Music, Music Teacher Preparation Concentration

Admission reality

Cherrypicker does not estimate anyone’s chance of admission, and never will. Historical outcomes are context, not a prediction.

Planning reality

Counts over the courses ASSIST maps for this pathway. Every figure is a plain count with one definition — there is no score or ranking here.

• 15Mapped preparation courses
• 9Scheduled Winter 2027
• 9With open seats reported
• 32Current sections

Sections offered at Foothill College this term for the courses listed in this agreement. Open one to see instructors, meeting times and CRNs.

Not scheduled at Foothill College this term: ENGL C1003H, ENGL C1001H, MUS 3C, MUS 2A, MUS 3A, MUS 8H. A course can still be part of the requirement and offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Where this path usually starts

Ranked by how central each course is to the agreement — whether it is the only option for a requirement, how many requirements it covers, and whether it is running now. This is Cherrypicker’s ordering of published requirements, not advice about your situation, and it does not know your transcript.

1. MUS 3CTheory and Musicianship IIINot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
2. MUS 3BTheory & Musicianship IIOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 40 seats reported this term.
3. MUS 3ATheory & Musicianship INot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
4. ENGL C1003Critical Thinking and Writing Through LiteratureOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 510 seats reported this term.
5. MUS 12BIntermediate Class PianoOpen
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • 5 seats reported this term.
6. ENGL C1003HCritical Thinking and Writing Through Literature - HonorsNot currently offered
   • Listed as preparation for this major.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.

Things to watch

Derived from this agreement and the current class data — not generic advice.

Major preparation

Left: what San Jose State requires. Right: the Foothill College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• ENGL 1B

  Argument and Analysis

  • ENGL C1003

    Critical Thinking and Writing Through Literature

  • or
    ENGL C1003H

    Critical Thinking and Writing Through Literature - Honors

• ENGL 2

  Critical Thinking and Writing

  • ENGL C1003

    Critical Thinking and Writing Through Literature

  • or
    ENGL C1003H

    Critical Thinking and Writing Through Literature - Honors

  • or
    ENGL C1001

    Critical Thinking and Writing

  • or
    ENGL C1001H

    Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors

  • or
    PHIL 1

    Critical Thinking & Writing

• MUSC 25A

  Piano Proficiency I

  • MUS 12A + MUS 12B

    Beginning Class Piano · Intermediate Class Piano

• MUSC 25B

  Piano Proficiency II

  • MUS 12B + MUS 12C

    Intermediate Class Piano · Advanced Class Piano

• MUSC 26A

  Voice Fundamentals

  No Course Articulated

• MUSC 4A

  Music Theory 4A

  • MUS 3C

    Theory and Musicianship III

• MUSC 12

  Baroque and Classical Music History

  • MUS 2A + MUS 2B

    Great Composers & Music Masterpieces

• MUSC 3A

  Music Theory IIIA

  • MUS 3C

    Theory and Musicianship III

• MUSC 2A

  Music Theory IIA

  • MUS 3B

    Theory & Musicianship II

• MUSC 1A

  Music Theory IA

  • MUS 3A

    Theory & Musicianship I

• MUSC 19

  Music in World Cultures

  • MUS 8

    Music of American Cultures

  • or
    MUS 8H

    Honors Music of American Cultures

Agreement year 2026-27, captured from ASSIST. Verify against the official agreement and confirm with a counselor before making transfer decisions.

The other FHDA college

De Anza College has its own ASSIST agreement for this major. It is a separate agreement with its own courses and its own source — not an extension of the Foothill College one, and the two are never combined on this page.

Whether a course taken at one college satisfies the other college’s requirements is a separate question from articulation. Confirm with a counselor before relying on it.

Other San Jose State majors from Foothill

• African-American StudiesFoothill → San Jose State
• Animation/IllustrationFoothill → San Jose State
• AnthropologyFoothill → San Jose State
• Anthropology, B.A. (SJSU Online)Foothill → San Jose State
• Applied Mathematics, Concentration in Computational ScienceFoothill → San Jose State
• Applied Mathematics, Concentration in Discrete MathematicsFoothill → San Jose State
• Art History and Visual CultureFoothill → San Jose State
• Art, Concentration in Digital Media ArtFoothill → San Jose State

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