Thread: Kilgore College Hires Derrick Logozzo (Dallas College / DCCCD Richland Music Advisor Out of State Tuition Scam)

An Associate's Degree is 60 hours. Only 60-66 hours will transfer. Anything more than 30 hours over a degree at a state university in Texas can result in students and their paying parents being slapped with out of state tuition (which financial aid does not cover.) All attempted hours count. At 150 credit hours (120 credit hour Bachelor's Degree + 30 credit hours) out of state tuition is charged at Texas Universities. At 90 hours financial aid at Richland is exhausted. At 180 credit hours financial aid ends.

There are armies of music majors at Dallas College Richland Campus that are dreaming of being big rock stars, opera divas, big shot music producers, audio techs, performance majors of various description and more. Much of that is pure fantasy and the Richland Campus has much more limited course offerings than the advisors lead students to believe. These students are using up their in-state and financial aid eligible hours on dozens of hours of music nonsense (ensembles and private lessons etc.) that will not lead to gainful employment. All attempted hours whether financial aid was applied for or received count toward the financial aid limit.

DCCCD / Richland College has degree plans and Guided Pathways so that students will take only what is necessary to graduate and transfer. Music Department Chair, Derrick Logozzo and Choir Director, Melissa Logan are the advisors in the department. They openly defy the college administration by refusing to follow Guided Pathways / degree plans and putting students in excess hours far over what will transfer.

Many of Logan's and Logozzo's students would never be accepted into a music program at any other college or university. They do not have the musical background or skills to succeed and complete a Bachelor's degree or make a living in the music industry.

Logan and Logozzo put students into ridiculous numbers of hours (100 - 161) in order to fill their own music chairs for $$$$$$$$. Not to mention, many students that are dozens of hours over an Associate's Degree and what will transfer have not been placed in enough core classes to earn their degrees. Only a handful of students graduate with their Associate's Degree and/or transfer. Of those few that transfer, only a tiny fraction ever complete a Bachelor's Degree.

Dallas College Richland Campus has the best adjunct professors available. These incredible musicians can't serve students in a program that is run by dishonest, predatory advisors. The music department is a mess and the NASM (National Association of Schools of Music) accreditation being lost is due to these advisors that are totally mismanaging the program.

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A FIELD OF STUDY IN MUSIC

This plan is an official Field of Study Degree approved
by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Offered at all colleges
Degree Code: AA.FS.MUSIC.14
This degree plan is designed to meet the needs of students who plan to major in Music and transfer to a four-year college/university. This curriculum applies to the Bachelor of Music degree, but also may be applied to the Bachelor of Arts or other baccalaureate-level music degree as deemed appropriate by the awarding institution. The field of study in music included in this degree is approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. This degree plan will constitute a 60-semester-credit-hour transfer block to any public Texas four-year college or university.
Transferring students who have completed the field of study curriculum must satisfy the competency and proficiency requirements of the receiving institution. Transferring students shall not be required to repeat courses transferred as part of the field of study curriculum. However, diagnostic assessment of transfer students is permissible if the receiving institution routinely conducts diagnostic assessment of native students at the same point in the program of study.
Completion of the field of study curriculum shall not prevent a receiving institution from requiring additional lower-division courses that may be necessary for specific degree programs. Receiving institutions may require transfer students in specialized programs (e.g., jazz studies, performance, composition, music therapy, etc.) to take additional degree-specific lower-division courses that are not included in the field of study curriculum. Receiving institutions are not required to accept a grade below "C" in transfer.
In order to be eligible to receive this AA degree, a student must:

1. Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours including all the required courses listed;
2. Earn a grade of "C" or better in English 1301 and the selected college-level mathematics course;
3. Receive a GPA (2) of at least 2.00 ("C");
4. Meet all Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requirements and course prerequisites; and
5. Complete at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation through instruction by the college awarding the degree.

Students who plan to transfer must work closely with an advisor/counselor and music coordinator at the college.
This degree does not include all Core course requirements.

