M State Music AFA Transfer Guide

Transfer to MSUM BS in Commercial Music

Quick Facts:

  • College credits applied = 68
  • Gen Ed/ LASC goal areas & credits remaining = Courses are accepted with the same goal areas and credit amounts as awarded by the sending college.
  • Major requirements = 120

MN Transfer Curriculum/Liberal Arts and Sciences Curriculum (LASC)

Goal Area Requirement
MState Courses
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
Goal Area Requirement
Written/ Oral Communication
MState Courses
ENGL 1101 College Writing (3 cr)
Goal Area
1
MSUM Equivalent
ENGL 101 English Composition I
Goal Area Requirement
Written/ Oral Communication
MState Courses
ENGL 1205 Writing in Literature (3 cr)
Goal Area
1
MSUM Equivalent
Goal Area 1B
Goal Area Requirement
Humanities and Fine Arts, Human Diversity
MState Courses
MUSC 1115 America's Music Heritage (3 cr)
Goal Area
6, 7
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 240 American Music
Goal Area Requirement
Natural Sciences
MState Courses
PHYS 1107 Physics of Music (3 cr)
Goal Area
3
MSUM Equivalent
PHYS 105 Physics of Music
Goal Area Requirement
Global Perspective
MState Courses
MUSC 1116 World Music (3 cr)
Goal Area
8
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 316 World Music Survey

Complete additional Courses in Goal Areas to Equal 15 Credits Total for MnTC/ Liberal Arts and Sciences Curriculum (LASC)

  • MNTC Goal Area 1-10 (15 cr)
    Required: Take from disciplines other than Music.

 

MState Courses
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
MState Courses
MUSC 1117 Beginning Class Guitar
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 158F Music Performance: Guitar Level 1 (counts towards required 13 electives)
MState Courses
MUSC 1121 Basic Theory & Musicianship I
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 107A Music Theory I
MState Courses
MUSC 1122 Basic Music Theory & Musicianship II
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 108A Music Theory II
MState Courses
MUSC 2231 Advanced Theory & Musicianship III
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 207A Music Theory III
MState Courses
MUSC 2232 Advanced Theory & Musicianship IV
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 208 Music Theory IV*
MState Courses
MUSC 1123 Sight Singing/Ear Training I
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 107B Aural Skills I
MState Courses
MUSC 1124 Sight Singing/Ear Training II
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 108B Aural Skills II
MState Courses
MUSC 2223 Sight Singing/Ear Training III
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 207B Aural Skills III
MState Courses
MUSC 2224 Sight Singing/Ear Training IV
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
Elective credit (counts towards required 13 electives)
MState Courses
MUSC 1114 Beginning Class Piano OR *Recommended: MUSC 2291 Individual Piano Lessons
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 150A & B Class Piano I and II OR MUS X55A Music Performance: Piano**
MState Courses
MUSC 1135, 1141, 1162, 1164, 1168 Ensembles
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 328 Ensembles
MState Courses
MUSC 1151, 1181, 1185, 1191 Private Lessons
MUSC 2251, 2281, 2285, 2291 Private Lessons
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
MUS 158 Performance Study***
MUS 258 Performance Study***
MState Courses
MUSC 1120 Intro to Music Tech
Goal Area
MSUM Equivalent
AEM 181 Audio Technology Theory (counts towards required 12 AEM electives)

*MSUM Music Theory IV is a 2 credit course. The 1 credit carry-over from M State Fergus Falls will count toward the 13 electives.

**Students must complete either 1 credit of private piano lessons and Commercial Keyboards or Class Piano III and Commercial Keyboards to fulfill piano requirement.

***At least 2 credits of the MSUM lesson requirement must be at the 300 level or above. One credit of M State Fergus Falls lessons counts towards 13 elective requirement.

Requirements Remaining to take at MSUM (52 cr including remaining LASC)

Core Requirements (26 cr):

  • MUS 150C and MUS 150D Class Piano III and IV (or piano lessons) (2 cr)**
  • MUS 151 Commercial Keyboard (1 cr)
  • MUS 287 Commercial/Jazz Theory (2 cr)
  • MUS 300 Basic Conducting (2 cr)
  • MUS 303 History of Western Music to 1750 (3 cr)
  • MUS 304 History of Western Music since 1750 (writing intensive) (3 cr)*
  • MUS 372 Commercial/Jazz Arranging I (2 cr)
  • MUS 374 Instrumental/ Choral Arranging (2 cr)
  • MUS 387 Commercial/Jazz Improvisation I (2 cr)
  • Performance Study (at least 2 credits at 300 level or higher) (2 cr)
  • MUS 472 Commercial/Jazz Arranging II (2 cr)
  • MUS 487 Commercial/Jazz Improvisation II (2 cr)
  • MUS 492 Capstone Project (1 cr)

MnTC/LASC General Education Goal Areas (9 cr)*

AEM Electives (9 cr):
Audio and Entertainment Management course electives

Electives (8 cr):***
Choice of electives from BUS, COMM, AEM, ENTR, FILM, GID, ANIM consult your MSUM advisor.

*MnTC goal areas must be met and at least 42 MnTC/LASC credits earned. At least 2 of these credits must be Writing Intensive taken at MSUM. Note that MUS 304 counts as one of the LASC Writing Intensive required courses.

**If any student's M State piano courses are lessons, this total may be reduced by the equivalent number of credits.

**Note that MUS credits are not allowed due to already being credited in transfer credits.