ETHNMUS 20B

Musical Cultures of World: Africa and Near East

Ethnomusicology · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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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.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisites: courses 10A and 10B, or Music 20C with grades of C or better.

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grade C or better in

one of
- MUSC 20C
- all of
  - ETHNMUS 10A
  - ETHNMUS 10B

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
- ETHNMUS 10AMusic Theory and Musicianship Ianother path to it
MUSC 20CMusic Theory III

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.