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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22-23 at-a-glance

  

 

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

  • 101B – Contemporary Techniques

  • 109LB - Real Time Digital Synthesis

  • 114 – Music and Popular Culture*

  • 116 – American Music History: From the Colonial Period to the Present *

  • 160B – 20th Century Analysis

  • 168P – Creating Experimental Performance: Memory, History, Process and Practice*

  • 175P: Eco-Acoustic-Arts: Sounding & Creating with Global Environmental Elements*

  • 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