MUS 11E

About this course

The impact of emerging electronic music styles on instrument development, recording technology, and popular culture in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Incorporation of electronic music and instruments in new music, television, and film soundtracks and live performance, creating a market for the development and sales of portable music synthesizers. Analysis of the impact of emerging musical styles, including ambient, techno, and trance, on the composition of contemporary music and youth culture. The course considers race and its impact on the production, distribution, and performance of electronic music. Comparison of analog and digital music synthesis techniques in the recording and performance of electronic music. Advances in computer technology in relation to the compositional needs of the emerging electronic musical styles. Students will analyze historically significant electronic works from experimental academic compositions to popular music from the era.

No section is scheduled at Foothill College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Transfer pathways that use MUS 11E

ASSIST maps MUS 11E to a requirement in 7 published pathways from Foothill College.

• Leadership StudiesFoothill → Humboldt State
• GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Visual Studies EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Performance Studies EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• GLOBAL ARTS STUDIESFoothill → UC Merced
• Bachelor of Science Major in Mathematics with Departmental HonorsFoothill → University of the Pacific
• CSU General EducationFoothill → CSU Stanislaus
• Music: Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts Major (ICAM)Foothill → UC San Diego