MUSC courses
210 courses · University of California Santa Cruz · Fall 2026
- MUSC 1C — MUSC 1CUniversity Concert Choir1 section
- MUSC 2 — MUSC 2University Orchestra1 section
- MUSC 3 — MUSC 3Large Jazz Ensemble1 section
- MUSC 5A — MUSC 5ABeginning Sundanese Gamelan1 section
- MUSC 5B — MUSC 5BIntermediate Sundanese Gamelan1 section
- MUSC 5C — MUSC 5CAdvanced Sundanese Gamelan1 section
- MUSC 6 — MUSC 6Classical Guitar Ensemble1 section
- MUSC 8A — MUSC 8ABeginning Balinese Gamelan1 section
- MUSC 8B — MUSC 8BAdvanced Balinese Gamelan1 section
- MUSC 9 — MUSC 9Wind Ensemble1 section
- MUSC 10 — MUSC 10Central Asian Ensemble1 section
- MUSC 11A — MUSC 11AIntroduction to Western Classical Music1 section
- MUSC 11B — MUSC 11BIntroduction to Jazz1 section
- MUSC 11C — MUSC 11CPopular Music in the United States1 section
- MUSC 11D — MUSC 11DIntroduction to World Music1 section
- MUSC 11E — MUSC 11EGlobal Popular Music1 section
- MUSC 12 — MUSC 12Mariachi Ensemble1 section
- MUSC 12B — MUSC 12BMexican Folklorico Music and Dance1 section
- MUSC 14 — MUSC 14Beginning Western Theory and Musicianship1 section
- MUSC 15 — MUSC 15Preparatory Musicianship1 section
- MUSC 20A — MUSC 20AGlobal Music Theory and Musicianship1 section
- MUSC 20B — MUSC 20BTheoretical Foundations of Music1 section
- MUSC 20C — MUSC 20CBeginning Jazz Theory1 section
- MUSC 30A — MUSC 30ATheory, Literature, and Musicianship I1 section
- MUSC 30B — MUSC 30BTheory, Literature, and Musicianship II1 section
- MUSC 30C — MUSC 30CTheory, Literature, and Musicianship III1 section
- MUSC 31 — MUSC 31Ear Training1 section
- MUSC 51 — MUSC 51Vocal Repertoire Class1 section
- MUSC 52 — MUSC 52Guitar Repertoire and Performance1 section
- MUSC 53A — MUSC 53ABeginning Ghanaian Ensemble1 section
- MUSC 55 — MUSC 55Rhythms of North India1 section
- MUSC 55A — MUSC 55AIntermediate Rhythms of North India1 section
- MUSC 56 — MUSC 56Collaborative Music-Making for Beginners1 section
- MUSC 57 — MUSC 57Survey of Jazz Guitar Styles1 section
- MUSC 58 — MUSC 58Songwriting Craft and Practice1 section
- MUSC 59 — MUSC 59Introductory Keyboard Skills1 section
- MUSC 60 — MUSC 60Fundamental Keyboard Skills1 section
- MUSC 61 — MUSC 61Individual Lessons: Half Hour1 section
- MUSC 62 — MUSC 62Individual Lessons: One Hour1 section
- MUSC 63 — MUSC 63Group Instrumental and Vocal Lessons1 section
- MUSC 70 — MUSC 70Hip Hop's Global Inclusiveness & African Roots1 section
- MUSC 71 — MUSC 71Laptop Music1 section
- MUSC 72 — MUSC 72Fundamentals of Music Technology1 section
- MUSC 73 — MUSC 73Music and the Ocean1 section
- MUSC 74 — MUSC 74Beginning Improvisation1 section
- MUSC 77 — MUSC 77Raga Jazz: Application of Indian Music to Western Instruments1 section
- MUSC 78 — MUSC 78Popular and Raga-Based Songs of South Asia1 section
- MUSC 80A — MUSC 80AMusic of the Silk Road1 section
- MUSC 80B — MUSC 80BMusic of Asia1 section
- MUSC 80C — MUSC 80CHistory, Literature, and Technology of Electronic Music1 section
- MUSC 80E — MUSC 80ERace and American Music1 section
- MUSC 80F — MUSC 80FMusic in Latin American Culture: Regional Traditions1 section
- MUSC 80G — MUSC 80GAmerican Musical Theater1 section
- MUSC 80H — MUSC 80HThe Hollywood Musical1 section
