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2020-2021 Spring Edition [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Academic Courses

  
 

Music
  

  • MUS 11 HARMONY II

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 10
    An intensive study of advanced diatonic and chromatic harmony in major and minor modes; secondary chords; modulation; part-writing using triads and 7th chords; variation, rondo, and sonata forms.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 12 HARMONY III

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 11
    A study of chromatic harmony as practiced in the 19th century. Includes 9th, 11th and 13th chords, altered chords, mode mixture, and augmented 6th and Neapolitan chords as well as 19th century formal models.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 14 JAZZ COMPOSITION AND ARRANGING

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 11
    A study of the traditional and popular use of intervals, modes, rhythms, meters, notation of scales, structure notation, and use of traditional and popular chords and progressions. Emphasis will be placed on the traditional and popular concepts of melodic writing for popular and jazz music.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 15 MUSIC COMPOSITION

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 1
    The emphasis in this course is on original composition. Study of instrumentation and orchestration will also be included, as will analysis of applicable literature.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 18 ADVANCED MUSIC COMPOSITION

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Prerequisite: MUS 15
    Composition of large scale chamber works using intermediate to advanced level 20th and 21st century compositional techniques. Covers writing for combinations of standard orchestral instruments and the development of individual compositional style (formerly MUS 119).
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 20 MUSIC APPRECIATION

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    A survey of musical forms and important composers and their works from the Middle Ages through the 21st century. Stylistic concepts for each period will be studied and demonstrated.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 23 INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MUSIC

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    A survey of the music of the world’s peoples, including North, Central, and South American, African, European, Indonesian, and Asian musics and their influence on music of the United States. This course will also cover basic ethnomusicological skills.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 24 MUSIC SINCE 1900

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    A study of a cross-section of 20th and 21st music and musicians. A study of the music, musical styles, and major composers of classic, jazz, and film music. The stylistic concepts used by such composers as Stravinsky, Bartok, Schoenberg will be examined and demonstrated. The musical life and contributions of each composer will be studied.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 27 HISTORY OF JAZZ

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Explore America’s only indigenous art form from Blues to New Age. A study of the elements of jazz tracing the development and evolution of the styles and structures of jazz from its beginning to the present time.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 28 HISTORY OF ROCK

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    A study of the elements of rock music tracing the development and evolution of its styles and structures, including sociological and political aspects, from rock’s beginning to the present time.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 32 SINGING SOCIETY

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Limitation: Audition with college music faculty to demonstrate the ability to sightread representative works.
    Choral/orchestral performance of the oratorio repertoire of the late 18th and 19th centuries is offered. The repertoire includes oratorios of Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn and other composers of the period. Rehearsals include study of historical perspective of the oratorio society as a social phenomenon of the Industrial Revolution, and the changing role of the composer, conductor and music critic in the 19th century society. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 31, 32, 33, 134, 232, and 233.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 33 MASTERWORKS CHORALE

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty including the ability to sight read.
    Students will perform choral repertoire selected from the 18th through 21st centuries with special emphasis on larger choral/orchestral or unaccompanied works. This course will include study of the appropriate harmonic, rhythmic, melodic and textural vocabulary as seen in this repertoire. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 31, 32, 33, 134, 232, and 233.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    R-E-3
  

  • MUS 34 EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty including demonstration of ability to sight read.
    Students will perform sacred and secular repertoire suitable for chamber ensemble from the 15th to 17th centuries. Unaccompanied works and music with instrumental accompaniment are included. Emphasizes a cultivation of skills needed to sing music from a variety styles within the Early, Renaissance, and through the pre-Baroque era. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 34 and 35.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 35 CONTEMPORARY CHOIR

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty including demonstration of ability to sight read.
    Study and performance of sacred and secular repertoire suitable for vocal chamber ensemble of 20th and 21st century composers. Unaccompanied works and music with instruments or keyboard accompaniment are included. Singers will develop skills required for performance of both traditional and avant-garde choral composition. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 34 and 35.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    R-E-3
  

  • MUS 39 COMMERCIAL MUSIC ENSEMBLE

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty where students demonstrate proficiency on instrument including technique, time, tone, knowledge of genres, and stylistic skills.
    Rehearsal and performance of commercial songs and material including but not limited to the blues, classic rock ‘n’ roll, folk rock standards, hip-hop, current popular music, electronic music and original material. Open to instrumentalists, midi instruments/controllers, vocalists, emcees and DJs. Public performance required. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 39, 182, 184, and 187.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 41 SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Limitation: Audition with music faculty. Skills to be presented in the audition: exact rhythm, precise intonation, and musicality.
    Recommended Preparation: Previous instrumental training and demonstrated proficiency
    An elite concert band, playing the finest traditional and contemporary band literature available. Emphasis is on a high degree of individual musicianship and fine ensemble playing. Formal concert to be given with outstanding guest soloist and/or conductors. This course is offered as open-entry/open-exit.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    R-E-3
  

