MUSC 120BMusic Theory V

Music · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Theory: advanced chromatic harmony including development of harmony from 1850; analytical projects; style composition. Musicianship: advanced score reading; advanced harmonic dictation; preparation for departmental examination.

P/NP or 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

Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 120A with grade of C (2.0) or better.

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MUSC 120Agrade C or better
better

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Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

MUSC 120B

MUSC 120AMusic Theory IV
- MUSC 20CMusic Theory III
  - MUSC 20BMusic Theory II1 more beneath

1 direct requisite. Showing 3 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.

MUSC 120B

MUSC 110BMusicality and Creativity in Childhood
MUSC 110CComparative Study of Choral Music Education
MUSC 110DComparative Study of Instrumental Music Education
MUSC 119Jazz and Technology Pedagogy
MUSC 120CMusic Theory VI
- MUSC 104AModal Counterpoint
- MUSC 104BSpecial Topics in Counterpoint
- MUSC 106AOrchestration I
  - MUSC 106BOrchestration IIanother path to it
- MUSC 106BOrchestration II
  - MUSC 124AScoring for Symphony Orchestraanother path to it
  - MUSC 124BScoring for Wind Ensemble
  - MUSC 124CScoring and Arranging for Choral Ensemble
- MUSC 110BMusicality and Creativity in Childhoodanother path to it
- MUSC 110CComparative Study of Choral Music Educationanother path to it
- MUSC 110DComparative Study of Instrumental Music Educationanother path to it
- MUSC 124AScoring for Symphony Orchestra
  - MUSC 169Capstone Composition Recital
MUSC 121Special Topics in 20th-Century Music
MUSC 122Speculative Music Theory

7 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 20 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

MUSC 120B

MUSC 120AMusic Theory IV
- MUSC 20CMusic Theory III
  - MUSC 20BMusic Theory II1 more beneath

1 direct requisite. Showing 3 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

MUSC 120B

MUSC 110BMusicality and Creativity in Childhood
MUSC 110CComparative Study of Choral Music Education
MUSC 110DComparative Study of Instrumental Music Education
MUSC 119Jazz and Technology Pedagogy
MUSC 120CMusic Theory VI
- MUSC 104AModal Counterpoint
- MUSC 104BSpecial Topics in Counterpoint
- MUSC 106AOrchestration I
  - MUSC 106BOrchestration IIanother path to it
- MUSC 106BOrchestration II
  - MUSC 124AScoring for Symphony Orchestraanother path to it
  - MUSC 124BScoring for Wind Ensemble
  - MUSC 124CScoring and Arranging for Choral Ensemble
- MUSC 110BMusicality and Creativity in Childhoodanother path to it
- MUSC 110CComparative Study of Choral Music Educationanother path to it
- MUSC 110DComparative Study of Instrumental Music Educationanother path to it
- MUSC 124AScoring for Symphony Orchestra
  - MUSC 169Capstone Composition Recital
MUSC 121Special Topics in 20th-Century Music
MUSC 122Speculative Music Theory

7 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 20 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.