MSC IND 20AHow Music Works I
Music Industry · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
General introduction to music in technological era of mass culture, and reconsideration of music theory for global 21st century music professional. How organized sound can become source of pleasure, mode of communication, strategy of resistance, and (sometimes) source of intellectual property. No particular style of music or type of notation is privileged, and no traditional musical training is required.
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.
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.
MSC IND 20A
- MSC IND 20BHow Music Works II
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.