Minor - The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Ethnomusicology Plus a
Major Concentration

Current UCLA Student interested in the Ethnomusicology Minor?

The Ethnomusicology minor is designed for students who wish to augment their major program with a group of related courses that provide a systematic introduction to the study of world music and performance. The minor is a sequence of two quarters of the same lower-division performance course (ETHNMUS 91A-91Z), along with six academic courses, of which one is a lower-division course in Ethnomusicology (5 or M25); one must be selected from a group of foundational courses in Ethnomusicology, one must be ETHNMUS 101, and three must be upper-division electives in Ethnomusicology. Three upper-division performance courses are also required (selected from 161A-161Z).

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Apr 16 Thu
7:00pm
Free
world-music
SEA Fest
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Fowler Museum Learn More
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7:00pm
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Schoenberg Hall Learn More
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7:00pm
Free
world-music
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Fowler Museum Learn More

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