ETHNMUS M110B

African American Musical Heritage

Ethnomusicology · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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(Same as African American Studies M116B and Global Jazz Studies M110B.) Sociocultural history and survey of African American music covering blues, pre-1947 jazz styles, rhythm ‘n’ blues, soul, funk, disco, hip-hop, and symbiotic relationship between recording industry and effects of cultural politics on black popular music productions.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Spring 2026
Spring 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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ETHNMUS M110B

ETHNMUS M211Seminar: African American Music
AF AMER M211Seminar: African American Music

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