<p>kathy, it’s great that you are planning ahead. There is info on the USC/Thorton site that outlines recommended academic courses that tend to transfer from California cc’s to Thorton. I’d suggest talking to your cc advisor and planning your cc curriculum around those recommendations as much as possible, and do your best to excel academically while there.</p>
<p>I see you are still confused about BA versus BM. Read through the info here [USC</a> Catalogue: The Schools: USC Thornton School of Music: Undergraduate Degrees](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2008/schools/music/undergraduate.html#humanities]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2008/schools/music/undergraduate.html#humanities) that BassDad posted earlier. </p>
<p>Thorton’s popular music program at this point is adveritsed as being a BA, and has more academic non music requirements than their BM offerings. Thorton does offer classical voice in a BM variant. Compare the requirements among the different programs and degree types, and you will see patterns of similarities as well as differences.</p>