ETHNMUS 20BMusical Cultures of World: Africa and Near East
Ethnomusicology · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Traditional and popular musics from many different countries, with introduction to basic ethnomusicological concepts and development of listening and analytical skills.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisites: courses 10A and 10B, or Music 20C with grades of C or better.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from UCLA’s structured data- one of
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
ETHNMUS 20B
- ETHNMUS 10AMusic Theory and Musicianship I
- ETHNMUS M6AIntroduction to Global Musicianship
- ETHNMUS 10BMusic Theory and Musicianship II
- MUSC 20CMusic Theory III
3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 7 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
ETHNMUS 20B
- ETHNMUS M130Culture of Jazz Aesthetics
- ETHNMUS 164World Music Composition
- ANTHRO M158Culture of Jazz Aesthetics
- ETHNMUS 183Study of Ethnomusicology
- GJ STDS M130Culture of Jazz Aesthetics
5 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 5 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.