  • MUS 42 SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Limitation: Audition with music faculty. Skills needed to be presented in the audition: exact rhythm, precise intonation, and musicality.
    Recommended Preparation: Previous experience in a performing ensemble (wind ensemble, orchestra, string orchestra) at a minimum of a high school level with ability to sight read and knowledge of all scales and keys.
    Studies and performance of standard orchestral literature. Public performance required for credit. This course is offered as open-entry/open-exit.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    R-E-3
  

  • MUS 43 STRING ORCHESTRA

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: Previous experience in a performing ensemble (wind ensemble, orchestra,string orchestra) at a minimum of a high school level with ability to sight read and knowledge of all scales and keys.
    Study of string literature from baroque, classical, romantic, and 20th and 21st century eras of music. Designed to read, study, and perform orchestral literature written especially for strings. Offered as open-entry/open-exit.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 46 JAZZ IMPROVISATION I

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 10 or placement audition where students demonstrate skills equivalent to those learned in MUS 10.
    Study of jazz theory, transcription, awareness of historically important jazz improvisers, and the internationalization of jazz rhythm. Provides students with the opportunity to develop technical command of instrument and fosters the ability to create stylistically appropriate improvised melodies. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 46 and 190.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 47 SADDLEBACK COLLEGE BIG BAND

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty Where student demonstrates ability to sight-read, Identify and write key signatures and all major and minor scales, differentiate between major, minor, augmented and diminished intervals, demonstrate use of all diatonic chords in music, and performance of rhythmic patterns in music.
    Performance of big band music by members of the community above high-school sophomore level. Very high standards of individual and ensemble performance are expected. The student can expect to be exposed to the very best and most demanding of the literature available in the jazz idiom. Members of this band will perform several times during the term at events both on and off campus. Offered as open-entry/open-exit. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 47 and 146.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    R-E-3
  

  • MUS 50 APPLIED MUSIC

    1 Unit 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Limitation: College audition and concurrent enrollment in performance ensemble
    Individual instruction at the advanced level in voice, piano, or instrumental music. Designed to develop technical competence, stylistic interpretation, and performance practice. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 50.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    R-E-3
  

  • MUS 54A BEGINNING PIANO I

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    A first level introductory course in piano, with instruction in elementary music-reading, repertoire, piano technique, tone production, sight-reading, keyboard harmony, and performance styles for music and non-music majors at a first-year level. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 54A, 54B, 55A, 55B, and 56.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 54B BEGINNING PIANO II

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Prerequisite: MUS 54A or demonstrated proficiency
    A second level introductory course in piano, with instruction in music reading, repertoire, piano technique, tone production, sight-reading, keyboard harmony, and performance styles for music and non-music majors at a first-year level. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 54A, 54B, 55A, 55B, and 56.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 55A INTERMEDIATE PIANO I

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Prerequisite: MUS 54B or demonstrated proficiency.
    Secondary Level Piano Course with instruction in selected major and minor scales, piano technique, tone production, sight-reading, building of repertoire and performance styles. Includes technical and interpretive development of piano performance ability at a third semester level. Keyboard harmony will be emphasized. Masterclass format. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 54A, 54B, 55A, 55B, and 56.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 55B INTERMEDIATE PIANO II

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Prerequisite: MUS 55A or demonstrated proficiency.
    Secondary Level Piano Course with continuing instruction on all major and minor scales, piano technique, first and second chord inversions, tone production, sight-reading, building of repertoire and performance styles, and heightened emphasis on ensemble performance. Includes technical and interpretive development of piano performance ability at a fourth semester level. Keyboard harmony will be emphasized. Masterclass format. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 54A, 54B, 55A, 55B, and 56.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 56 ADVANCED PIANO

    2.5 Units 2 hours lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 55B or four years of piano study
    This course is of a “Master Class” or a workshop character, and for the student interested in furthering his or her understanding of musical styles through careful study and performance of Baroque, Classic Romantic and Contemporary piano literature. Works and performance are thoroughly analyzed and discussed as to style, interpretation and technical problems. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 54A, 54B, 55A, 55B, and 56.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 58 PIANO REPERTOIRE AND PERFORMANCE PROCEDURES

    2.5 Units 2 hours lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 55A or B or demonstrated proficiency
    The study of important piano solo literature from Bach to contemporary with emphasis on technique and procedures in solo-performance preparation. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 58, 253, 255, and 257.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 60 BEGINNING CLASSICAL GUITAR

    1 Unit 1 hour lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Emphasizes solo finger-style guitar playing on acoustic nylon-string guitar. Beginning-level music reading. No previous experience necessary. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 60, 61, 62, 171, and 173.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 61 INTERMEDIATE CLASSICAL GUITAR

    1 Unit 1 hour lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 60
    Solo and ensemble fingerstyle playing on acoustic nylon-string guitar. Intermediate level music reading. Chordal accompaniment. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 60, 61, 62, 171, and 173.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 62 ADVANCED CLASSICAL GUITAR

