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MUS 3A
THEORY & MUSICIANSHIP I · 5 units · used in 65 transfer pathways
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Where this page’s information comes from
- Foothill catalogcourse record · 2026-2027
- FHDA class listingsWinter 2027 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
Introduction to the fundamentals of music and their application to composition and music literature. Notation, scales, intervals, triads, essential cadential formulas and phrase structure and their use in basic composition. Musicianship skills to include melodic dictation with leaps within the triad, rhythmic dictation in different meters, ear recognition of intervals, triad qualities including inversions, and dominant seventh chords, sight-singing simple step-wise melodies.
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 18, 7:09 AM UTCNo section is scheduled at Foothill College for Winter 2027. 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: MUS 12A strongly recommended.”
Transfer pathways that use MUS 3A
ASSIST maps MUS 3A to a requirement in 65 published pathways from Foothill College — 24 shown.
- MusicFoothill → San Francisco State
- Music, Concentration in Vocal PerformanceFoothill → San Francisco State
- Music: Concentration in CompositionFoothill → San Francisco State
- Music: Concentration in Instrumental PerformanceFoothill → San Francisco State
- Music: Concentration in Jazz/EthnomusicologyFoothill → San Francisco State
- Music: Concentration in Music ProductionFoothill → San Francisco State
- Music: Concentration in Music Teacher PreparationFoothill → San Francisco State
- MusicFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
- Music, B.A., Music Technology ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
- Art and Design: Games and Playable MediaFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Jazz, Spontaneous Composition, and Improvisation MinorFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- MusicFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- MusicFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Western Music MinorFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Music B.A. - Applied Music OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
- Music B.A. - Music Education OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
- Music Industry and Technology B.A. - Music Industry OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
- Music Industry and Technology B.A. - Recording Arts OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
- MusicFoothill → CSU Channel Islands
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIESFoothill → UC Merced
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Performance Studies EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Visual Studies EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
- Music Performance: GuitarFoothill → University of Redlands
- Music Performance: KeyboardFoothill → University of Redlands
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