• Completion of the MAPP and all special requirements satisfies the requirements for MCCCD Associate in Arts and AGEC-A, meets major map requirements at ASU.
• Acceptance into the School of Music is contingent upon a successful audition the semester before transferring to ASU. Please refer to asu.edu/admissions for application and audition deadlines.
• Students wishing to pursue a Bachelor’s of Music in Performance (Orchestral Instrument, Voice, Keyboard, Music Theatre, Jazz, Guitar, Collaborative piano); Music Education, Music Therapy (Orchestral Instrument, Voice, Keyboard, Guitar); Music Composition (Orchestral Instrument, Voice, Keyboard, Guitar) should meet with a Herberger Institute enrollment representative to discuss audition preparation by their second term of study at the community college.
• The Bachelor of Music degree requires successful completion of an audition (live or recording) demonstrating a high level of musicianship. Depending on studio placement after the audition, newly admitted transfer students may require more than 2 years of study at ASU.
• Class Piano: Each music degree requires completion of class piano courses or equivalent proficiency demonstrated through a Piano Diagnostic Exam. Students who have completed MUP 131 at Maricopa Community Colleges will automatically receive equivalent course credit at ASU. Transfer students are encouraged to take the Piano Diagnostic Exam when they are in their last semester of class piano at the community college or other institution, or immediately upon transfer to ASU. Students can take a Piano Diagnostic Exam to test out of any of the Class Piano Requirement for their degree. Please refer to music.asu.edu/resources/new-students/diagnostic-exams for the Piano Diagnostic Exam requirements for each of the four semesters. The Piano Diagnostic Exam may be taken in-person or submitted by video.
• Private Lessons/Studio Instruction: Private lessons from prior institutions do not transfer automatically. Transfer students placed in MUP 111/127 will receive credit for three semesters of MUP 111 from a community college or other institution after they successfully complete their end-of-semester juries to advance to MUP 311/327 at ASU. Transfer students who place in MUP 311/327 upon auditioning to ASU will receive credit for four semesters of MUP 111 from a community college or other institution.
• Large Performance Ensemble: Ensemble credits from prior institutions do not transfer automatically. Transfer students placed in MUP 111/127 will receive credits for three semesters of MUP 111 from a community college or other institution when they successfully complete their end-of-semester juries to advance to MUP 311/327 at ASU. Transfer students who place in MUP 311/327 upon auditioning to ASU will receive credit for four semesters of MUP 111 from a community college or other institution.
• Diction for Singers (Italian, German, French) – Diction courses are required for BM in Performance (Voice). All courses must be completed with a “C” or better.
• MHL 241 and MHL 242: Transferring students who have completed MHL 241 and/or 242 are not required to take MHL 341 and/or 342 at ASU. Students who take these courses may elect alternate upper division MHL courses at ASU.
• Students interested in pursuing a degree BA in Music and BA in Music (Music and Culture) are required to complete a foreign language through the intermediate level (202 or equivalent).
• Additional recommended course options - (a max. of 64 semester hours of credit will be accepted as lower-division credit when transferred from a regionally accredited community, junior or two-year college).
Bachelor of Music in Music Education
(Acceptance into the School of Music is contingent upon a successful audition and interview the semester before transferring to ASU)
• Intro to the Exceptional Child
• United States and Arizona Social Studies
• Computer Literacy for Musicians
Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy
(Acceptance into the School of Music is contingent upon a successful audition and interview the semester before transferring to ASU)
• Human Anatomy and Physiology
• Human Development
• Introduction to the Exceptional Child
• Intro to Psychology
• Intro to Sociology
• Intro to Stats or
Elements of Stats or
Stats for Social Research/Justice & Government