CHERRYPICKERFoothill College
MUS 8
MUSIC OF AMERICAN CULTURES · 5 units · used in 28 transfer pathways
Sign in with Google and Cherrypicker builds your quarter-by-quarter transfer plan around your own coursework.
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
A comparative and integrative study of American music, this course explores the music traditions and styles of Native Americans, European Americans, African Americans, Chicano/Latino Americans, and Asian Americans, from their historical roots to the present. It includes a wide variety of genres, such as folk, spirituals, gospel, soul, blues, jazz, Cajun, zydeco, salsa, Tejano, hip-hop, and rap. Students will look at these musical traditions from a technical and a cultural perspective as they develop listening and descriptive skills.
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 17, 11:09 PM UTCMUS 8MUSIC OF AMERICAN CULTURESOpen2 sections · 80 seats reported · 1 instructor
- CRN 30713 · 03WOpen · 40
- CRN 31368 · 02WOpen · 40
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 8H.”
Transfer pathways that use MUS 8
ASSIST maps MUS 8 to a requirement in 28 published pathways from Foothill College — 24 shown.
- Music IndustryFoothill → UCLA
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIESFoothill → UC Merced
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Performance Studies EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Visual Studies EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
- Bachelor of Music Major in Music HistoryFoothill → University of the Pacific
- Bachelor of Music Major in Music TherapyFoothill → University of the Pacific
- Liberal Studies B.A. Elementary Teaching Content Preparation ProgramFoothill → CSU Stanislaus
- Creative ArtsFoothill → San Jose State
- MusicFoothill → San Jose State
- Music, Concentration in CompositionFoothill → San Jose State
- Music, Concentration in Jazz StudiesFoothill → San Jose State
- Music, Concentration in Music EducationFoothill → San Jose State
- Music, Concentration in PerformanceFoothill → San Jose State
- Music, Music Teacher Preparation ConcentrationFoothill → San Jose State
- ArchitectureFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Conservation and Resource StudiesFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Environmental Economics and PolicyFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Environmental SciencesFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Genetics and Plant BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Landscape ArchitectureFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Microbial BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Molecular Environmental BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Nutrition & Metabolic BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Society and EnvironmentFoothill → UC Berkeley
Spot something wrong?
Articulation, prerequisites, course details and class availability all come from sources that change. If something here does not match the official record, tell us and we will fix it — corrections from students and staff are the fastest way this stays accurate.