ETHNMUS C136BMusic of Africa
Ethnomusicology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to music of various African cultures and regions. Through readings, lectures, viewing of films, and analysis of music, students gain greater understanding of diverse musical traditions found on African continent and become more cognizant of contributions that people of Africa have made to world music. Concurrently scheduled with course C236B.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
ETHNMUS C136B
- ETHNMUS 237Seminar: African Music
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.