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 61
    Solo and ensemble fingerstyle playing on acoustic nylon-string guitar. Advanced-level music reading and techniques. Advanced accompaniment techniques. Building repertoire and performance skills. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 60, 61, 62, 171, and 173.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 63 ENSEMBLE TECHNIQUES FOR 21ST CENTURY

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty demonstrating ability to sight read and knowledge of all scales and keys.
    Designed to aid the individual in developing the ability to perform in small instrumental ensemble groups, studying the music of late 20th and early 21st centuries. Pianists, string, woodwind, and guitar players will study standard repertoire as well as newer compositions. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 63, 66, 166, 167, 168, 169, and 266.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 64 PIANO ENSEMBLE

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 55A or demonstrated proficiency
    The ensemble study of the literature of duo-piano including four and eight hands, both original and transcribed. Particular emphasis will be given to style, interpretation, techniques of ensemble playing and sight-reading. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 64 and 65.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    R-E-2
  

  • MUS 65 PIANO ACCOMPANYING

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 55A or two years of piano study
    Studies techniques of instrumental and vocal accompaniment through actual accompanying experience. Particular emphasis will be given to style, interpretation and techniques of accompanying and sight-reading. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 64 and 65.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 75 STRING LITERATURE

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: Two years of instrumental training
    Designed to analyze and perform traditional and contemporary string literature from 18th century to present day.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 78 KEYBOARD LITERATURE & INTERPRETATION - BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 55A or demonstrated keyboard proficiency
    Keyboard Literature of Baroque and Classical Periods, their performance traditions and interpretation. Expands knowledge of keyboard music history and performance. Great performers of the past and their legacy.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 80 BEGINNING VOICE

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Emphasizes vocal techniques, including tone production, breath control, and pronunciation, as well as music literature. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 80, 81, and 82.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 81 INTERMEDIATE VOICE

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 80
    Techniques of singing without the aid of a microphone. Application of this study in vocalization and repertoire. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 80, 81, and 82.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 82 VOCAL REPERTOIRE AND PERFORMANCE PROCEDURES

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 81
    A survey of concert literature available for various voice categories. Emphasis will be placed on the instruction and practice of presenting material from operas, concerts and musicals. Off campus performances required to meet course objectives. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 80, 81, and 82.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 86 INTRODUCTION TO HARPSICHORD TECHNIQUE AND LITERATURE

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 55A or demonstrated keyboard proficiency
    Introductory Study of Harpsichord, its history, performance practices, technique and repertory. Masterclass format. Students will learn Renaissance and Early Baroque pieces written for harpsichord, as well as basic ornaments, dynamics and articulation on the instrument. Emphasis on short pieces from English Virginal and Italian Cembalo schools of the 17th century. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 86, 87, 88, and 89.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 87 HARPSICHORD LITERATURE AND TECHNIQUE II - LATE BEGINNER

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 86 or demonstrated harpsichord proficiency
    Second semester study of Harpsichord, its history, performance practices, technique and repertory. Emphasis on German and French repertory from mid-Baroque period. Masterclass format. Students will review Renaissance and early Baroque pieces written for harpsichord, and will study mid-Baroque (up to 1680s) pieces and their ornaments, fingering, dynamics and articulation on the instrument. Emphasis on short pieces from German and French harpsichord schools of the mid-late 17th century. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 86, 87, 88, and 89.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 88 HARPSICHORD LITERATURE AND TECHNIQUE III -EARLY INTERMEDIATE

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 87 or demonstrated harpsichord proficiency
    Third semester study of Harpsichord, its history, performance practices, technique and repertory. Masterclass format. Students will learn high Baroque and Galant styles pieces written for harpsichord, as well as ornaments, fingering, dynamics and articulation on the instrument. Emphasis on pieces from Spanish, Italian and German High Baroque harpsichord schools of the 18th century. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 86, 87, 88, and 89.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 89 HARPSICHORD LITERATURE AND TECHNIQUE IV -LATE INTERMEDIATE

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 88 or demonstrated harpsichord proficiency
    Fourth semester study of Harpsichord, its history, performance practices, technique and repertory. Masterclass format. Students will learn pieces from Renaissance, Baroque, Galant, Early Classical and Contemporary styles written for harpsichord, as well as ornaments, fingering, dynamics tempi, varied repeats and articulation on the instrument. Emphasis on High Baroque pieces from French Clavecin school of the 18th century, early Classical and Galant and Contemporary styles. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 86, 87, 88, and 89.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 92 MUSICIANSHIP I

    1 Unit 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 1
    Sight-reading, ear training, and dictation of diatonic melodies and harmonies; rhythmic reading and dictation. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 92, 93, and 94.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 93 MUSICIANSHIP II

    1 Unit 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 92
    Sight-reading, ear training, and dictation of advanced diatonic melodies and harmonies; rhythmic reading and dictation. Required of all music majors. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 92, 93, and 94.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 94 MUSICIANSHIP III

    1 Unit 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 93
    Includes advanced sight-reading, ear training, and dictation of chromatic melodies and harmonies; rhythmic reading and dictation; keyboard harmony. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 92, 93, and 94.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 96 INTRODUCTION TO ORGAN TECHNIQUE AND LITERATURE CLASS

