# Music (MUSIC) courses Woodland Community College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 12 courses Source: https://wcc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WCC-Catalog-2026-27.pdf#page=201 "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026. ### MUSIC-3 — Music Appreciation: Western Civilization - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **C-ID:** MUS 100 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/music.md) - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in HUMAN3 - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3 - Cal-GETC: 3A This course focuses on the study of music in relation to the humanities. It covers music and composers of the Western world from medieval to the 21st century. Topics studied include but are not limited to elements of music, basic musical forms, music periods, styles, instruments, and the role of music and musicians in Western civilization. ### MUSIC-10 — Music Fundamentals - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **C-ID:** MUS 110 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3 An introduction to the notation and primary elements of tonal music. Incorporates the following concepts: staff notation in treble and bass clefs; rhythm and meter; basic properties of sound; intervals; diatonic scales and triads; and diatonic chords. Development of skills in handwritten notation is expected. ### MUSIC-12 — Music Appreciation: Jazz - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in HUMAN12 - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3 - Cal-GETC: 3A This course provides a general survey of jazz from its original and early development to present day. Through extensive listening to recorded and live performances, students will become acquainted with the musical styles and the historical and social context of jazz, including the techniques and personalities of artists who made original contributions and influenced other artists, the instruments used and their function in jazz literature, and elements of music: rhythm, pitch, volume, articulation, timbre, texture, and music form. ### MUSIC-15 — Popular Music in the United States - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/music.md) - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in HUMAN15 - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3 - Cal-GETC: 3A, 3B This course provides a survey of popular music in the United States from about 1850 to the present, covering a diverse range of styles including African American work songs, ragtime, blues, jazz, Motown, folk, funk, musical theater, country music, Latin music styles, rock, rap and current trends. The course will trace the historical origins and influences of different musical traditions and explore the cultural and social contexts that shape popular music. ### MUSIC-16 — Music Appreciation: World Music - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/music.md) - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in HUMAN16 - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3 - Cal-GETC: 3A This course is an introduction to traditional folk, dance, devotional, and popular music from around the world, including African, Indian and Middle Eastern, Asian and Pacific, Caribbean and Latin American, and Native American cultures. Students will learn to analyze the complexity and human intention of World music styles through the elements of music: textures, rhythm, melody, pulse, form, and ensembles. ### MUSIC-34 — Concert Choir - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 54 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** Audition required - **Advisory:** Prior experience in a concert band or wind ensemble - **C-ID:** MUS 180 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/music.md) - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass Concert Choir is the study and performance of choral literature including classical works, contemporary pieces, and music of many diverse cultures. The course includes study and performance of representative accompanied and unaccompanied works for a mixed choir. Public performances, festivals, and field trips may be required. Students who wish to take Concert Choir multiple times can enroll in the noncredit version of this course (MUSIC 534). ### MUSIC-41A — Piano I - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 9 lecture hours, 27 lab hours - **C-ID:** MUS 170 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/music.md) - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass This course is an introduction to beginning keyboard skills, including music notation. It includes basic piano techniques, major and minor five finger patterns, major scales, sight-reading and basic chord progressions, as they are encountered in beginning piano music. ### MUSIC-41B — Piano II - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 9 lecture hours, 27 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of MUSIC41A or equivalent skills - **C-ID:** MUS 171 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass This course is the second class in a three-course sequence designed to build skills from Piano I. The second course includes more deliberate work on music notations, basic piano techniques, major and minor full octave scales, sight-reading, basic I-IV-V harmonic progressions with all melodies now being performed in the expanded range of an octave. ### MUSIC-41C — Piano III - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 9 lecture hours, 27 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of MUSIC41B or equivalent skills - **C-ID:** MUS 172 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/music.md) - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass This course is the third and final course sequence designed to build skills from Piano II. The third course includes more deliberate work on music notation, expanded rhythm base to include 8th notes, dynamics, upbeats, basic piano techniques, major and minor full octave scales, sight-reading, basic I-IV-V harmonic progressions and expanded chord progression with dominant chords in a few different tonal centers, with all melodies now being performed in expanded range of an octave. Students will expand knowledge of keyboard harmony and theory, sight reading, and keyboard repertoire, including solo and ensemble performances. ### MUSIC-43 — Symphonic Band - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 54 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** Audition required - **Advisory:** Prior experience in a concert band or wind ensemble - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/music.md) - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass Symphonic Band is open to students who play a wind band instrument. This course is the study and performance of the Symphonic Band repertoire. Collegiate level band, involving basic studies in musical interpretation, advanced performance concepts, critical sight reading, and extended technical exercises; extensive practice and frequent public performance. Public performances and field trips may be required. Students who wish to take Symphonic Band multiple times may enroll in the noncredit version of this course (MUSIC 543). ### MUSIC-534 — Concert Choir - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** Audition required - **Advisory:** Prior experience in a concert band or wind ensemble - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/music.md) - Satisfactory Progress (Noncredit) Concert Choir is the study and performance of choral literature including classical works, contemporary pieces, and music of many diverse cultures. The course includes study and performance of representative accompanied and unaccompanied works for a mixed choir. Public performances, festivals, and field trips may be required. This is a non-credit course primarily but not exclusively intended for older adults as a lifelong education that provides opportunity for personal growth and development. ### MUSIC-543 — Symphonic Band - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** Audition required - **Advisory:** Prior experience in a concert band or wind ensemble - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/music.md) - Satisfactory Progress (Noncredit) Symphonic Band is open to students who play a wind band instrument. This course is the study and performance of the Symphonic Band repertoire. Collegiate level band, involving basic studies in musical interpretation, advanced performance concepts, critical sight reading, and extended technical exercises; extensive practice and frequent public performance. Public performances and field trips may be required. This is a non-credit course primarily but not exclusively intended for older adults as a lifelong education that provides opportunity for personal growth and development.