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Dec 03, 2024
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2024-2025 WNCC College Catalog
Fine Arts, Music AFA Option, AFA
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An Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) degree prepares students for careers and/or advanced study at a four-year college or university. The degree consists of a core of general education courses with remaining courses focusing on specific fine arts curricula. Areas of focus within the AFA degrees include the following six options:
- Interdisciplinary
- Music
- Music Performance
- Musical Theatre
- Theatre
- Visual Arts
The degree requires 31 hours of general education courses and a minimum of 28-29 hours in a fine arts field of choice (art, music, or theatre). An interdisciplinary option is available with a core set of courses form art, theatre, and music totaling 20 hours and nine (9) elective hours.
Notes
- Students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university should consult their faculty and transfer advisor early in their WNCC career to determine a curriculum to best suit their transfer goals.
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AFA General Education Core: 31 Credits
View listing of General Education Courses.
- Written Communication Credits: 6
- Oral Communication Credits: 3
- Humanities Credits: 6 (from two different alphas)
- Math Credits: 3
- Lab Science Credits: 4
- Personal Development Credits: 3
- Social Sciences Credits: 6 (from two different alphas)
Note: Some general education requirements may be satisfied by other core courses. Please consult with an advisor for details.
Required AFA Core Courses or Electives: 29 Credits
(by Discipline)
Total AFA Credits: 60 Credits
Music AFA Option
Associate of Fine Arts (60 credits)
AFA.5009A
Program Outcomes
At the conclusion of the program, students will be able to:
- Understand traditional music notation.
- Interpret the compositional process, the aesthetic properties of style, and the ways these are shaped by artistic and cultural forces within the common-practice-period style.
- Take aural dictation.
- Exhibit keyboard competency.
- Demonstrate effective work processes, professionalism, and a coherent set of ideas and goals that are embodied in their work.
- Perform requisite technical skills for artistic self-expression in at least one major performance area at a level appropriate for the specific music concentration.
Program Requirements
In addition to the required 31 general education credits, students seeking the music option are required to take a minimum of an additional 29 core credits.
Required Core Courses: 29 Credits
*Alternate instrument may be substituted upon successful completion of Piano Proficiency.
**Ensemble placement is based on instrument studies in Applied Music.
Total AFA Requirements: 60 Credits
Recommended Plan of Study
Total Semester Credits: 15
Total Semester Credits: 15
Total Semester Credits: 14
Total Semester Credits: 16
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