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 55A or demonstrated keyboard proficiency
    Introduction to organ manual and pedal techniques, basic registration, hymn playing and organ literature. Performance of simple compositions, accompaniments and hymn tunes. Baroque organ style interpretation. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 96, 97, 98, and 99.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 97 ORGAN TECHNIQUE AND LITERATURE CLASS LATE BEGINNING

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 96
    Second semester instruction in keyboard and pedal techniques, registration, basic hymn playing and organ literature. Performance of compositions for manuals and pedals, accompaniments and hymns. Classical style performance practice and interpretation. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 96, 97, 98, and 99.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 98 ORGAN TECHNIQUE AND LITERATURE CLASS INTERMEDIATE (A), EARLY

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 97 or demonstrated organ proficiency.
    Instruction in keyboard and pedal techniques, registration, articulation, hymns and organ literature. Performance of organ compositions with pedals, accompaniments and hymn tunes. Romantic Organ Music Interpretation. Performance Practice. Basic Concert Procedures. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 96, 97, 98, and 99.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 99 ORGAN TECHNIQUE AND LITERATURE CLASS INTERMEDIATE (B), LATE

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU, UC
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 98 or demonstrated organ proficiency.
    Instruction in keyboard and pedal techniques, registration, articulation, phrasing, dynamics, ornaments and varied repeats in hymns and standard organ literature. Performance of organ compositions for manuals with pedal, accompaniments and hymn tunes. Historical Performance Practice. Contemporary Organ style. Concert Procedures. Recital Performance. Late Intermediate Level. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 96, 97, 98, and 99.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 112A JAZZ PIANO I

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 54A or demonstrated keyboard proficiency
    Exploration and study of basic harmonies at the keyboard as applied to popular music and jazz. Study of improvisational techniques (formerly MUS 252A). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 112A, 112B, and 112C.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 112B JAZZ PIANO II

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 112A or demonstrated keyboard proficiency
    Develop advanced harmonic and improvisational techniques and skills designed to enhance their performance of jazz piano. Study of harmonic progressions common to jazz will be included. Designed for intermediate to advanced piano students (formerly MUS 252B). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 112A, 112B, and 112C.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 112C JAZZ PIANO III

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 112B or demonstrated keyboard proficiency
    Study techniques for playing solo piano and in a jazz combo including chord voicings and accompaniments for different jazz styles. Includes the study of early to modern styles of jazz piano. Designed for intermediate and advanced piano students (formerly MUS 252C). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 112A, 112B, and 112C.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 117 POPULAR SONGWRITING

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 1
    Explores the popular music songwriting process. Emphasis will be placed on the mechanics of music: rhythm, form, styles, melody and harmony. Students will also explore the relationship between lyrics and music.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 118 DIGITAL MULTI-TRACK MUSIC RECORDING

    2.5 Units 2 hours lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Initial exposure to sound-recording principles, techniques, and equipment. Emphasizes multi-track music recording process, editing and mixing. Students will receive hands-on experience with professional 24 track digital recording equipment while the class participates in a variety of recording projects. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 118, 130, 131, 132, and CTVR 118.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 120 INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU
    A survey of the music industry with focus on skill, experience and education needed for careers within the industry. Other topics covered include music publishing, performing rights societies, music licensing, digital distribution, record companies and artist management.
    Grading Method: GN - Letter Grade only
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  • MUS 130 MUSIC PRODUCTION I

    2.5 Units 2 hours lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    An introduction to computerized music creation. Topics will include an overview of the digital audio workstation, software and hardware setup, midi, virtual instruments, drum rack, signal processing and controllers. Emphasis will also be placed on musical elements such as form, style, pitch, melody, harmony and tempo. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 118, 130, 131, 132, and CTVR 118.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 131 MUSIC PRODUCTION II

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Prerequisite: MUS 130
    A second-level course in music production. Topics will include audio effects, advanced midi effects, sampling, creating loops, signal routing and advanced controllerism. Emphasis will also be placed on studying and emulating dance music styles. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 118, 130, 131, 132, and CTVR 118.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 132 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU
    An introduction course to basic principals in music technology. Topics will include sound properties, hardware, software, midi, sampling and notation software. Emphasis will also be placed on basic audio and midi editing. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 118, 130, 131, 132, and CTVR 118.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 134 SATB CHAMBER SINGERS

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty where student must demonstrate their ability to sight read and their understanding of the basic aspects of choral music
    Choral performance studies focusing on a broad range of choral music from multiple periods and styles of music. Included repertoire is smaller concert works suitable for chamber chorus, both a cappella and accompanied, as well as works with larger forces such as masses, requiems, staged works, and oratorio. Rehearsals include the study of a broad range of choral issues as the music relates to the specific period of composition, and the changing role of the chorus within the context of musical composition (formerly MUS 234). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 31, 32, 33, 134, 232, and 233.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 140 IMPROVISED MUSIC IN A JAZZ COMBO