- MUSC 80I — MUSC 80IMusic of Modern Israel1 section
- MUSC 80J — MUSC 80JAmerican Folk Music1 section
- MUSC 80K — MUSC 80KListening to the Environment1 section
- MUSC 80L — MUSC 80LArtificial Intelligence and Music1 section
- MUSC 80M — MUSC 80MFilm Music1 section
- MUSC 80N — MUSC 80NMusic of the Grateful Dead1 section
- MUSC 80O — MUSC 80OMusic, Politics, and Protest1 section
- MUSC 80Q — MUSC 80QA Survey of African Music1 section
- MUSC 80R — MUSC 80RMusic in the Digital Age1 section
- MUSC 80S — MUSC 80SWomen in Music1 section
- MUSC 80T — MUSC 80TMizrach: Jewish Music in the Lands of Islam1 section
- MUSC 80V — MUSC 80VThe Music of the Beatles1 section
- MUSC 80W — MUSC 80WMusic Business1 section
- MUSC 80X — MUSC 80XMusics of South Asia1 section
- MUSC 80Y — MUSC 80YMusic, Anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust1 section
- MUSC 81A — MUSC 81ASurvey of Rap and Hip Hop Music1 section
- MUSC 81D — MUSC 81DMusic and Empire1 section
- MUSC 81E — MUSC 81EMusic and Resilience in Latin America1 section
- MUSC 81F — MUSC 81FMusic, Mass Media, and Marketing1 section
- MUSC 81G — MUSC 81GA Cultural History of the Guitar1 section
- MUSC 81H — MUSC 81HThe Golden Age of Hip Hop1 section
- MUSC 81I — MUSC 81IMusic of Indonesia1 section
- MUSC 81J — MUSC 81JJazz Mirror of Global Interconnection1 section
- MUSC 81K — MUSC 81KScenes and Subcultures1 section
- MUSC 81L — MUSC 81LMusic in Animated Film1 section
- MUSC 81M — MUSC 81MChicano/Latino Music in the United States1 section
- MUSC 81P — MUSC 81PHistory of Jewish Music1 section
- MUSC 81R — MUSC 81RThe 1970s: A Decade in Rock1 section
- MUSC 81S — MUSC 81SMusic and Science Fiction1 section
- MUSC 94 — MUSC 94Group Tutorial1 section
- MUSC 99 — MUSC 99Tutorial1 section
- MUSC 99F — MUSC 99FTutorial1 section
- MUSC 101A — MUSC 101AWestern Music History (c. 1150 - 1750)1 section
- MUSC 101B — MUSC 101BWestern Music History (1750-1910)1 section
- MUSC 101C — MUSC 101CWestern Music History (1910-present)1 section
- MUSC 101E — MUSC 101EMusics of South and Southeast Asia1 section
- MUSC 101F — MUSC 101FMusics of Africa and the Americas1 section
- MUSC 101G — MUSC 101GMusics of Central Asia1 section
- MUSC 101H — MUSC 101HMusic of Insular Southeast Asia1 section
- MUSC 102 — MUSC 102University Orchestra1 section
- MUSC 103 — MUSC 103University Concert Choir1 section
- MUSC 105A — MUSC 105AMusic of the United States1 section
- MUSC 105C — MUSC 105CFolk and Traditional Music in California1 section
- MUSC 105E — MUSC 105EEarly Keyboard Music1 section
- MUSC 105H — MUSC 105HHip Hop Music and Culture in the 20th Century1 section
- MUSC 105I — MUSC 105IImprovisation and Collaborative Practices in the 20th Century1 section
- MUSC 105L — MUSC 105LThe Music and Life of Prince1 section
- MUSC 105M — MUSC 105MSolo Song: from Monophony to Monody1 section
- MUSC 105O — MUSC 105OOpera from Peri to Pergolesi1 section
- MUSC 105P — MUSC 105PThe Piano1 section
- MUSC 105Q — MUSC 105QThe String Quartet from Haydn to the Present1 section
- MUSC 105R — MUSC 105RHistory of Russian Music1 section
- MUSC 105S — MUSC 105SThe Politics of Aesthetics and Spirituality1 section
- MUSC 105T — MUSC 105TTuning and Acoustics Through Monophony, Heterophony, and Polyphony1 section
