This course is approved by the Kansas Board of Regents for guaranteed transfer among all Kansas Regents public postsecondary institutions. Additional courses may also be eligible for transfer. Please visit a JCCC counselor or the JCCC Registrar's office, and the Transfer Kansas portal to learn more.
Kansas State University
| Johnson County Community College Transfer Program to the Kansas State University | Ben Worcester, Academic Advisor |
| College of Arts and Sciences | Phone Number: 785-532-5740, Option 2 |
| Music, BM, BME | Email: bdw3355@ksu.edu |
| Academic Year 2026-2027 | Home Page: Music Degrees |
Program Description
The Associate of Arts, AA at JCCC is a general transfer degree and partners well with the first two years of most bachelor degree programs. Students pursuing the AA may select courses that satisfy both the AA degree requirements and lower division requirements for a bachelor’s degree at four-year institutions. The elective hours within the AA allow students to complete additional general education and lower division courses required for specific majors. The AA degree requires completion of 60 credit hours. Meeting with a JCCC counselor is strongly recommended for selection of appropriate courses.
Admission Requirements
- A four-year program is offered with concentrations in Composition, Instrumental Performance, Musical Theatre, and Vocal Performance.
- This degree requires a minimum of 120 hours for graduation depending on the concentration area.
- Areas of concentration offered in this curriculum are: all instruments, voice and composition. A secondary performance area also is required.
- Basic requirements (27 hours) are listed below. All students must complete 18 hours of K-State 8 courses selected from the list of approved courses. At least 6 hours must be at the 300 level or above. These courses may overlap requirements specific to the BM degree but may not include courses in the major.
- The remaining hours are to be taken in the area of concentration. For specific music requirements, visit the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance section of the K-State catalog.
- No more than seventy-five hours may be transferred as credit from a community college.
- DirectLink - an initiative between Kansas community colleges and Kansas State University to provide future transfer students with support as they prepare to make the transition to K-State. Visit DirectLink to register.
JCCC Transfer Guide Disclaimer
It is the student's responsibility to check for updates to all transfer information. This transfer guide is provided as a service and is updated as needed. Degree requirements at the four-year colleges are subject to change by those institutions. To ensure you have the most accurate information about the program, you must meet with an advisor at the transfer institution.
Applied Music (BM) Program Requirements
- Students transferring to KSU, that complete the General Education requirements required for the Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree from JCCC will be considered to have satisfied KSU’s core general education curriculum.
- Students who transfer to KSU, without completing the General Education requirements required for the Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree will have courses evaluated on a course-by-course basis toward meeting KSU requirements. To learn more about courses that satisfy KSU Core Requirements and KSU Transfer Equivalency Tool.
Visit the KSU Core General Education Guide for JCCC equivalents.
JCCC | KSTATE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Course Hours | Transfer Code | Transfer Title | Transfer Hours | |
| Code | Title | Hours | ||||
| K-State Core | ||||||
| English (two courses) | 6 | |||||
| Communications | 3 | |||||
| Math and Statistics | 3 | |||||
| MATH 151 | Contemporary Mathematics * | 3 | MATH 160 | Intro to Contemporary Math | 3 | |
| Natural and Physical Sciences (One Subject area only, must include a lab) | 4-5 | |||||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (Select two courses in two subject areas) | 6 | |||||
| Arts and Humanities (Select two courses in two subject areas) | 6 | |||||
| Free Electives (Any 100 or 200 level courses may apply) | 6 | |||||
Applied Music Major Requirements
JCCC | KSTATE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Course Hours | Transfer Code | Transfer Title | Transfer Hours |
| Code | Title | Hours | |||
| Music Fundamentals for all concentrations (22 hours) | |||||
| MUS 141 | Music Theory: Harmony I | 3 | MUSIC 210 | Music Theory I | 3 |
| MUS 142 | Music Theory: Harmony II * | 3 | MUSIC 230 | Music Theory II | 3 |
| MUS 221 | Piano Class I | 2 | MUSIC 211 | Piano Class I | 1 |
| MUS 222 | Piano Class II * | 2 | MUSIC 212 | Piano Class II | 1 |
Composition
JCCC | KSTATE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Course Hours | Transfer Code | Transfer Title | Transfer Hours |
| Code | Title | Hours | |||
| Composition - Studio Lessons: Students need 4 credit hours from JCCC that are equivalent to MUSIC 255. | |||||
| MUS 231 | Applied Voice I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 232 | Applied Voice II (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 233 | Applied Voice III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 234 | Applied Voice IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 236 | Applied Piano I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 237 | Applied Piano II (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 238 | Applied Piano III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 239 | Applied Piano IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 251 | Applied Brass I (Private) ^ | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 252 | Applied Brass II (Private) * ^ | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 256 | Applied Percussion I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 257 | Applied Percussion II(Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 258 | Applied Percussion III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 259 | Applied Percussion IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 261 | Applied Woodwind I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 262 | Applied Woodwind II (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 263 | Applied Woodwind III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 264 | Applied Woodwind IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
Music & Humanities Electives (8 hours): Any Music courses from 100-299 AND No more than 3 credits from a course in ART, CLSCS, COMM, DANCE, ENGL, HIST, MC, PHILO, THTRE, or any Modern Language. Visit the KSU Transfer Equivalency database for JCCC equivalent courses.
