UCLA Ethnomusicology Courses

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Lower division 35

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

Upper division 41

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

Graduate 10

Graduate courses in Ethnomusicology
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Summer Session A 2026
215A	Ethnomusicological Perspectives and Paradigms I: Late 19th Century to 1980s	no grade history	not checked
216A	Ethnomusicological Methods I	no grade history	not checked
C236B	Music of Africa	no grade history	not checked
C270	Selected Topics in Composition: Lecture 1	no grade history	not checked
292A	Seminar: Special Topics in Ethnomusicology: Music of Türkiye	3.76 13 grades ·	not checked
292B	Seminar: Special Topics in Ethnomusicology: Seminar 1	no grade history	not checked
596	Directed Individual Studies	no grade history	not checked
597	Preparation for Master's Comprehensive Examination or PhD Qualifying Examinations	no grade history	not checked
598	Guidance of MA Thesis	no grade history	not checked
599	Guidance of PhD Dissertation	no grade history	not checked