Global Musics Concentration Module Course List
Courses by Module
Global Musics Modules
In addition to the core course requirements for the Music Bachelor of Arts degree, students in the Global Musics concentration complete three modules, relating to geographical areas, themes, and genres.
Each module consists of:
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a lower-division MUSC 11, MUSC 80, or MUSC 81-series course specific to each module (three total)
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an upper-division MUSC 101, MUSC 105, MUSC 150, or MUSC 180 course specific to each module (three total)
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two quarters of performing ensemble or performance practice workshop specific to each module (six total). Courses may be repeated.
Africa and the Americas
Lower-Division History and Culture
MUSC 11B | Introduction to Jazz | 5 |
MUSC 80F | Music in Latin American Culture: Regional Traditions | 5 |
MUSC 80Q | A Survey of African Music | 5 |
MUSC 81E | Music and Resilience in Latin America | 5 |
MUSC 81J | Jazz Mirror of Global Interconnection | 5 |
MUSC 81M | Chicano/Latino Music in the United States | 5 |
Upper-Division History and Culture or Theory
MUSC 105C | Folk and Traditional Music in California | 5 |
MUSC 150S | Focus on Spontaneous Composition | 5 |
MUSC 180B | Studies in World Musics: Africa and the Americas | 5 |
Performance Practice
MUSC 12 | Mariachi Ensemble | 2 |
MUSC 12B | Mexican Folklorico Music and Dance | 2 |
MUSC 53A | Beginning Ghanaian Ensemble | 2 |
MUSC 74 | Spontaneous Composition/Improvisation I | 5 |
MUSC 158 | South African Music Ensemble | 2 |
MUSC 158 | South African Music Ensemble | 2 |
MUSC 174 | Intermediate Spontaneous Composition and Improvisation | 5 |
MUSC 203H | Area Studies in Performance Practice | 5 |
Asia
Lower-Division History and Culture
Upper-Division History and Culture or Theory
MUSC 150D | Special Topics in Theory: Southeast Asia | 5 |
MUSC 150I | Special Topics in Music Theory: Hindustani Music | 5 |
MUSC 180A | Studies in World Musics: Asia and the Pacific | 5 |
MUSC 180C | Studies in World Musics: Central Asia | 5 |
Performance Practice
MUSC 5A | West Javanese Gamelan Ensemble: Beginning | 2 |
MUSC 5B | West Javanese Gamelan Ensemble: Intermediate | 2 |
MUSC 5C | West Javanese Gamelan Ensemble: Advanced | 2 |
MUSC 8A | Beginning Balinese Gamelan | 2 |
MUSC 8B | Advanced Balinese Gamelan | 2 |
MUSC 10 | Central Asian Ensemble | 2 |
MUSC 54 | North Indian Music Workshop | 2 |
MUSC 55 | Rhythms of North India | 2 |
MUSC 55A | Intermediate Rhythms of North India | 2 |
MUSC 78 | Popular and Raga-Based Songs of South Asia | 2 |
MUSC 203H | Area Studies in Performance Practice | 5 |
Contemporary/Experimental Music
Lower-Division History and Culture
MUSC 80C | History, Literature, and Technology of Electronic Music | 5 |
MUSC 80K | Sound in Art, Science, and the Environment | 5 |
MUSC 80L | Artificial Intelligence and Music | 5 |
MUSC 80P | Popular Music in the United States | 5 |
MUSC 80R | Music in the Digital Age | 5 |
MUSC 81A | Survey of Rap and Hip Hop Music | 5 |
MUSC 81H | The Golden Age of Hip Hop | 3 |
MUSC 81T | Fundamentals of Music Technology | 2 |
Upper-Division History and Culture or Theory
MUSC 101C | History of Western Art Music | 5 |
MUSC 105A | Music of the United States | 5 |
MUSC 105I | Improvisation and Collaborative Practices in the 20th Century | 5 |
