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For IMMEDIATE
Release March
10, 2010
REGENTS APPROVE ASSOCIATE OF FINE ARTS DEGREE AT ABAC
TIFTON
– A new Associate of Fine Arts degree in Music from the School of Liberal Arts
will be offered at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College beginning in the 2010
fall semester. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
approved the degree on Wednesday.
“I
believe this degree is going to make ABAC a destination college for music
majors,” ABAC President David Bridges said. “This new degree should make
for a smooth transition to senior colleges and universities for these
students.”
Academic Affairs Vice President Niles Reddick said “it’s the first one in the
University System of Georgia, and it will benefit students who come here from
all over by allowing for a seamless transfer and at the same time allowing
students to spread core curriculum classes throughout their college
experience.”
“I believe the new associate’s degree will be
beneficial because most students graduating from high school in South Georgia
have not had the opportunity to study with private teachers in their applied
areas,” said Dr. Susan Roe, associate professor of voice and director of choirs
at ABAC. “ABAC will now have the chance to provide students who wish to
become musicians a platform where their dreams will become reality.”
The
Associate of Fine Arts in Music degree will be awarded to students completing
60 credit hours of music and general education. This program is designed
for transfer to a university to earn bachelor’s degrees in Music, Fine Arts or
Music Education.
The
music program at ABAC has an international reputation with a Jazz Band that has
toured Europe on several occasions, a Jazz Choir, a Concert Band, the Chamber
Singers, the Thundering Herd pep band, and a Concert Choir.
For
more information on the Associate of Fine Arts in Music degree, contact Roe at
(229) 391-4943 or via e-mail at sroe@abac.edu.
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