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: Previous instrumental training and demonstrated proficiency in jazz performance and ability to sight read and knowledge of all scales and keys.
    Technical, historical and cultural approaches to jazz improvisation. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 140 and 197. Formerly offered as MUS 240.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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  • MUS 146 CONTEMPORARY BIG BAND LITERATURE

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty demonstrating ability to sightread, identify and write key signatures, identify and write all major and minor scales, differentiate between major, minor, augmented and diminished, intervals, demonstrate an understanding of all diatonic chords in music, and demonstrate the performance of rhythmic patterns in music.
    Recommended Preparation: Previous instrumental training and demonstrated proficiency in jazz performance, ability to sight read and knowledge of all scales and keys.
    Performance of contemporary big band literature from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Interpretation, phrasing, and cultural context of each piece will be addressed and performed (formerly MUS 246). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 47 and 146.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 147 MID-SIZE AFRICAN-AMERICAN BASED ENSEMBLE JAZZ

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty to demonstrate ability to read and play music at a high school level.
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 27 and instrumental technical proficiency
    Performance of music influenced by African-American improvised music in both a traditional and experimental scope (formerly MUS 242). Off campus performances required to meet course objectives. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 147, 148, and 149.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 148 JAZZ ENSEMBLE

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Studies historically important and current large ensemble jazz music. Provides practical experience in organizing a variety of instrumental combinations. Practice in standard jazz ensemble phrasing and improvisation. The jazz ensemble will perform at different functions and may perform with nationally-known guest artists. Offered as open-entry/open-exit. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 147, 148, and 149.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    R-E-3
  

  • MUS 149 MEDIUM SIZE MALLEABLE JAZZ ENSEMBLE

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Audition with faculty to demonstrate ability to sight read and knowledge of all scales and keys.
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 27 and instrumental technical proficiency
    Performance of American improvised music by medium sized ensemble in both a traditional and experimental scope (formerly MUS 241). Off campus performances required to meet course objectives. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 147, 148, and 149.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 150 BASIC ENSEMBLE I

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty to demonstrate ability to read and play music at a high school level.
    An introduction to foundational ensemble performance skills and concepts. Basic preparation for college level ensemble rehearsal and performance environments. Included is an overview of foundational musical pedagogy, notation, and terminology (formerly MUS 202). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 150, 151, 176, and 177.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 151 BASIC ENSEMBLE II

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty to demonstrate ability to read and play music at a high school level.
    Preparation for college ensemble rehearsal and performance environments. Foundational musical pedagogy, notation, and terminology are presented. This course is a continuation of skills learned in Basic Ensemble I (formerly MUS 203). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 150, 151, 176, and 177.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 152 ENSEMBLE TECHNIQUES FOR PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS I

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty to demonstrate ability to read and play music at a high school level.
    Ensemble Techniques for professional musicians to upgrade their professional and performance skills in ensembles. Focuses primarily on sight reading skills (formerly MUS 206). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 152, 153, 154, and 155.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 153 ENSEMBLE TECHNIQUES FOR PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS II

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty to demonstrate ability to read and play music at a high school level.
    Ensemble Techniques for professional musicians to upgrade their professional and performance skills in ensembles. Focuses primarily on sound, cohesion and balance (formerly MUS 207). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 152, 153, 154, and 155.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 154 ENSEMBLE TECHNIQUES FOR PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS III

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty to demonstrate ability to read and play music at a high school level.
    Ensemble Techniques for professional musicians to upgrade their professional and performance skills in ensembles. Focuses primarily on advanced literature (formerly MUS 208). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 152, 153, 154, and 155.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 155 ENSEMBLE TECHNIQUES FOR PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS IV

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty to demonstrate ability to read and play music at a high school level.
    Ensemble Techniques for professional musicians to upgrade their professional and performance skills in ensembles. Focuses primarily on rehearsal and performance techniques (formerly MUS 209). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 152, 153, 154, and 155.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 156 ADVANCED PIANO PEDAGOGY

    3 Units 3 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 179 or four years of previous piano study
    Designed to help the more experienced piano teachers refine their piano teaching techniques. Teaching demonstrations with younger students will be required. Piano literature for the late-intermediate and early-advanced levels will be emphasized (formerly MUS 256). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 156, 178, and 179.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 166 BAROQUE CHAMBER MUSIC

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Students must be able to sight read and play at a college level.
    Baroque Chamber music is designed for pianists, string, woodwind, and brass players to study chamber-music works from the Baroque era. Emphasis will be given to student performances in concerts and recitals. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 63, 66, 166, 167, 168, 169, and 266.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 167 CONTEMPORARY (20TH & 21ST CENTURY) CHAMBER MUSIC

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Students must be able to sight read and play at a college level.
    Contemporary chamber music is designed for pianists, string, woodwind and brass players to study chamber-music works from the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries. Emphasis will be given to student performances in concerts and recitals. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 63, 66, 166, 167, 168, 169, and 266.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 168 ROMANTIC CHAMBER MUSIC