- MUSC 105V — MUSC 105VMexican Music and Conviviality1 section
- MUSC 105X — MUSC 105XMusic and Aural Diversity1 section
- MUSC 120 — MUSC 120Seminar in Music Composition1 section
- MUSC 121A — MUSC 121AJazz Analysis1 section
- MUSC 121B — MUSC 121BOrchestration1 section
- MUSC 122 — MUSC 122Conducting1 section
- MUSC 123A — MUSC 123AElectronic Music: Synthesis & Composition I1 section
- MUSC 123B — MUSC 123BElectronic Music: Synthesis & Composition II1 section
- MUSC 129 — MUSC 129Live Electroacoustic Music Ensemble1 section
- MUSC 150A — MUSC 150AMusic Analysis for Performers1 section
- MUSC 150B — MUSC 150BMusic Analysis and Composition1 section
- MUSC 150C — MUSC 150CTonal Counterpoint1 section
- MUSC 150D — MUSC 150DTheory of Southeast Asia1 section
- MUSC 150H — MUSC 150HHarmony & Form in 19th-century Western Art Music1 section
- MUSC 150I — MUSC 150IHindustani Music Theory1 section
- MUSC 150J — MUSC 150JIntermediate Improvisation and Spontaneous Composition1 section
- MUSC 150K — MUSC 150KIntermediate Jazz Theory1 section
- MUSC 150N — MUSC 150NNoise, Music, Politics1 section
- MUSC 150P — MUSC 150P20th-Century Popular Song1 section
- MUSC 150R — MUSC 150RField Recording: Mapping and Composing Sound, Identity, and Place1 section
- MUSC 150S — MUSC 150SFocus on Spontaneous Composition1 section
- MUSC 150T — MUSC 150TAdvanced Tonal and Post-Tonal Harmony in Western Practice1 section
- MUSC 150X — MUSC 150XTheoretical Practices of American Music1 section
- MUSC 150Z — MUSC 150ZInterdisciplinary Arts Production Lab1 section
- MUSC 158 — MUSC 158South African Music Ensemble1 section
- MUSC 159A — MUSC 159AOpera Workshop1 section
- MUSC 160 — MUSC 160University Opera Theater1 section
- MUSC 161 — MUSC 161Individual Lessons: One Hour1 section
- MUSC 161A — MUSC 161AIndividual Lessons: Half Hour1 section
- MUSC 161B — MUSC 161BGroup Instrumental & Vocal Lessons1 section
- MUSC 162 — MUSC 162Advanced Individual Lessons: One Hour1 section
- MUSC 163 — MUSC 163Early Music Band1 section
- MUSC 164 — MUSC 164Jazz Combos1 section
- MUSC 165 — MUSC 165Chamber Music Workshop1 section
- MUSC 166 — MUSC 166Chamber Singers1 section
- MUSC 167 — MUSC 167Workshop in Electronic Music1 section
- MUSC 167R — MUSC 167RRecording Workshop1 section
- MUSC 168 — MUSC 168Experimental Music Ensemble1 section
- MUSC 180D — MUSC 180DMusic of Insular Southeast Asia1 section
- MUSC 180X — MUSC 180XIndian Music Workshop1 section
- MUSC 192 — MUSC 192Directed Student Teaching1 section
- MUSC 195A — MUSC 195ASenior Thesis1 section
- MUSC 195B — MUSC 195BSenior Thesis1 section
- MUSC 196A — MUSC 196ASenior Recital Preparation (without individual lessons)1 section
- MUSC 196B — MUSC 196BSenior Recital Preparation (with individual lessons)1 section
- MUSC 199 — MUSC 199Tutorial1 section
- MUSC 199F — MUSC 199FTutorial1 section
- MUSC 200 — MUSC 200Introduction to Research Methods1 section
- MUSC 201 — MUSC 201History of Music Theory from the Greeks Through Rameau1 section
- MUSC 202 — MUSC 202Tonal and Posttonal Analysis1 section
- MUSC 203A — MUSC 203APerformance Practice in the Middle Ages1 section
- MUSC 203B — MUSC 203BPerformance Practice in the Renaissance1 section
- MUSC 203C — MUSC 203CPerformance Practice in the Baroque1 section
