Contemporary & Popular Music, AS

Associate Degree Requirements:

• Minimum 67 Credit Hours
• Writing Intensive Course
• Minimum Cumulative G.P.A.: 2.00
• 15 Credit Hours of Residency Courses
• 9 Credits of Major Residency Courses
• Minimum G.P.A. in the Major: 2.00

Program Major Requirements (48 Credit Hours):

• MUH 1xx complete any 100-level MUH course 3 CR
• MTK 100 - Audio Recording I 3 CR
• MUS 100 - Recital Lab 0 CR - complete four semesters
• MUS 101 - Music Theory Blended: Contemporary and Traditional I 3 CR
• MUS 102 - Music Theory Blended: Contemporary and Traditional II 3 CR
• MUS 111 - Aural Skills I 1 CR
• MUS 112 - Aural Skills II 1 CR
• MUS 141 - Applied Music Lessons 2 CR - complete four semesters 8 CR
• MUS 151 - Music Performance Ensemble(s) 1 CR - complete four semesters 4 CR
• MUS 181 - Piano Lab I 1 CR
• MUS 182 - Piano Lab II 1 CR
• MUS 203 - Music Theory Blended: Contemporary and Traditional III 3 CR
• MUS 204 - Music Theory Blended: Contemporary and Traditional IV 3 CR
• MUS 213 - Aural Skills III 1 CR
• MUS 214 - Aural Skills IV 1 CR
• MUS 221 - Arranging 3 CR
• MUS 271 - Music Notation Software 3 CR

• Complete 6 credits from the following (6): Any MTK, MUH, or MUS 1XX or 2XX

Other Program Requirements (19 Credit Hours):

• Complete any 100-level Communications course 3 CR
• ENG 101 - College Writing 3 CR
• Complete any 100-level laboratory science course 4 CR

• MAT 1XX or higher 3 CR

• Complete three credits of any Humanities course (3CR):

Complete one of the following Social Science electives (3):

• ANT 1xx any 100-level Anthropology course
• ECO 1xx any 100-level Economics course
• ECO 201 - Macroeconomics 3 CR
• ECO 202 - Microeconomics 3 CR
• JUS 1xx any 100-level Justice Studies course
• POS 1xx any 100-level Political Science course
• PSY 1xx any 100-level Psychology course
• SOC 1xx any 100-level Sociology course
• SSC 1xx any 100-level Social Science course

General Education:

It is the intention of the University of Maine at Augusta that every degree graduate will be prepared to function in our society as an effective and informed citizen.  To this end, the faculty has designed a set of minimum expectations that students are expected to satisfy.  The aspirations are defined by core skills, competencies, and abilities as well as knowledge based learning experiences that are the grounds for the General Education Requirements.  To learn more, visit  www.uma.edu/academics/general-education/