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Students must be able to sight read and play at a college level.
    Romantic Chamber Music is designed for pianists, string, woodwind and brass players to study chamber-music works from the Romantic era. Emphasis will be given to student performances in concerts and recitals. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 63, 66, 166, 167, 168, 169, and 266.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 169 CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC

    2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Students must be able to sight read and play at a college level.
    Classical Chamber Music is designed for pianists, string, woodwind and brass players to study chamber-music works from the Classical era. Emphasis will be given to student performances in concerts and recitals. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 63, 66, 166, 167, 168, 169, and 266.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 171 BASIC GUITAR

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Studies basic techniques of the guitar. Emphasis will be on music fundamentals as it pertains to basic guitar techniques and the reading of music. Prepares students for further study in classical and/or jazz guitar (formerly MUS 260). Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 60, 61, 62, 171, and 173.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 172 BEGINNING STRINGS

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU
    An introductory course in Beginning Strings, with instruction in elementary music-reading, repertoire, strings technique, tone production, sight-reading, and performance styles for music and non-music majors at a first-year level.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 173 INTERMEDIATE GUITAR

    1.5 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 171
    Use the basic layout of the guitar to further each student’s understanding of the guitar fingerboard through a hands-on approach to the guitar’s intermediate vocabulary including more advanced exercises and more challenging repertoire. A deeper look into the application of music theory to the guitar fingerboard and an introduction on how to improvise a guitar solo will also be explored. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 60, 61, 62, 171, and 173.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 176 FUNCTIONAL SKILLS FOR PIANISTS I

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 54B or demonstrated proficiency
    Sight-reading, scales and etudes, special technique, beginning figured bass, short cadenzas, simple jazz 4-way close, simple c-clef and open score reading; beginning improvisation and functional harmony. Recommended for students intending to transfer as piano majors. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 150, 151, 176, and 177.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 177 FUNCTIONAL SKILLS FOR PIANISTS II

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 176 or demonstrated proficiency
    Advanced sight-reading, scales and etudes, special technique, intermediate figured bass, full cadenzas, jazz 4-way close with texture development, intermediate c-clef and open score reading; improvisation and functional harmony. Recommended for students intending to transfer as piano majors. Functional Skills II is a continuation of Functional Skills I. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 150, 151, 176, and 177.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 178 BEGINNING PIANO PEDAGOGY

    3 Units 3 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: Two years of piano study
    Studies piano pedagogy techniques to enhance the musical development of the beginning student. Includes approaches to teaching children and adults, explores the history of piano method books and the most effective teaching methods used today. This course is offered for music major students as well as community teachers who wish to improve and refine their teaching style. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 156, 178, and 179.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 179 INTERMEDIATE PIANO PEDAGOGY

    3 Units 3 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: Three years of previous piano study or MUS 178
    Designed to study the art of piano teaching for the intermediate student. Demonstrates the most effective teaching methods used today and emphasizes the technical and interpretive styles of the four major music periods. Includes approaches to teaching children and adults with guidance from the instructor. This course is offered for music major students as well as community teachers who wish to improve and refine their teaching style. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 156, 178, 179.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 181 KEYBOARD LITERATURE AND INTERPRETATION - ROMANTIC TO MODERN

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 55A or 78 or demonstrated proficiency
    Keyboard Literature of the Romantic, Impressionistic and Modern Periods, their performance traditions and interpretation. Expands knowledge of keyboard music history and its performance legacy.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 182 SOUL MUSIC ENSEMBLE

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Skills or performance: Student must perform at college level and sight read various soul music genres. Courses without an audition requirement include: MUS 1, 54A, or 60.
    Rehearsal and performance of soul music with a concentration on artists from the 1960s and 1970s. Additional focus on live sound, marketing and promotion. Open to instrumentalists, midi instruments/controllers, vocalists, emcees and DJs. Public performance required. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 39, 182, 184, and 187.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 184 ELECTRONIC MUSIC ENSEMBLE

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Skills or performance: Student must perform at college level create electronic music from various genres. Courses without audition requirement include: MUS 1, 54A, or 60.
    Rehearsal and performance of electro-acoustic material with a focus on current electronic genres. Open to instrumentalists, midi instruments/controllers, vocalists, emcees and DJs. Additional focus on live sound for electronic music and genre-specific marketing and promotion. Public performance required. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 39, 182, 184, and 187.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 187 MODERN ROCK AND POP MUSIC ENSEMBLE

    2 Units 2 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Skills or performance: Student must perform at college level and sight read various genres. Courses without audition requirement include: MUS 1, 54A or 60.
    Rehearsal and performance of current popular music. Open to instrumentalists, midi instruments/controllers, vocalists, emcees and DJs. Additional focus on sound reinforcement and the business aspects of live performance. Public performance required. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 39, 182, 184, and 187.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 190 JAZZ IMPROVISATION II

