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Music
Direct Transfer Curriculum

Catalog Year 2009 - 2010

MHCC Faculty Advisors:
Dave Barduhn: 503-491-6970 - Room AC 2130 Dave.Barduhn@mhcc.edu
Susie Jones: 503-491-7158 - Room AC 2133 Susie.Jones@mhcc.edu
Marshall Tuttle: 503-491-7010 - Room AC 2132 Marshall.Tuttle@mhcc.edu

The two-year program listed below is designed for direct transfer to four-year colleges/universities, but completion of it does not result in an associate degree. Students from MHCC seeking a baccalaureate degree in music may transfer to any four-year institution. These institutions will have varying General Education requirements, so it is important that students interested in transferring to a four-year college or university after MHCC should consult with the institution they will be attending and/or the MHCC Academic Advising and Transfer Center and/or the advisers listed above.

Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:

• demonstrate original thinking by composing a musical sonata
• demonstrate proficiency at harmonizing at the keyboard
• discourse on any musical composition in historical and social context
• demonstrate music performance proficiency on primary instrument or voice
• identify basic diatonic and chromatic chord progressions and scale passages
• perform vocally at sight, basic scale passages of diatonic and/or chromatic nature,

1 Four years of large Ensemble courses (MUP101/201; MUP121/221; MUP146/246) are required by most baccalaureate programs.
2 Most baccalaureate programs require four years of Applied Individual Lessons. An approved instructor list is available in Performing Arts. Students can expect to be auditioned and assigned a level upon entry into a four-year program. This assignment will reflect the students level of achievement and may not necessarily rely on the number of credits completed.
3 First-year Music Theory and Sight Singing/Ear Training requires concurrent enrollment in Group Piano. Students who wish to strengthen their music background may also want to register for MUS101, Music Fundamentals. The department sometimes offers a section of the first-year music theory sequence beginning in the winter so that students who need to complete Music fundamentals may begin the sequence in winter term and complete it during the summer.
4 One year of Group Piano (or proficiency) is required prior to taking Keyboard Harmony classes in the second year.
5 Fewer General Education classes are required for the Bachelor of Music (B.MUS or BM) degree than for other baccalaureate degrees. Students should consult an adviser to determine which General Education courses are required for transfer to their selected school.
6 Second-year Music Theory requires concurrent enrollment in Keyboard Harmony or Advanced Sight Singing/Ear Training.
7 Two years of Music History are required for a baccalaureate degree. The second year of Music History is taken at the junior level.

Transfer Schools' Web Links
Oregon State University - http://oregonstate.edu/cla/music//
Portland State University - http://www.pdx.edu/fpa/
University of Oregon - http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~music
Central Washington University - http://www.cwu.edu/~music/
University of North Texas - http://www.unt.edu/pais/insert/umusic.htm
University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire -http://www.uwec.edu/admissions/facts/music.htm

Disclaimer

This information is meant to serve as a general guide for students intending to major in Music. Specific requirements for transfer will vary from school to school. It is the student’s responsibility to contact his/her four-year transfer school to confirm specific admission requirements.