Commercial
Music 		Business Management
Pedagogy
Performance

Los Medanos College Commercial Music Program offers the commercial music students several options. These options include Music Business Management, Pedagogy (private and public teaching), and Performance.  The Commercial Music emphasis is not structured to lead to an associate Degree in Music. Students wanting to transfer to a four-year institution should pursue the general music transfer program and supplement this curriculum with commercial music courses.

A Certificate of Achievement may be earned by completion of proficiency requirements (see proficiency requirements in catalog) and major requirements listed, with a minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.0.

Requirements for all Commercial Music Options
MUSIC 12LS Popular Music's in America, 3 Units
MUSIC 13 Musicianship I, 2 Units
MUSIC 15LS Basic Music, 2 Units
MUSIC 28 Songwriting I, 1 Unit
MUSIC 30 Basic Keyboard Skills, 1.5 Units
MUSIC 89 Music Business Management, 2 Units
MUSIC 93 Intro to MIDI, 2 Units
RA 10 Recording Art, 2 Units

Plus units in Four Semesters from Activity List, 4-8 Units (Includes courses involving performance skill development ranging from beginning courses to performance classes)

Music Improvisation  (a minimum of one course)
MUSIC 81 Introduction to Improvisation, 1 Unit
MUSIC 82 Jazz/Funk/Latin Improvisation, 1 Unit
MUSIC 83 Intermediate Jazz/Funk/Rock Workshop, 1 Unit
MUSIC 84 Advanced Jazz/Funk/Rock Workshop, 1 Unit

Music Electives for all options (a minimum of two courses)
MUSIC 29 Songwriting II, 1 Unit
MUSIC 34 Jazz/Rock Keyboard, 1.5 Units
MUSIC 65 Class Voice, 1 Unit

Two additional group performance-oriented courses
in addition to those completed for the core requirement.

Option A - Music Business Management
BUS 14 Principles of Financial Accounting, 3 Units
BUS 27 Small Business Management, 3 Units
BUS 34 Business Law, 3 Units
RA 21 Basic Session Producing, 2 Units

Option B - Pedagogy
MUSIC 5 Private Lessons, (2 semesters)
MUSIC 6 Private Lessons, (2 semesters)
MUSIC 7 Private Lessons, (2 semesters)
MUSIC 10LS Music Literature, 3 Units
MUSIC 14 Musicianship II, 2 Units
MUSIC 16 Fundamentals of Music Theory, 3 Units
MUSIC 17 Fundamental of Music Harmony, 4 Units

Option C - Performance
MUSIC 10LS Music Literature, 3 Units
MUSIC 16 Fundamentals of Music Theory, 3 Units
MUSIC 38 Studio Musicianship, 1 Unit
MUSIC 94 Composition/MIDI/Synthesizer Wrkshp I, 2 Units
MUSIC 95 Composition/MIDI Workshop II, 2 Units

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