    3 Units 3 hours lecture 1 hour lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Instructor permission to ensure that students have the jazz improvisational and theoretical knowledge and skills to succeed in the course expectations.
    Recommended Preparation: MUS 10 or MUS 46
    Study of jazz theory, transcription and historically important improvisers. Introduction to melodic minor scale theory, harmonic minor scale theory, modes from other cultures (Egyptian, Japanese, Persian, Indian, Afghan, and others). Also introduces music from the Lennie Tristano School; melodic, harmonic, and improvisatorially. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 46 and 190.
    Grading Method: GN - Letter Grade only
    NR
  

  • MUS 195 REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE (INSTRUMENTAL)

    1 Unit 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Recommended Preparation: Previous instrumental training and demonstrated proficiency in a performing ensemble (wind ensemble, orchestra, string orchestra) at a minimum of a high school level with ability to sight read and knowledge of all scales and keys.
    Emphasizes the preparation of productions for public performance throughout the semester. Offered as open-entry/open-exit. Formerly MUS 295.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • MUS 197 REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE (JAZZ STUDIES)

    1 Unit 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Limitation: Audition with college faculty: Students will perform a musical selection on given instrument, demonstrate proficiency in interpretative musical styles, and demonstrate technical proficiency on given instrument. Performance audition requires ability to sight-read.
    Recommended Preparation: Previous instrumental training in jazz performance, ability to sight read and knowledge of all scales and keys.
    Emphasizes the preparation and production of jazz combos in public performance. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 140 and 197. Formerly offered as MUS 297.
    Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
    R-E-3

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  • N 160 PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSING

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU
    Prerequisite: BIO 12
    Recommended Preparation: BIO 11
    The focus of this course is safe administration of drug therapy. covered topics are: Principles of therapeutic pharmacology, Drug names, classifications, and dosages, Safe drug administration, Nursing assessments, interventions, and patient education associated with drug therapy.
    Grading Method: GN - Letter Grade only
    NR
  

  • N 161 LIFECYCLE 2, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

    1.5 Units 1.5 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU
    The second course in life span growth and development which examines developmental tasks and needs from prenatal and birth through middle age, including environmental and family factors that influence growth and development. Major developmental theories are addressed at each level of growth and development. Physiologic concepts, self concept, social behaviors and concepts of diversity and culture for individuals and families from diverse cultural groups within the United States are integrated.
    Grading Method: GN - Letter Grade only
    NR
  

  • N 162 SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING

    1 Unit 1 hour lecture
    Transfers: CSU
    Prerequisite: BIO 11, 12, 15 and ENG 1A or ENG 1AH
    Corequisite: N 162 lab
    Limitation: LVN with 1 year experience or transfer/international RN student. Must be completed within 3 semesters of entry into nursing program.
    Addresses strategies for successful completion of the nursing program. Provides theory base and practice with study skills and test taking, critical thinking, use of information technology, the role of the registered nurse, nursing process, and effective and therapeutic communication. Includes practice of nursing skills in a simulated clinical learning environment in preparation for competency testing. Includes practice and competency testing in physical assessment, intravenous medication administration, medication math competency, and application of nursing process.
    Grading Method: GN - Letter Grade only
    NR
  

  • N 162 SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING LAB

    0.5 Unit 1.5 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Corequisite: N 162
    Limitation: LVN with 1 year experience or transfer/int’l RN student. Complete within 3 semesters of entry into nursing program.
    Allows students to practice nursing skills in a simulated clinical learning environment in preparation for competency testing. It includes practice and competency testing in the following nursing skills: injections, urinary catheterization, physical assessment, intravenous medication administration, medication math competency, and application of nursing process.
    Grading Method: GN - Letter Grade only
    NR
  

  • N 164 LVN TO RN CLINICAL LAB

    1.5 Units 4.5 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Prerequisite: N 162
    Limitation: Current LVN License, minimum of 1 year experience as an LVN, American Heart BLS certified, IV certification, physical exam and immunizations, TB test, malpractice insurance, background check
    Recommended Preparation: N 245NC
    This clinical lab class allows prospective LVN-RN students to apply nursing process and specific nursing skills learned in N 162 (Successful Transition to Professional Nursing) to the care of adult medical surgical patients. Students will be guided in completing pre-clinical work-ups, care maps, bedside nursing assessments, medication administration (including IV), and professional role transition.
    Grading Method: PN - Pass/No Pass
    NR
  

  • N 165 LIFECYCLE 1, FUNDAMENTALS OF AGING

    1.5 Units 1.5 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU
    This course is a multidisciplinary introduction to aging emphasizing the adaptive behaviors of normal aging, and focusing on physical and psychosocial changes. Includes the variables of financial resources, legal aspects, socialization needs, and cultural differences within the U.S., healthcare issues, and current concerns involving the older adult.
    Grading Method: GN - Letter Grade only
    NR
  

