UCSB Class Numbering System
- 1-99 are considered Lower Division
- 100-199 are Upper Division (and require JR level standing or above)
- 200+ are for Graduate Students (others by petition only)
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Classes with * indicate courses that may be most accessible to those pursuing the Music Minor. However see course catalog for specific course prerequisites.
This is not a full list of courses offered, see Schedule of Classes or GOLD for a full list for the current quarter.
The classes listed here are to be a guide for planning purposes only. The listed classes represent the classes that are not offered on a predictable basis, rotate periodically, or are offered in a consecutive series.
Courses may change.
Lower Division
- 3A – Music and Society
- 5A – Theory Fundamentals
- 8 – Class Composition
- 10A – History of Music: 1545-1745
- 11 – Fundamentals of Music
- 15 – Music Appreciation
- 16 – Listening to Jazz
- 17 – World Music
Upper Division
- 101A – Contemporary Techniques
- 109LA – Real Time Digital Synthesis
- 114 – Music and Popular Culture*
- 120A – Orchestral Conducting
- 160A – Tonal Analysis
- 160D – Tuning & Temperament*
- 184 - Proseminar in Contemporary Music
Graduate Courses
- 209L – Real Time Digital Synthesis, Processing
- 209LA – Real Time Digital Synthesis
- 211A – Contemporary Techniques
- 230 – Orchestral Conducting
- 260D – Tuning & Temperament
- 260G – Tonal Analysis
- 267 – Seminar in Musicology
- 284 - Proseminar in Contemporary Music
- 593 – Dissertation Writing Seminar
Lower Division
- 3B – Writing about Music
- 5B – Theory Practices and Analysis I
- 8 – Class Composition
- 10B – History of Music: 1745-1848
- 11 – Fundamentals of Music
- 15 – Music Appreciation
- 17 – World Music
Upper Division
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101B – Contemporary Techniques
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109LB - Real Time Digital Synthesis
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114 – Music and Popular Culture*
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116 – American Music History: From the Colonial Period to the Present *
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160B – 20th Century Analysis
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168P – Creating Experimental Performance: Memory, History, Process and Practice*
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175P: Eco-Acoustic-Arts: Sounding & Creating with Global Environmental Elements*
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182 – Proseminar in Classical Music
Graduate Courses
- 209LB – Real Time Digital Synthesis
- 211B – Contemporary Techniques
- 230 – Orchestral Conducting
- 250A - Seminar in Music Theory
- 276B – Anthro of Music
- 282 – Proseminar in Classical Music
- 296B – Performance Literature; Strings
- 296F – Performance Literature; Woodwinds
- 593 – Dissertation Writing Seminar
Lower Division
- 3C – Structures of Music
- 5C – Theory Practices and Analysis II
- 8 – Class Composition
- 10C – History of Music: 1848-1945
- 11 – Fundamentals of Music
- 15 – Music Appreciation
- 16 – Listening to Jazz
- 17 – World Music
Upper Division
- 101C – Contemporary Techniques
- 109LC – Real Time Digital Synthesis
- 109IA – Direct Dig Synth
- 114 – Music and Popular Culture*
- 115 - Symphonic Music*
- 119A – Music & Politics*
- 120A – Orchestral Conducting
- 160C – Advanced Tonal Analysis
- 168J – Music and Documentary Film
- 168T - Birds, sonic arts & environmental sensitivities*
- 175W - Music, Community, Wellbeing: Advocacy and Activism*
- 184 - Proseminar in Contemporary Music
Graduate Courses
- 200A – Bibliography & Research Tech
- 209LC – Real Time Digital Synthesis
- 209TA – Introduction to Visual Music
- 227 – Music Media & Globalization
- 230 – Orchestral Conducting
- 267 – Seminar in Musicology
- 273 - Studies in Music Theory
- 284 - Proseminar in Contemporary Music
- 296G – Performance Literature; Brass
- 593 – Dissertation Writing Seminar