MSC IND 155Music and Data Science
Music Industry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to data science for music professionals. History of charts, jukeboxes, Nielsen, Sound Scan, and advances in monitoring of music consumption. Impact of data technologies, and rise of data analytics in Internet era. Statistics and programming for musicians. Social media and fan engagement. Students learn to gather, process, and act on complex streams of consumption data, media analytics. Implications for monetization of musical creativity, management of intellectual property. Basic programming experience is recommended to make best use of course.
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
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Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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