2024-2025 Catalog 
    
    Oct 31, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

Music transfer major - completion guide


Summer Prior To Full-Time Enrollment

Course & Title

Notes

MUS 104 - Fundamentals of Music       

 Students could also take the Music Dept. proficiency test and/or score a 3 on AP.

Total Semester Hours: 3  

 

First Semester

Course & Title

Notes

ENG 101 - Rhetoric I   

 Must earn a “C” or better to meet degree requirements.

Social Science Gen. Ed. Course

 

MATH 127 - Mathematics for General Education    or MATH 128 - Elementary Statistics   

 

MUS___ or other IAI Elective

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major.

 

 

Total Semester Hours: 15-16

 Depends on Math and Life Science choices.

Second Semester

Course & Title

Notes

ENG 102 - Rhetoric II     

 Must earn a “C” or better to meet degree requirements.

Social Science Gen. Ed. Course

 

MUS 101 - Exploration of Music Literature   (OR 102, 103, or 107, depending on transfer school)

 AA degree requires one Life Science and one Physical Science. One must be a lab (4-5 credits).

MUS___ or other IAI Elective

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major

 

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major.

Total Semester Hours: 15

 Depends on Physical Science choice.

Third Semester

Course & Title

Notes

COMM 101 - Principles of Communication   

 Mode of delivery alternates and offerings rotate each semester. Counts as Humanities Gen. Ed. Course.

Humanities 

  Offerings rotate each semester. Optional course recommendation. Counts toward the required IAI electives for AA degree

Life Science 

Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major.

MUS___ or other IAI Elective

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major

 

 

Total Semester Hours: 15-18

 

Fourth Semester

Course & Title

Notes

Humanities Or Fine Arts

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major 3 Soc. Ed. 

MUS___ or other IAI Elective

 Consult with transfer institution for suggestions based on major

Social Science

 Consult with transfer instituion for suggestions based on major

Physical Science

 Consult with transfer instituion for suggestions based on major

 

 

 

 

Total Semester Hours: 15-18  Depends on IAI Elective choices

 

Graduation Requirements


Graduation Requirements

To be awarded an Associate degree at Joliet Junior College, each student must meet the following requirements:

1. Satisfy all admissions requirements.

2. Complete the courses required to earn the given degree. If the student is a transfer student with coursework taken elsewhere, he/she must complete a minimum of 60

credit hours of which 15 credit hours applicable to the degree are earned at JJC. Proficiency test, CLEP, and Advanced Placement does not meet this requirement.

3. Earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0.

4. Discharge all financial obligations to the College and have no restrictions.

5. File an application for graduation. An application should be filed at the time of registration for the student’s anticipated last semester.

6. Have all official transcripts from other college/universities on file in the Graduation Office by the graduation filing date for evaluation of credit. A delay in the process

may result in a later graduation date.

 

To be awarded a Certificate of Achievement, Certificate of Completion, or Occupational Certificate at JJC, each student must meet the following requirements:

1. Satisfy all admission requirements.

2. Complete the courses required to earn the chosen certificate. Complete a minimum of 1-8 credit hours (Occupational Certificate),  4-29 credit hours (Certificate of Completion) or 30-50 credit hours (Certificate of Achievement). If the student is a transfer student with coursework taken elsewhere, he/she must complete a minimum of 25% of the total required credit hours applicable to the certificate at JJC. Proficiency test, CLEP, and Advanced Placement do not meet this requirement.

3. Earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in the area of concentration.

4. Discharge all financial obligations to the college and have no restrictions.

5. File an application for graduation. An application should be filed at the time of registration for the student’s anticipated last semester.

6. Have all official transcripts from other college/universities on file in the Graduation Office by the graduation filing date for evaluation of credit. A delay in the process

may result in a later graduation date.

Contact Information

Department Chairperson                                 

Program Coordinator                                 

Program Advisor                                 

Name: Lori Schahrer

Name:

Name: David Nuccio

Email: loschahr@jjc.edu

Email: 

Email: dnuccio@jjc.edu

Phone:815-280-2339

Phone: 

Phone: 815-280-2569