Foothill College
MUS 2C
GREAT COMPOSERS & MUSIC MASTERPIECES · 5 units · used in 19 transfer pathways
Where this page’s information comes from
- Foothill catalogcourse record · 2026-2027
- FHDA class listingsFall 2026 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
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 their music reflects their own lives as well as mirrors contemporary social, political, and religious events. Historical periods are mid-19th century Romanticism through the present. Composers include Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Strauss, Verdi, Wagner, Bizet, Debussy, Ravel, Ives, Cowell, Bartok, Berg, Webern, Stravinsky, Copland, Varese, Babbitt, Cage, Crumb, Ligeti, Penderecki, Reich, Glass and Adams.
Sections this term
Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:30 PM UTCNo 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 2CH.”
Transfer pathways that use MUS 2C
ASSIST maps MUS 2C to a requirement in 19 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
- Liberal Studies B.A. Elementary Teaching Content Preparation ProgramFoothill → CSU Stanislaus
- CSU General EducationFoothill → CSU Stanislaus
- Environmental Economics and PolicyFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Microbial BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Environmental SciencesFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Sustainable Environmental DesignFoothill → UC Berkeley
- ArchitectureFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Nutrition & Metabolic BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Landscape ArchitectureFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Society and EnvironmentFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Molecular Environmental BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Genetics and Plant BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Urban StudiesFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Conservation and Resource StudiesFoothill → UC Berkeley
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