UCLA Ethnomusicology Courses

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Grades awarded Fall 2021 to Fall 2025, every instructor,

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Lower division 35

Lower division courses in Ethnomusicology
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Fall 2026
5	Music Around World GE	3.69 482 grades	Not offered
M6A	Introduction to Global Musicianship	no grade history	7 sections
10A	Music Theory and Musicianship I	3.82 21 grades	Not offered
10B	Music Theory and Musicianship II	3.78 6 grades ·	Not offered
M12B	African American Musical Heritage	2.73 19 grades ·	Not offered
19	Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars		Not offered
20A	Musical Cultures of World: Europe and Americas	3.61 39 grades	Not offered
20B	Musical Cultures of World: Africa and Near East	3.47 87 grades	Not offered
20C	Musical Cultures of World: Asia	3.55 117 grades	1 section
M25	Global Pop GE	3.88 581 grades	9 sections
30	Music and Media GE	3.36 385 grades	6 sections
M35	Blues, Society, and American Culture GE	no grade history	Not offered
40	Music and Religion GE	no grade history	Not offered
45	Music of Bollywood and Beyond GE	3.89 248 grades	Not offered
46	India through Music GE	no grade history	Not offered
46W	India through Music GE	3.78 163 grades	4 sections
M50A	Jazz in American Culture: Late 19th Century through 1940s GE	3.83 534 grades	12 sections
M50B	Jazz in American Culture: 1940s to Present GE	3.83 570 grades	Not offered
60	J.S. Bach in His World and Ours GE	no grade history	Not offered
68A	World Music Specializations: Music of China--Ensemble	3.98 414 grades	1 section
68B	World Music Specializations: Music of China--Chinese Opera	3.95 25 grades	1 section
68C	World Music Specializations: Music of China--Chinese Folk Dance	3.96 34 grades	Not offered
68F	World Music Specializations: Music of India--Ensemble	3.90 159 grades	2 sections
M73	Music and Religion in Popular Culture GE	no grade history	Not offered
M80	Jewish American Experience through Music GE	3.74 16 grades ·	Not offered
83	Basic Principles of Ethnomusicology	no grade history	1 section
91B	World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Bali	3.99 210 grades	1 section
91E	World Music Performance Organizations: Music and Dance of Ghana	3.93 108 grades	1 section
91H	World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Java	no grade history	1 section
91J	World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Korea	3.91 19 grades ·	Not offered
91K	World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Mexico	3.92 278 grades	1 section
91L	World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Persia	3.99 174 grades	2 sections
91P	World Music Performance Organizations: African American Music Ensemble	3.90 256 grades	1 section
91Z	World Music Performance Organizations: Open Ensemble	3.96 111 grades	8 sections
92	Private Instruction in Music	no grade history	1 section

Upper division 41

Upper division courses in Ethnomusicology
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Fall 2026
101	Introduction to Ethnomusicology	3.79 21 grades	Not offered
106A	Traditional North American Indian Music	3.88 48 grades	Not offered
106B	Contemporary North American Indian Music	3.84 47 grades	Not offered
M108A	Music of Latin America: Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Isles GE	3.78 10 grades ·	Not offered
108B	Music of Latin America: Latin South America GE	no grade history	Not offered
M110A	African American Musical Heritage GE	3.17 117 grades	5 sections
M110B	African American Musical Heritage GE	no grade history	Not offered
M116	Chicano/Latino Music in U.S. GE	3.70 34 grades	Not offered
M119	Cultural History of Rap GE	3.35 72 grades	Not offered
C121	Tibetan Pop Music: Tibet, Exile, China, and World	3.69 11 grades ·	Not offered
122	Global Dynamics of K-Pop	3.88 28 grades	Not offered
M134	Introduction to Armenian Music	3.93 19 grades ·	1 section
135	Indo-Persian Musical Cultures: Mapping Musical Connections	3.93 71 grades	Not offered
136A	Music of Africa GE	no grade history	Not offered
C136B	Music of Africa	no grade history	1 section
145	Analyzing Rhythm in Persian Music	3.95 26 grades	Not offered
147	Survey of Classical Music in India	3.89 11 grades ·	Not offered
C156A	Music in China	3.91 12 grades ·	Not offered
161B	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Bali	3.99 271 grades	1 section
161E	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music and Dance of Ghana	no grade history	1 section
161H	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Java	3.93 17 grades ·	1 section
161K	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Mexico	3.97 264 grades	1 section
161L	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Persia	3.99 428 grades	2 sections
161M	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Thailand	3.98 138 grades	1 section
161P	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: African American Music Ensemble	3.96 319 grades	1 section
161Z	Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Open Ensemble	3.99 115 grades	8 sections
162	Advanced Private Instruction in Music	no grade history	1 section
163	Theory, Practice, and Improvisation in Iranian Music	3.95 30 grades	1 section
C165	Selected Topics in Composition: Lecture 1	3.81 10 grades ·	1 section
168A	Advanced World Music Specializations: Music of China--Ensemble	3.99 430 grades	1 section
168B	Advanced World Music Specializations: Music of China--Zheng	3.97 66 grades	1 section
168C	Advanced World Music Specializations: Music of China--Qin	3.96 33 grades	Not offered
168F	Advanced World Music Specializations: Music of India--Ensemble	3.96 493 grades	2 sections
171	Music and Diverse Worlds of Gender and Sexuality	3.93 57 grades	Not offered
174	Aesthetics of Music	3.36 38 grades	Not offered
175	Sociology of Music	3.42 59 grades	Not offered
181	Anthropology of Music	3.62 35 grades	Not offered
183	Study of Ethnomusicology	3.74 49 grades	1 section
185	Information Literacy and Research Skills	3.91 10 grades ·	1 section
186	Senior Recital or Project	no grade history	1 section
188	Special Courses in Ethnomusicology: Lecture 1	3.93 81 grades	1 section

Graduate 10

Graduate courses in Ethnomusicology
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Fall 2026
215A	Ethnomusicological Perspectives and Paradigms I: Late 19th Century to 1980s	no grade history	1 section
216A	Ethnomusicological Methods I	no grade history	1 section
C236B	Music of Africa	no grade history	1 section
C270	Selected Topics in Composition: Lecture 1	no grade history	1 section
292A	Seminar: Special Topics in Ethnomusicology: Music of Türkiye	3.76 13 grades ·	1 section
292B	Seminar: Special Topics in Ethnomusicology: Seminar 1	no grade history	1 section
596	Directed Individual Studies	no grade history	10 sections
597	Preparation for Master's Comprehensive Examination or PhD Qualifying Examinations	no grade history	9 sections
598	Guidance of MA Thesis	no grade history	7 sections
599	Guidance of PhD Dissertation	no grade history	8 sections