Instrumental Performance
JCCC | KSTATE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Course Hours | Transfer Code | Transfer Title | Transfer Hours |
| Code | Title | Hours | |||
| Instrumental Performance - Studio Lessons: Students are required to take 8 credit hours of MUSIC 255. | |||||
| MUS 236 | Applied Piano I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 237 | Applied Piano II (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 238 | Applied Piano III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 239 | Applied Piano IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 251 | Applied Brass I (Private) ^ | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 252 | Applied Brass II (Private) * ^ | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 256 | Applied Percussion I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 257 | Applied Percussion II(Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 258 | Applied Percussion III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 259 | Applied Percussion IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 261 | Applied Woodwind I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 262 | Applied Woodwind II (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 263 | Applied Woodwind III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 264 | Applied Woodwind IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
Music & Humanities Electives (4 hours): Any Music courses from 100-299 AND No more than 3 credits from a course in ART, CLSCS, COMM, DANCE, ENGL, HIST, MC, PHILO, THTRE, or any Modern Language. Visit the KSU Transfer Equivalency database for JCCC equivalent courses.
Musical Theatre
JCCC | KSTATE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Course Hours | Transfer Code | Transfer Title | Transfer Hours |
| Code | Title | Hours | |||
| Musical Theatre - Studio Lessons: Students should take 2 credit hours each semester. A total of 8 credit hours of MUSIC 255 is required. | |||||
| MUS 231 | Applied Voice I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 232 | Applied Voice II (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 233 | Applied Voice III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 234 | Applied Voice IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| Techniques Courses | |||||
| Select one of the following: | |||||
| Improvisation for the Theater * | 2 | THTRE 211 Run Crew: 1 credit hour | |||
OR | |||||
| Technical Practicum I | 1 | THTRE 211 Run Crew: 1 credit hour | |||
OR | |||||
| Performance Practicum I | 1 | THTRE 211 Run Crew: 1 credit hour | |||
OR | |||||
| Technical Practicum II * | 1 | THTRE 211 Run Crew: 1 credit hour | |||
| Select one of the following: | |||||
| Fundamentals of Acting | 3 | THTRE 171 | Fundamentals of Acting | 3 | |
OR | |||||
| Acting I * | 3 | THTRE 171 | Fundamentals of Acting | 3 | |
| THEA 230 | Acting II * | 3 | THTRE 271 | Intermediate Acting | 3 |
Vocal Performance
JCCC | KSTATE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Course Hours | Transfer Code | Transfer Title | Transfer Hours |
| Code | Title | Hours | |||
| Vocal Performance - Studio Lessons: Students should take 2 credit hours each semester. A total of 8 credit hours of MUSIC 255 is required. | |||||
| MUS 231 | Applied Voice I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 232 | Applied Voice II (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 233 | Applied Voice III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 234 | Applied Voice IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
Music & Humanities Electives (1 hour): Any Music courses from 100-299 AND No more than 3 credits from a course in ART, CLSCS, COMM, DANCE, ENGL, HIST, MC, PHILO, THTRE, or any Modern Language. Visit the KSU Transfer Equivalency database for JCCC equivalent courses.
