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MUS 3A
THEORY & MUSICIANSHIP I · 5 units · used in 68 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 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
Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:00 PM UTCMUS 3ATHEORY & MUSICIANSHIP IWaitlist1 section · 0 seats reported · 1 instructor
- CRN 20051 · 01Waitlist · 0
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 68 published pathways from Foothill College — 24 shown.
- Leadership StudiesFoothill → Humboldt State
- Music, Concentration in Vocal PerformanceFoothill → San Francisco State
- Music: Concentration in Instrumental PerformanceFoothill → San Francisco State
- MusicFoothill → San Francisco State
- Music: Concentration in Jazz/EthnomusicologyFoothill → San Francisco State
- Music: Concentration in Music ProductionFoothill → San Francisco State
- Music: Concentration in CompositionFoothill → San Francisco State
- Music: Concentration in Music Teacher PreparationFoothill → San Francisco State
- Music, B.A., Music Technology ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
- MusicFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
- Jazz, Spontaneous Composition, and Improvisation MinorFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Art and Design: Games and Playable MediaFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- MusicFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- MusicFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Western Music MinorFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Music Industry and Technology B.A. - Recording Arts OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
- Music B.A. - Music Education OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
- Music Industry and Technology B.A. - Music Industry OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
- Music B.A. - Applied Music OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
- MusicFoothill → CSU Channel Islands
- 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
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