- MUSC 203D — MUSC 203DPerformance Practice in the Classic Period1 section
- MUSC 203E — MUSC 203EPerformance Practice in the Romantic Period1 section
- MUSC 203F — MUSC 203FPerformance Practice in the 20th Century1 section
- MUSC 203G — MUSC 203GConcepts, Issues, and the Practice of Ethnomusicology1 section
- MUSC 203H — MUSC 203HArea Studies in Performance Practice1 section
- MUSC 203I — MUSC 203IMusics of Central Asia1 section
- MUSC 204 — MUSC 204Pedagogy of Music1 section
- MUSC 204W — MUSC 204WGraduate Writing Workshop1 section
- MUSC 205A — MUSC 205AConceptual Foundations in Western Music Analysis1 section
- MUSC 205B — MUSC 205BConceptual Foundations in Global Musics1 section
- MUSC 206A — MUSC 206AGlobal Music Composition1 section
- MUSC 206B — MUSC 206BComputer-Assisted Composition1 section
- MUSC 206C — MUSC 206CComposing for Instruments and Live Electronics1 section
- MUSC 206D — MUSC 206DMusic Perception and Cognition1 section
- MUSC 206E — MUSC 206EExperimental Sound Practices1 section
- MUSC 206I — MUSC 206INegotiating the Musical Work1 section
- MUSC 219 — MUSC 219Techniques in Composition1 section
- MUSC 220 — MUSC 220Graduate Seminar in Music Composition1 section
- MUSC 252 — MUSC 252Current Issues Colloquium1 section
- MUSC 253A — MUSC 253AHistorical Perspectives in Musicology and Ethnomusicology1 section
- MUSC 253B — MUSC 253BRhythm, Time, and Form1 section
- MUSC 253C — MUSC 253CMusic and Discourse1 section
- MUSC 253D — MUSC 253DIssues in the Ethnography of Music1 section
- MUSC 253S — MUSC 253SThe Politics of Aesthetics and Spirituality1 section
- MUSC 254A — MUSC 254AMusic and Aural Diversity1 section
- MUSC 254C — MUSC 254CPerformativity and Music1 section
- MUSC 254D — MUSC 254DOrganology and Acoustics1 section
- MUSC 254E — MUSC 254EAsian Resonances in 20th-Century American and European Music1 section
- MUSC 254F — MUSC 254FBeethoven1 section
- MUSC 254G — MUSC 254GQueen and British Popular Music of the 1970s and 80s1 section
- MUSC 254H — MUSC 254HThe Lauryn Hill Seminar1 section
- MUSC 254J — MUSC 254JJazz Historiography1 section
- MUSC 254K — MUSC 254KMusic, Gender, and Sexuality1 section
- MUSC 254L — MUSC 254LJohn Cage: Innovation, Collaboration, and Performance Technologies1 section
- MUSC 254M — MUSC 254MMusic in San Francisco, 1850-19501 section
- MUSC 254N — MUSC 254NCruising the Postcolony1 section
- MUSC 254O — MUSC 254OHistoriography of American Music1 section
- MUSC 254R — MUSC 254RResearch Design and Grant Writing for Music Scholars1 section
- MUSC 254W — MUSC 254WWest-Coast Experimentalism in the Mid-20th Century United States1 section
- MUSC 254X — MUSC 254XMinimalism1 section
- MUSC 254Z — MUSC 254ZIssues in Contemporary and Experimental Music1 section
- MUSC 261 — MUSC 261Graduate Applied Instruction1 section
- MUSC 265 — MUSC 265Graduate Ensemble Participation1 section
- MUSC 267 — MUSC 267Workshop in Computer Music and Visualization1 section
- MUSC 295 — MUSC 295Directed Reading1 section
- MUSC 297 — MUSC 297Independent Study1 section
- MUSC 297F — MUSC 297FIndependent Study1 section
- MUSC 298 — MUSC 298Graduate Recital1 section
- MUSC 299 — MUSC 299Thesis Research1 section
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