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Music

MUSC 001 Beginning Theory I 4.0 Units MUSC 004 Advanced Theory II 4.0 Units
Course Advisory: MUSC 027 or knowledge of musical Prerequisite: MUSC 003 with a minimum grade of C.
notation; SCC minimum English and Math standards. Course Advisory: MUSC 030; SCC minimum English and
General Education: Option A: Area C; Option B: Area 3A; Math standards.
Option C: Area C1 General Education: Option A: Area C; Option B: Area 3A;
Transferable to UC/CSU Option C: Area C1
Hours: 64-72 lecture. Transferable to UC/CSU
Study of diatonic scales and triads, intervals, diatonic Hours: 64-72 lecture.
chords, basic harmonic progressions and cadences, part Continuation of MUSC 003 including a more in-depth study
writing, rhythm and meter, sight singing, ear training, of altered chords and late 19th- and 20th-century writing
dictation, history and performance. Short creative techniques including: 9th, 11th and 13th chords; altered
assignments are included to provide experience in the dominants; chromatic harmony; dodecaphony; set theory;
application of materials learned in class. It includes analysis aleatory; minimalism; and analysis techniques. It includes
and composition and is required for music majors. practice in rhythmic, melodic, harmonic and contrapuntal
(C-ID MUS 120; MUS 125) sight-singing, ear-training and dictation. This course is
required for music majors. (C-ID MUS 150; MUS 155)
MUSC 002 Beginning Theory II 4.0 Units
Prerequisite: MUSC 001 with a minimum grade of C. MUSC 005 Music Fundamentals 3.0 Units
Course Advisory: MUSC 028; SCC minimum English and Course Advisory: SCC minimum English and
Math standards. Math standards.
General Education: Option A: Area C; Option B: Area 3A; General Education: Option A: Area C; Option B: Area 3A;
Option C: Area C1 Option C: Area C1
Transferable to UC/CSU Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 64-72 lecture. Hours: 48-54 lecture.
Continuation of MUSC 001 providing a more in-depth Introduces the elements of music including notation,
study of scales, triads, diatonic harmonies, part writing, rhythm and meter, diatonic scales and triads, key
rhythms, sight singing, ear training, dictation, form, history, signatures, melody, chords and aural skills. Traces the
and performance. It also includes the study of harmonic historical and cultural progress of music through the
progression, dominant and non-dominant seventh chords, development of musical symbols and their application. No
modulation, secondary function chords, and binary and previous musical study is required. (C-ID MUS 110)
ternary form. It includes analysis and composition and is
required for music majors. (C-ID MUS 130; MUS 135) MUSC 007 3.0 Units
Jazz and Popular Music in America: Ragtime to Rock
MUSC 003 Advanced Theory I 4.0 Units Course Advisory: SCC minimum English standard.
Prerequisite: MUSC 002 with a minimum grade of C. General Education: Option A: Area C; Option B: Area 3A;
General Education: Option A: Area C; Option B: Area 3A; Option C: Area C1
Option C: Area C1 Transferable to UC/CSU
Transferable to UC/CSU Hours: 48-54 lecture.
Hours: 64-72 lecture. A survey of jazz and popular music in America, using an
Continuation of MUSC 002 including the study of 16th- historical approach. Includes listening to and analyzing
and 18th- century counterpoint, fugue, variation, altered examples of jazz and popular music in relation to the
chords, sonata allegro, and rondo forms, and late 19th social, technical and historical trends.
century writing techniques; practice in rhythmic, melodic,
harmonic, and contrapuntal sight singing; ear training, and
dictation. This course is required for music majors.
(C-ID MUS 140; MUS 145)

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