Las Positas College - Spring 2025 - Class Schedule

SPRING 2025 9 25. 424. 1 000 | l p c - a d m i s s i o n s @ l a s p o s i t a s c o l l e g e . e d u S P R I N G 2025 - C O U R S E L I S T I N G S Please refer to the onl ine schedule on CLASS-Web to access course section detai ls and the course record numbers (CRNs) for registration. MINDFULNESS MIND 15 INTRODUCTION TO MINDFULNESS 3.0 Units This course is an introduction to mindfulness. Students will learn basic mindfulness meditation practices, both sitting and moving; ways to deepen positive emotions like gratitude, kindness, and joy; and methods for integrating more awareness and creativity into ordinary activities. Students will also examine the emerging science about the beneficial effects of mindfulness practice for mental and physical health. Some of these benefits include stress reduction, improved attention, reduced emotional reactivity and greater mind-body awareness. Students will also learn about some contemplative eastern religious practices that inform the secular mindfulness movement. MUSIC MUS 1 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC 3.0 Units Music for enjoyment and understanding through informed listening, analysis, evaluation and discernment of musical elements, forms, and repertoire. Attendance at concerts and listening to a variety of music may be required. MUS 3 WORLD MUSIC 3.0 Units The study of the folk and art music of world cultures. Includes the traditional music of Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, China, Japan, Indonesia, India, Latin America, Europe, and Native America. Attendance at world music concerts is required. MUS 4 JAZZ IN AMERICAN CULTURE 3.0 Units History, trends, and influences of the phenomenon of jazz through integration of the cultures of (but not limited to) African-American, European-American and the Latin-American communities. Required listening, reading and concert attendance will guide the student to value jazz as a form of self-expression and improve the ability to listen and understand the various eras in jazz from pre- Dixieland to present day. MUS 6 BASIC MUSIC SKILLS 2.0 Units Essentials of music through notation, time elements, melody, harmony, and tonality, texture, dynamics and knowledge of the keyboard. Sight singing and ear training. MUS 8B THEORY AND MUSICIANSHIP 2 4.0 Units Continues diatonic harmony through part writing and ear training exercises as typified by musical practice from 1600 to the present, continues solfeggio, chord recognition, melodic and rhythmic dictation, voice leading involving four -part choral writing, and figured bass realization. Introduces harmonic dictation, cadential elaboration, non-dominant seventh chords, and an introduction Prerequisite: MUS 8A with a minimum grade of C Strongly Recommended: MUS 8A, MUS 21A with a minimum grade of C MUS 11 COMMERCIAL MUSIC COMBO 1.0 Units For instrumentalists and vocalists who want experience in performing and interpreting small-group commercial music literature. Emphasis will be on articulations, stylistic differences, composition, arranging, and common performance practices. Recommended Course Preparation: MUS 18A andMUS 6 with aminimum grade of C Enrollment by audition only. MUS 13 HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL 3.0 Units A cultural survey of original American music traditions, forms and trends influenced by cultural, socio-economic, socio-political and economic changes including blues, jazz, early rock, the British Invasion, rap, hip hop culture, Latino rock, heavy metal, jazz-rock fusion, electronic, modern rock, and pop. MUS 15 JAZZ ENSEMBLE 1.0 Units This course is for the study, rehearsal, and public performance of standard jazz ensemble literature, with an emphasis on the development of skills needed to perform within an ensemble. New literature will be studied each term so that different technical and artistic issues are addressed. Opportunities to arrange and compose for the ensemble as well as to conduct. Opportunity to apply improvisation techniques in a group setting. MUS 16 PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 1.0 Units This course is for the study, rehearsal, and public performance of the standard Classical orchestra literature, with an emphasis on the development of skills needed to perform within an ensemble. Different literature is studied each semester so that different technical, historical and artistic issues are addressed. Attendance at all scheduled performances is required. Enrollment by audition only. MUS 17A JAZZ COMBO 1 1.0 Units For instrumentalists who want experience in performing and interpreting small-group literature. The music literature will cover important aspects of Jazz band development and works of all styles and periods. Emphasis will be on articulations, stylistic differences, composition, arranging, and common performance practices of the various periods of music. Recommended Course Preparation: MUS 18A, MUS 6 with a minimum grade of C Enrollment by audition only. MUS 18A JAZZ/POP PIANO 1 1.0 Units Voicings, chords, and guidelines for interpretation of lead sheets in a variety of genres for the contemporary pianist. Emphasis on improvisation, accompaniment, bass lines, grooves, and reharmonization. Recommended Course Preparation: MUS 21A with a minimum grade of C. MUS 18B JAZZ/POP PIANO 2 1.0 Units Building on the content offered in Music 18A, this course offers more advanced voicings, chords, and guidelines for interpretation of lead sheets in a variety of genres for the contemporary pianist. The student learns chords and chord progressions used in jazz and popular music styles as applied to the keyboard, focusing on chromatic seventh chords and sequences, chord extensions and advanced rhythmic concepts. Prerequisite: MUS 18A with a minimum grade of C MUS 19 STUDIES IN MUSIC COMPOSITION 3.0 Units Presents a technical and historical analysis of works in various music languages. Students will compose individual pieces to be performed by college-based music ensembles. Recommended Course Preparation: MUS 8A with a minimum grade of B MUS 21A BEGINNING PIANO 1.0 Units Group instruction inpiano for the absolute beginner with emphasis on developing technique, reading music, and performing. Recommended Course Preparation: MUS 6 MUS 21B INTERMEDIATE PIANO 1.0 Units Development of skills learned in Music 21A. Emphasis on further development of technique and performance. Prerequisite: Mus 21A with a minimum grade of C Scan here to visit the current Spring 2025 class schedule online