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Associate in Fine Arts in Music (Plan An Associate Degree)
Program Overview
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Catalog Description
Students may obtain an Associate in Fine Arts in Art degree from the College of Lake County by successfully meeting college requirements and the course requirements outlined below.
The College of Lake County is a participant in the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI), a major statewide cooperative agreement that eases the transfer process of the completed Illinois General Education Core.
Curriculum among participating institutions. The Associate in Fine Arts degree, however, is not automatically accepted in whole for transfer at all participating IAI four-year colleges and universities in Illinois; therefore students must work with the institutions in which they intend to transfer to ensure transferability of specific courses.
Free Form Requisites
COMMUNICATION - 9 CREDIT HOURS | A grade of C or better is required for both ENG courses. |
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SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE - 3 CREDIT HOURS | Select courses from at least two different disciplines i.e. different prefixes. |
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PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES - 7 CREDIT HOURS | One course must be selected from Physical Science and one course from Life Science. At least one course must be a laboratory science course (L). |
Course | Hours |
4 | |
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LIFE SCIENCE | |
4 | |
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MATHEMATICS – 3 CREDIT HOURS | |
Course | Hours |
3 | |
3 | |
3 | |
3 | |
5 | |
4 | |
3 | |
4 | |
4 | |
3 | |
5 | |
HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS – 6 CREDIT HOURS
| At least one course must be selected from the Humanities section and one course from the Fine Arts section. |
Course | Hours |
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FINE ARTS | |
Course | Hours |
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3 | |
AURAL SKILLS - 4 CREDIT HOUR | |
Course | Hours |
1 | |
1 | |
1 | |
1 | |
MUSIC THEORY- 4 CREDIT HOUR | |
Course | Hours |
3 | |
3 | |
3 | |
3 | |
KEYBOARD SKILLS - 4 CREDIT HOURS | |
Course | Hours |
1 | |
1 | |
1 | |
1 | |
ENSEMBLE - 4 CREDIT HOURS | |
Course | Hours |
1 | |
1 | |
1 | |
MUSIC HISTORY - 3 CREDIT HOURS | |
Course | Hours |
3 | |
APPLIED INSTRUCTION - 8 HOURS | Choose 4 credit hours from the same 100 level course and 4 credit hours from the same 200 level course. All 8 credit hours must be taken in voice or in one major instrument. |
Course | Hours |
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1-2 | |
1-2 | |
1-2 | |
MUS 160-188 | 1-2 |
MUS 260-288 | 1-2 |
+ International/Multicultural Requirements
Choose one course with a + following the course number OR one of the following: ASI 121, CMM 127, EDU 224, ENG 263, 264, GXS 221, 299, HST 128, LAT 121, PDS 123, PHI 128, 129, PSY 229, SSI 121. This course can fulfill both the I/M requirement and a Social Science, Humanities, Fine Arts, or Elective requirement.
Other Graduation Requirements
Completion of CLC 120 -College Success Seminar (A grade of "D" or higher)
Cumulative CLC GPA of 2.00 or higher
Completion of at least 15 credit hours at CLC
At the beginning of the semester in which you believe you will complete your degree or certificate submit a Request to Graduate available through the Graduation tile in StudentCenter. Instructions on how to complete this step can be found here.
Additional guidelines found on the Steps to Graduate page.