Courses Required for the AA Degree with a Field of Study in Music
Component Areas and CB Codes		Courses	Semester-Credit Hours Required
Communication (CB010)		Select EACH of the following: ENGL 1301 (a grade of "C" or better is required) ENGL 1302	6
Mathematics (CB020)		Select ONE of the following: (A grade of "C" or better is required.) MATH 1314, 1316, 1324, 1325, 1332, 1342, 1350, 1414, 1442, 2412, 2413, 2414	3-4
Life and Physical Sciences (CB030)		Select ONE of the following: ANTH 2401, BIOL 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1411, 2401, 2402, 2406, 2416, 2420, 2421CHEM 1405, 1406, 1407, 1411, 1412, 2423, 2425ENVR 1401, 1402GEOL 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1445, 1447PHYS 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1407, 1415, 1417, 2425, 2426	4
Creative Arts (CB050)		Select the following: MUSI 1307 (Caution: This course being added to Core Curriculum selected by the colleges of DCCCD is pending THECB approval.)	3
American History (CB060)		Select the following: HIST 1301and Select ONE of the following: HIST 1302, 2301, 2328, 2381	6
Government/Political Science (CB070)		Select EACH of the following: GOVT 2305, 2306	6
Component Area Option (CB090)		Select ONE of the following options: Option A: SPCH 1311, 1315, 1321 or SGNL 1301, 1302 and PHED 1164 OR Option B: FOREIGN LANGUAGE - ARAB 1411, 1412; CHIN 1411, 1412; FREN 1411, 1412; GERM 1411, 1412; ITAL 1411, 1412; JAPN 1411, 1412; KORE 1411, 1412; PORT 1411, 1412; RUSS 1411, 1412; SPAN 1411, 1412	4
CORE CREDIT HOURS FOR THIS AA DEGREE			32

REQUIRED MUSIC ENSEMBLE FIELD OF STUDY COURSES
Select FOUR semester hours from the following: MUEN 1121, 1122, 1123, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1151, 1152, 1153, 2123, 2141 (Courses may be repeated for credit.)	4
APPLIED STUDY
I. Select EIGHT (8) semester hours in the major applied area of study of the following: MUAP 1101, 1105, 1109, 1113, 1115, 1117, 1121, 1125, 1129, 1133, 1137, 1141, 1145, 1149, 1153, 1157, 1158, 1161, 1165, 1169, 1177, 1181, 2201, 2205, 2209, 2213, 2215, 2217, 2221, 2225, 2229, 2233, 2237, 2241, 2245, 2249, 2253, 2257, 2258, 2261, 2265, 2269, 2277, 2281 (Courses may be repeated for credit.) II. Applied/class piano MUSI 1181, 1182, 2181, 2182; MUAP 1169, 2269, 2369	8
THEORY/AURAL SKILLS
Select EACH of the following: MUSI 1116, 1117, 1311, 1312, 2116, 2117, 2311, 2312	16
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR THIS AA DEGREE	60

Note: State universities are required to accept only 60 hours in transfer; therefore, it is strongly suggested that students check with their receiving university regarding the acceptance of any credit hours over the 60-credi-hour maximum. Students may have to make a choice between completing the Field of Study or the degree.

Student's transcript will indicate the Field of Study has been completed upon successful completion of the following courses:

Four (4) semester hours from MUEN 1121, 1122, 1123, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1151, 1152, 1153, 2123, 2141

Eight (8) semester hours from MUAP 1101, 1105, 1109, 1113, 1115, 1117, 1121, 1125, 1129, 1133, 1137, 1141, 1145, 1149, 1153, 1157, 1158, 1161, 1165, 1169, 1177, 1181, 2201, 2205, 2209, 2213, 2215, 2217, 2221, 2225, 2229, 2233, 2237, 2241, 2245, 2249, 2253, 2257, 2258, 2261, 2265, 2269, 2277, 2281

Sixteen (16) semester hours from MUSI 1116, 1117, 1311, 1312, 2116, 2117, 2311, 2312.