MUSC 105P | The Piano | 5 |
MUSC 105T | Tuning and Acoustics Through Monophony, Heterophony, and Polyphony | 5 |
MUSC 150N | Noise, Music, Politics | 5 |
MUSC 150R | Field Recording: Mapping and Composing Sound, Identity, and Place | 5 |
MUSC 150X | Theoretical Practices of American Music | 5 |
Performance Practice
Europe
Lower-Division History and Culture
MUSC 11A | Introduction to Western Classical Music | 5 |
Upper-Division History and Culture or Theory
Performance Practice
Jazz
Lower-Division History and Culture
Upper-Division History and Culture or Theory
MUSC 105A | Music of the United States | 5 |
MUSC 105I | Improvisation and Collaborative Practices in the 20th Century | 5 |
MUSC 111B | Seminar in Jazz Analysis | 5 |
MUSC 150S | Focus on Spontaneous Composition | 5 |
MUSC 174 | Intermediate Spontaneous Composition and Improvisation | 5 |
MUSC 175 | Jazz Theory II | 5 |
MUSC 203F | Performance Practice in the 20th Century | 5 |
Performance Practice
Popular Music
Lower-Division History and Culture
Upper-Division History and Culture or Theory
MUSC 105I | Improvisation and Collaborative Practices in the 20th Century | 5 |
MUSC 111B | Seminar in Jazz Analysis | 5 |
MUSC 123 | Electronic Sound Synthesis | 5 |
MUSC 124 | Intermediate Electronic Sound Synthesis | 5 |
MUSC 125 | Advanced Electronic Sound Synthesis | 5 |
MUSC 150P | Special Topics in Music Theory: 20th-Century Popular Song | 5 |
Performance Practice
World Musics
Lower-Division History and Culture
MUSC 11B | Introduction to Jazz | 5 |
MUSC 11D | Introduction to World Music | 5 |
MUSC 80A | Music of the Silk Road | 5 |
MUSC 80F | Music in Latin American Culture: Regional Traditions | 5 |
MUSC 80T | Mizrach: Jewish Music in the Lands of Islam | 5 |
MUSC 80X | Music of India | 5 |
MUSC 81C | Global Popular Music | 5 |
MUSC 81E | Music and Resilience in Latin America | 5 |
MUSC 81I | Music of Indonesia | 5 |
MUSC 81J | Jazz Mirror of Global Interconnection | 5 |
MUSC 81M | Chicano/Latino Music in the United States | 5 |
Upper-Division History and Culture or Theory
MUSC 105C | Folk and Traditional Music in California | 5 |
MUSC 111B | Seminar in Jazz Analysis | 5 |
MUSC 150D | Special Topics in Theory: Southeast Asia | 5 |
MUSC 150I | Special Topics in Music Theory: Hindustani Music | 5 |
MUSC 180A | Studies in World Musics: Asia and the Pacific | 5 |
MUSC 180B | Studies in World Musics: Africa and the Americas | 5 |
MUSC 180C | Studies in World Musics: Central Asia | 5 |
Performance Practice
MUSC 3 | Large Jazz Ensemble | 2 |
MUSC 5A | West Javanese Gamelan Ensemble: Beginning | 2 |
MUSC 5B | West Javanese Gamelan Ensemble: Intermediate | 2 |
MUSC 5C | West Javanese Gamelan Ensemble: Advanced | 2 |
MUSC 8A | Beginning Balinese Gamelan | 2 |
MUSC 8B | Advanced Balinese Gamelan | 2 |
MUSC 10 | Central Asian Ensemble | 2 |
MUSC 12 | Mariachi Ensemble | 2 |
MUSC 12B | Mexican Folklorico Music and Dance | 2 |
MUSC 53A | Beginning Ghanaian Ensemble | 2 |
MUSC 54 | North Indian Music Workshop | 2 |
MUSC 55 | Rhythms of North India | 2 |
MUSC 55A | Intermediate Rhythms of North India | 2 |
MUSC 77 | Raga Jazz: Application of Indian Music to Western Instruments | 5 |
MUSC 78 | Popular and Raga-Based Songs of South Asia | 2 |
MUSC 158 | South African Music Ensemble | 2 |
MUSC 163 | Early Music Ensemble | 2 |
MUSC 164 | Jazz Ensembles | 2 |
MUSC 203H | Area Studies in Performance Practice | 5 |