GJ STDS

Global Jazz Studies

48 courses on record · 7 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.

48 courses

Lower division 15

Lower division courses in Global Jazz Studies
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
M12B	African American Musical Heritage	2.42 n=18 small sample	—
M25	Global Pop GE	3.92 n=114	1 section
M35	Blues, Society, and American Culture GE	no grade history	—
M50A	Jazz in American Culture: Late 19th Century through 1940s GE	3.77 n=75	1 section
M50B	Jazz in American Culture: 1940s to Present GE	3.67 n=77	—
55A	Essential Jazz Piano	no grade history	—
71A	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Guitar	no grade history	—
71B	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Percussion	no grade history	—
71C	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Piano	no grade history	—
71D	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Saxophone	no grade history	—
71E	Instruction in Jazz Performance: String Bass	no grade history	—
71F	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Trombone	no grade history	—
71G	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Trumpet	no grade history	—
71H	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Violin	no grade history	—
71I	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Voice	no grade history	—

Upper division 33

Upper division courses in Global Jazz Studies
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
101	Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Jazz	3.94 n=75	—
M110A	African American Musical Heritage GE	3.36 n=21	1 section
M110B	African American Musical Heritage GE	no grade history	—
M119	Cultural History of Rap GE	3.37 n=10 small sample	—
122A	Jazz Styles and Analysis: Early Jazz to Swing Era	3.29 n=77	1 section
122B	Jazz Styles and Analysis: Bebop to Avant-garde	3.82 n=66	—
122C	Jazz Styles and Analysis: Jazz since Sixties	3.76 n=58	—
125	Jazz Arranging and Orchestration	3.64 n=64	—
127A	Jazz Keyboard Harmony I	3.58 n=66	1 section
127B	Jazz Keyboard Harmony II	3.52 n=59	—
127C	Jazz Keyboard Harmony III	3.71 n=62	—
129A	Jazz Theory and Improvisation I	3.59 n=67	1 section
129B	Jazz Theory and Improvisation II	3.86 n=55	—
129C	Jazz Theory and Improvisation III	3.97 n=56	—
165	Selected Topics in Composition: Lecture 1	no grade history	—
171A	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Guitar	no grade history	—
171B	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Percussion	no grade history	—
171C	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Piano	no grade history	—
171D	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Saxophone	no grade history	—
171E	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: String Bass	no grade history	—
171F	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Trombone	no grade history	—
171G	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Trumpet	no grade history	—
171I	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Voice	no grade history	—
175	Jazz Combo	3.89 n=11 small sample	—
176A	Large Jazz Ensembles: Contemporary Jazz Ensemble: Activity 1	3.96 n=138	—
176B	Large Jazz Ensembles: Charles Mingus Ensemble: Activity 1	3.97 n=59	1 section
176C	Large Jazz Ensembles: UCLA Jazz Orchestra: Activity 1	3.98 n=112	—
176D	Large Jazz Ensembles: UCLA Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra	3.97 n=134	—
176F	Large Jazz Ensembles: World Jazz and Intercultural Improvisation Ensemble	3.93 n=23	—
176H	Large Jazz Ensembles: Commercial Music Studio Ensemble: Activity 1	3.98 n=210	—
186A	Capstone Seminar	3.96 n=42	—
186B	Capstone	3.95 n=33	—
188	Special Topics in Global Jazz Studies: Lecture 2	3.78 n=52	—

“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.