ETHNMUS

Ethnomusicology

86 courses on record · 17 with sections in Fall 2026

Live section data currently covers GE courses; the rest is filled in by a nightly pass, so this department is likely running more than is listed here.

86 courses

Lower division 35

Lower division courses in Ethnomusicology
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
5	Music Around World GE	3.69 n=482	—
M6A	Introduction to Global Musicianship	no grade history	—
10A	Music Theory and Musicianship I	3.82 n=21	—
10B	Music Theory and Musicianship II	3.78 n=6 small sample	—
M12B	African American Musical Heritage	2.65 n=19 small sample	—
19	Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars	no letter grades	—
20A	Musical Cultures of World: Europe and Americas	3.61 n=39	—
20B	Musical Cultures of World: Africa and Near East	3.46 n=87	—
20C	Musical Cultures of World: Asia	3.56 n=94	1 section
M25	Global Pop GE	3.88 n=581	1 section
30	Music and Media GE	3.35 n=385	1 section
M35	Blues, Society, and American Culture GE	no grade history	—
40	Music and Religion GE	no grade history	—
45	Music of Bollywood and Beyond GE	3.89 n=248	—
46	India through Music GE	no grade history	—
46W	India through Music GE	3.88 n=104	1 section
M50A	Jazz in American Culture: Late 19th Century through 1940s GE	3.83 n=414	1 section
M50B	Jazz in American Culture: 1940s to Present GE	3.83 n=570	—
60	J.S. Bach in His World and Ours GE	no grade history	—
68A	World Music Specializations: Music of China--Ensemble	3.98 n=388	1 section
68B	World Music Specializations: Music of China--Chinese Opera	3.92 n=10 small sample	—
68C	World Music Specializations: Music of China--Chinese Folk Dance	3.96 n=34	—
68F	World Music Specializations: Music of India--Ensemble	3.90 n=159	2 sections
M73	Music and Religion in Popular Culture GE	no grade history	—
M80	Jewish American Experience through Music GE	3.74 n=16 small sample	—
83	Basic Principles of Ethnomusicology	no grade history	—
91B	World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Bali	3.99 n=196	1 section
91E	World Music Performance Organizations: Music and Dance of Ghana	3.93 n=96	—
91H	World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Java	no grade history	—
91J	World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Korea	3.92 n=19 small sample	—
91K	World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Mexico	3.92 n=258	1 section
91L	World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Persia	3.99 n=155	—
91P	World Music Performance Organizations: African American Music Ensemble	3.90 n=244	1 section
91Z	World Music Performance Organizations: Open Ensemble: Tibetan Music and Dance Ensemble	3.96 n=94	—
92	Private Instruction in Music	no grade history	—

Upper division 41

Upper division courses in Ethnomusicology
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
101	Introduction to Ethnomusicology	3.79 n=21	—
106A	Traditional North American Indian Music	3.88 n=48	—
106B	Contemporary North American Indian Music	3.84 n=47	—
M108A	Music of Latin America: Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Isles GE	no grade history	—
108B	Music of Latin America: Latin South America GE	no grade history	—
M110A	African American Musical Heritage GE	3.26 n=63	1 section
M110B	African American Musical Heritage GE	no grade history	—
M116	Chicano/Latino Music in U.S. GE	3.70 n=34	—
M119	Cultural History of Rap GE	3.34 n=72	—
C121	Tibetan Pop Music: Tibet, Exile, China, and World	3.67 n=11 small sample	—
122	Global Dynamics of K-Pop	3.89 n=28	—
M134	Introduction to Armenian Music	3.92 n=10 small sample	—
135	Indo-Persian Musical Cultures: Mapping Musical Connections	3.94 n=71	—
136A	Music of Africa GE	no grade history	—
C136B	Music of Africa	no grade history	—
145	Analyzing Rhythm in Persian Music	3.96 n=26	—
147	Survey of Classical Music in India	3.90 n=11 small sample	—
C156A	Music in China	3.92 n=12 small sample	—
161B	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Bali	3.99 n=258	1 section
161E	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music and Dance of Ghana	no grade history	—
161H	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Java	3.94 n=17 small sample	—
161K	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Mexico	3.97 n=238	1 section
161L	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Persia	3.99 n=393	—
161M	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Thailand	3.98 n=124	—
161P	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: African American Music Ensemble	3.96 n=307	1 section
161Z	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Open Ensemble: Tibetan Music and Dance Ensemble	3.99 n=115	—
162	Advanced Private Instruction in Music	no grade history	—
163	Theory, Practice, and Improvisation in Iranian Music	3.96 n=30	—
C165	Selected Topics in Composition: Lecture 1	no grade history	—
168A	Advanced World Music Specializations: Music of China--Ensemble	3.99 n=403	1 section
168B	Advanced World Music Specializations: Music of China--Zheng	3.96 n=50	1 section
168C	Advanced World Music Specializations: Music of China--Qin	3.96 n=33	—
168F	Advanced World Music Specializations: Music of India--Ensemble	3.95 n=481	2 sections
171	Music and Diverse Worlds of Gender and Sexuality	3.94 n=57	—
174	Aesthetics of Music	3.34 n=38	—
175	Sociology of Music	3.41 n=59	—
181	Anthropology of Music	3.61 n=35	—
183	Study of Ethnomusicology	3.73 n=49	—
185	Information Literacy and Research Skills	no grade history	—
186	Senior Recital or Project	no grade history	—
188	Special Courses in Ethnomusicology: Lecture 1	3.92 n=67	—

Graduate 10

Graduate courses in Ethnomusicology
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
215A	Ethnomusicological Perspectives and Paradigms I: Late 19th Century to 1980s	no grade history	—
216A	Ethnomusicological Methods I	no grade history	—
C236B	Music of Africa	no grade history	—
C270	Selected Topics in Composition: Lecture 1	no grade history	—
292A	Seminar: Special Topics in Ethnomusicology: Seminar 1	3.76 n=13 small sample	—
292B	Seminar: Special Topics in Ethnomusicology: Seminar 1	no grade history	—
596	Directed Individual Studies	no grade history	—
597	Preparation for Master's Comprehensive Examination or PhD Qualifying Examinations	no grade history	—
598	Guidance of MA Thesis	no grade history	—
599	Guidance of PhD Dissertation	no grade history	—

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the department average, so a course taught once to a dozen students sits near the department mean rather than at whatever those twelve happened to get. The figure is always shown — small sample marks where it rests mostly on that prior.