  • N 170 NURSING PROCESS

    3 Units 3 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU
    Prerequisite: BIO 11, 12, 15, with a grade of “C” or better, completion of ENG 1A or ENG 1AH, and official admission to the nursing program
    Corequisite: N 170 Lab
    Limitation: Official admission to the nursing program.
    Recommended Preparation: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in N160 and 165 with a grade of “C” or better
    Provides the theoretical base for application of the nursing process at a beginning level. The focus is on providing patient centered care in the adult medical-surgical and community settings. Knowledge of the nursing practice and professional standards, evidence based practice, safety and quality improvement, nursing informatics and effective collaboration with health care team members are introduced. Principles of physical and psychosocial assessment, pharmacology and nutrition, professional and therapeutic communication, and health teaching are emphasized. The following concepts are integrated: diversity among US cultural groups, geriatric nursing, disease process and illness prevention, restorative care, end of life care, and the values and attitudes required of the professional registered nurse.
    Grading Method: GN - Letter Grade only
    NR
  

  • N 170 NURSING PROCESS LAB

    4.5 Units 13.5 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Prerequisite: BIO 11, 12, 15, with a grade of “C” or better, completion of ENG 1A or Eng 1AH, and official admission to the nursing program
    Corequisite: N 170 Lecture
    Limitation: Official admission into the nursing program.
    Recommended Preparation: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in N 160 and 165 with a “C” or better
    Provides application of the nursing process at a beginning level. The focus is on patient centered care in adult medical surgical and community settings. The following concepts are emphasized within clinical settings: knowledge of nursing practice and professional standards, evidence based practice, safety and quality improvement, nursing informatics and effective collaboration with health care team members, physical and psychosocial assessment, pharmacology and nutrition, professional and therapeutic communication and health teaching. The following concepts are integrated: diversity among US cultural groups, geriatric nursing, disease process and illness prevention, restorative care, end of life care, and the values and attitudes required of the professional registered nurse.
    Grading Method: GN - Letter Grade only
    NR
  

  • N 171 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

    2 Units 2 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU
    Prerequisite: N 170
    Corequisite: N 171 lab
    Limitation: Official admission to the nursing program: 1. Completion of program application 2. Completion of required ATI Tests of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) 3. Current physical exam 4. Current approved CPR Basic Life Support certification 5. Current liability insurance 6. Current background check
    Recommended Preparation: PSYC 1 and completion of or concurrent enrollment in N160 and N165 with a grade of a “C” or better
    Provides the theoretical base for application of the nursing process and biopsychosocial concepts for patients affected by mental disorders. Focus on patient centered care in psychiatric and community mental health settings. Knowledge of nursing practice and professional standards, evidence based practice, safety/quality improvement, informatics and team collaboration are introduced. Emphasis will be on principles of mental health nursing, psychosocial assessment, therapeutic communication, pharmacology, health promotion, education, nutrition, diversity among US cultural groups, human development across the lifespan, disease process, illness prevention, community health, advocacy, legal/ethical implications, and the values and attitudes required of the registered nurse. Letter grade only.
    Grading Method: GN - Letter Grade only
    NR
  

  • N 171 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING LAB

    1 Unit 3 hours lab
    Transfers: CSU
    Prerequisite: N 170
    Corequisite: N 171 Lecture
    Limitation: Official admission to the nursing program: 1. Completion of program application 2. Completion of required ATI Tests of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) 3. Current physical exam 4. Current approved CPR Basic Life Support certification 5. Current liability insurance 6. Current background check
    Recommended Preparation: PSYC 1 and completion of or concurrent enrollment in N160 and N165 with a grade of a “C” or better
    Application of the nursing process and biopsychosocial concepts for patients affected by mental disorders. Focus on patient centered care in psychiatric and community mental health settings. Knowledge of nursing practice and professional standards, evidence based practice, safety/quality improvement, informatics and team collaboration are introduced. Emphasis will be on principles of mental health nursing, psychosocial assessment, therapeutic communication, pharmacology, health promotion, education, nutrition, diversity among US cultural groups, human development across the lifespan, disease process, illness prevention, community health, advocacy, legal/ethical implications, and the values and attitudes required of the registered nurse.
    Grading Method: GN - Letter Grade only
    NR
  

  • N 172 MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING

    3.5 Units 3.5 hours lecture
    Transfers: CSU
    Prerequisite: N 160, 165, 170, and 171, with grades of “C” or better
    Corequisite: N 172 Lab
    Limitation: Admission to the nursing program
    Recommended Preparation: HSC 228 N 212
    Provides theory of nursing process to care for moderately complex, adult patients in medical-surgical and community settings. Focuses on patient centered care, application of nursing practice and professional standards, evidenced based practice, safety and quality improvement, nursing informatics and effective collaboration with health care team members. Pathophysiology, physical and psycho-social needs for moderately complex adults with respiratory, endocrine, renal, musculoskeletal, immunity, cardiac, neurological and gastrointestinal dysfunction are emphasized. The following concepts are integrated: diversity among US cultural groups, geriatric nursing, disease process and illness prevention, restorative care, end of life care, and the values and attitudes required of the professional registered nurse.
    Grading Method: GN - Letter Grade only
    NR
 

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