MUS 2BH

About this course

Introduction to the great composers and music masterpieces of Western culture. Includes composer biographies with emphasis on how composers synthesize or transform the aesthetic ideals of their time. Examines how composers' music reflects their own lives as well as mirrors contemporary social, political, and religious events. Historical periods include the Classical period up through early Romanticism. Composers include Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Weber. The honors section offers deeper theoretical content, assignments that require more sophisticated cognition/critical thinking, more rigorous assessment, and additional creative and summative projects.

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.

Advisory: “Advisory: Not open to students with credit in MUS 2B.”

Transfer pathways that use MUS 2BH

ASSIST maps MUS 2BH to a requirement in 6 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