UCLA Global Jazz Studies Courses

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Grades awarded Fall 2021 to Fall 2025, every instructor,

A course with no letter grades has no average to report, which is not the same as a course that grades badly.

Lower division 16

Lower division courses in Global Jazz Studies
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Fall 2026
10A	Sociocultural History of Jazz	no grade history	1 section
M12B	African American Musical Heritage	2.51 18 grades ·	Not offered
M25	Global Pop GE	3.92 114 grades	9 sections
M35	Blues, Society, and American Culture GE	no grade history	Not offered
M50A	Jazz in American Culture: Late 19th Century through 1940s GE	3.81 99 grades	12 sections
M50B	Jazz in American Culture: 1940s to Present GE	3.67 77 grades	Not offered
55A	Essential Jazz Piano	no grade history	1 section
71A	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Guitar	no grade history	1 section
71B	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Percussion	no grade history	2 sections
71C	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Piano	no grade history	2 sections
71D	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Saxophone	no grade history	2 sections
71E	Instruction in Jazz Performance: String Bass	no grade history	2 sections
71F	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Trombone	no grade history	1 section
71G	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Trumpet	no grade history	1 section
71H	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Violin	no grade history	1 section
71I	Instruction in Jazz Performance: Voice	no grade history	2 sections

Upper division 33

Upper division courses in Global Jazz Studies
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Fall 2026
101	Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Jazz	3.85 97 grades	1 section
M110A	African American Musical Heritage GE	3.34 36 grades	5 sections
M110B	African American Musical Heritage GE	no grade history	Not offered
M119	Cultural History of Rap GE	3.41 10 grades ·	Not offered
122A	Jazz Styles and Analysis: Early Jazz to Swing Era	3.30 77 grades	1 section
122B	Jazz Styles and Analysis: Bebop to Avant-garde	3.82 66 grades	Not offered
122C	Jazz Styles and Analysis: Jazz since Sixties	3.76 58 grades	Not offered
125	Jazz Arranging and Orchestration	3.64 64 grades	Not offered
127A	Jazz Keyboard Harmony I	3.58 85 grades	1 section
127B	Jazz Keyboard Harmony II	3.52 59 grades	Not offered
127C	Jazz Keyboard Harmony III	3.72 62 grades	Not offered
129A	Jazz Theory and Improvisation I	3.64 77 grades	1 section
129B	Jazz Theory and Improvisation II	3.86 55 grades	Not offered
129C	Jazz Theory and Improvisation III	3.96 56 grades	Not offered
165	Selected Topics in Composition: Lecture 1	no grade history	1 section
171A	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Guitar	no grade history	1 section
171B	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Percussion	no grade history	2 sections
171C	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Piano	no grade history	2 sections
171D	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Saxophone	no grade history	3 sections
171E	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: String Bass	no grade history	2 sections
171F	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Trombone	no grade history	1 section
171G	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Trumpet	no grade history	1 section
171I	Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance: Voice	no grade history	2 sections
175	Jazz Combo	3.88 11 grades ·	5 sections
176A	Large Jazz Ensembles: Contemporary Jazz Ensemble: Activity 1	3.96 150 grades	1 section
176B	Large Jazz Ensembles: Charles Mingus Ensemble: Activity 1	3.97 59 grades	1 section
176C	Large Jazz Ensembles: UCLA Jazz Orchestra: Activity 1	3.98 129 grades	1 section
176D	Large Jazz Ensembles: UCLA Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra	3.97 134 grades	Not offered
176F	Large Jazz Ensembles: World Jazz and Intercultural Improvisation Ensemble	3.92 23 grades	Not offered
176H	Large Jazz Ensembles: Commercial Music Studio Ensemble: Activity 1	3.97 229 grades	1 section
186A	Capstone Seminar	3.95 42 grades	Not offered
186B	Capstone	3.94 33 grades	1 section
188	Special Topics in Global Jazz Studies	3.78 52 grades	2 sections