GJ STDS M130Culture of Jazz Aesthetics
Global Jazz Studies · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Anthropology M158 and Ethnomusicology M130.) Aesthetics of jazz from point of view of musicians who shaped jazz as art form in 20th century. Listening to and interacting with professional jazz musicians who answer questions and give musical demonstrations. Analytical resources and historical knowledge of musicians and ethnomusicologists combined with those interested in jazz as cultural tradition.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Recommended requisite: Anthropology 3 or 4 or Ethnomusicology 20A or 20B or 20C.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
GJ STDS M130
- ANTHRO 3Culture and Society
- ETHNMUS 20AMusical Cultures of World: Europe and Americas
- MUSC 20CMusic Theory III
- ETHNMUS 10AMusic Theory and Musicianship I
- ETHNMUS M6AIntroduction to Global Musicianship
- ETHNMUS 10BMusic Theory and Musicianship II
- ANTHRO 4Culture and Communication
- ETHNMUS 20BMusical Cultures of World: Africa and Near East
- ETHNMUS 20CMusical Cultures of World: Asia
5 direct requisites. Showing 17 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.