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JCCC course has a prerequisite or corequisite.
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Students need applied lessons every semester to stay on track. For additional advising regarding MUS 251 Applied Brass I and MUS 252 Applied Brass II, please contact the K-State advisor.
Music Education (BME) Program Requirements
- This program of study leading to this degree is designed to prepare music teachers for grades K-12.
- Area emphases offered in this curriculum are: vocal/choral music and instrumental music. A secondary performance area is also required.
- A minimum of 132 credit hours are required for graduation, depending on emphasis. No more than seventy-five hours may be transferred as credit from a community college.
- The program of study leading to this degree is a nine-semester curriculum designed to prepare music teachers for grades K-12. With careful planning and enrollment during summer session(s), all requirements may be completed in four years. Within this curriculum there are two optional emphases – one in vocal/choral music, the other in instrumental music.
- Students transferring to KSU, that complete the General Education requirements required for the Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree from JCCC will be considered to have satisfied KSU’s core general education curriculum.
- Students who transfer to KSU, without completing the General Education requirements required for the Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree will have courses evaluated on a course-by-course basis toward meeting KSU requirements. To learn more about courses that satisfy KSU Core Requirements and KSU Transfer Equivalency Tool.
- Visit the KSU Core General Education Guide for JCCC equivalents.
- For specific music requirements, visit the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance section of the K-State catalog.
JCCC | KSTATE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Course Hours | Transfer Code | Transfer Title | Transfer Hours | |
| Code | Title | Hours | ||||
| K-State Core | ||||||
| English (two courses) | 6 | |||||
| Communications | 3 | |||||
| Math and Statistics | 3 | |||||
| MATH 151 | Contemporary Mathematics * | 3 | MATH 160 | Intro to Contemporary Math | 3 | |
| Natural and Physical Sciences (One Subject area only, must include a lab) | 4-5 | |||||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (Select two courses in two subject areas) | 6 | |||||
| Arts and Humanities (Select two courses in two subject areas) | 6 | |||||
| Free Electives (Any 100 or 200 level courses may apply) | 6 | |||||
Music Education Major Requirements
JCCC | KSTATE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Course Hours | Transfer Code | Transfer Title | Transfer Hours |
| Code | Title | Hours | |||
| EDUC 121 | Introduction to Teaching | 3 | EDCI 110 | Foundations of Education | 3 |
| EDUC 224 | Technology in Education for K-12 Educators | 3 | EDCI 318 | Ed Tech/Tch/Learn | 1 |
| MUS 141 | Music Theory: Harmony I | 3 | MUSIC 210 | Music Theory I | 3 |
| MUS 142 | Music Theory: Harmony II * | 3 | MUSIC 230 | Music Theory II | 3 |
| MUS 221 | Piano Class I | 2 | MUSIC 211 | Piano Class I | 1 |
| MUS 222 | Piano Class II * | 2 | MUSIC 212 | Piano Class II | 1 |
| Studio Lessons: Students should take 2 credit hours each semester. A minimum of 8 credits and a maximum of 10 credits of MUSIC 255 and a minimum and maximum of 3-5 credits of MUSIC 455. | |||||
| MUS 231 | Applied Voice I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 232 | Applied Voice II (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 233 | Applied Voice III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 234 | Applied Voice IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 236 | Applied Piano I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 237 | Applied Piano II (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 238 | Applied Piano III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 239 | Applied Piano IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 251 | Applied Brass I (Private) ^ | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 252 | Applied Brass II (Private) * (T) ^ | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 256 | Applied Percussion I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 257 | Applied Percussion II(Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 258 | Applied Percussion III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 259 | Applied Percussion IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 261 | Applied Woodwind I (Private) | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 262 | Applied Woodwind II (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 263 | Applied Woodwind III (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
| MUS 264 | Applied Woodwind IV (Private) * | 1 | MUSIC 255 Lower-Division Performance: 1-4 credit hours | ||
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