required This course consists of individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for the specific instrument or voice being studied through private instruction. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. This course may be repeated 3 times to meet the requirements of the AA-T in Music. (C-ID MUS 160). |
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| Select one: | 1.00 - 1.50 | ||
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Term 3
5.50 - 6.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| MUS 82: Theory & Musicianship II | 4.00 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): MUS 80 This course incorporates and further develops the concepts from Theory & Musicianship I and introduces chromatic harmony. Topics include seventh chords and their inversions, secondary chords, modulation techniques, and musical forms (theme and variations, rondo, sonata). Musicianship component develops advanced skills in sight singing and dictation, including compound rhythms, alto and tenor clefs, compound melodies, and harmonic dictation using diatonic triads and seventh chords. (C-ID MUS 130/MUS 135). |
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| MUS 88: Applied Music | 0.50 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): Audition Required This course consists of individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for the specific instrument or voice being studied through private instruction. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. This course may be repeated 3 times to meet the requirements of the AA-T in Music. (C-ID MUS 160). |
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| Select one: | 1.00 - 1.50 | ||
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Term 4
8.50 - 10.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| MUS 84: Theory & Musicianship III | 4.00 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): MUS 82 This course incorporates and further develops the concepts from Theory & Musicianship II and explores advanced chromatic harmony. Topics include borrowed chords, Neapolitan chord, augmented sixth chords, altered chords, chromatic modulation techniques, and an introduction to post-tonal music. Musicianship component develops advanced skills in sight singing and dictation, including decorative chromaticism, altered chords, modulation to closely related keys, and irregular meters. (C-ID MUS 140/MUS 145). |
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| MUS 88: Applied Music | 0.50 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): Audition Required This course consists of individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for the specific instrument or voice being studied through private instruction. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. This course may be repeated 3 times to meet the requirements of the AA-T in Music. (C-ID MUS 160). |
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| Select 3-4 units: | 3.00 - 4.00 | ||
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| Select one: | 1.00 - 1.50 | ||
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