MUSC 120CMusic Theory VI
Music · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
20th-century harmonic language, including nonfunctional harmony, polytonality, free atonality, serialism, and minimalism.
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.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 120B with grade of C (2.0) or better.
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- MUSC 120Bgrade 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.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
MUSC 120C
- MUSC 104AModal Counterpoint
- MUSC 104BSpecial Topics in Counterpoint
- MUSC 106AOrchestration I
- MUSC 106BOrchestration II
- 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 121Special Topics in 20th-Century Music
- MUSC 122Speculative Music Theory
- MUSC 124AScoring for Symphony Orchestra
- MUSC 169Capstone Composition Recital
- MUSC 124BScoring for Wind Ensemble
- MUSC 124CScoring and Arranging for Choral Ensemble
13 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 20 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.