Undergraduate Program/World Music

Faculty Emphasis Advisors

Münir Beken, Assistant Professor
Cheryl L. Keyes, Associate Professor
Steve Loza, Professor
James Newton, Professor

Plan of Study

GPA requirement

Students who select this emphasis must have a 3.5 grade-point average in departmental lower division core courses and a cumulative 3.00 GPA at the time of application.

Capstone (final project requirement)

Students must fulfill a final project requirement (capstone) either through a performance (public recital) or major composition. Performers and composers must enroll in Ethnomusicology 186 (Senior Recital) during Spring quarter of their senior year. Performers and composers must pass a recital permission jury, presenting excerpts from their recital programs or compositions in front of two faculty members, before they are allowed to stage their recitals. (See the "Emphasis Application," "Composition Guidelines," and Performance Guidelines" links above).

Degree Requirements

CORE COURSES
Lower Division Core Course Units (57)

World Music Theory (10A/B/C or its equivalent)

World Music Systems and Structures (11A/B/C)

Musical Cultures of the World (20A/B/C)

World Music Performance Ensembles (91A-91Z) or
Private Instruction (92) (6 2-unit courses)

Upper Division Core Course Units (20)

Sociology of Music (175) OR Anthropology of Music (181)

Study of Ethnomusicology (183)

World Music Performance Ensembles 161A-161Z or
Private Instruction (162) (6 2-unit courses)

TOTAL CORE COURSE UNITS

PERFORMANCE/COMPOSITION EMPHASIS COURSES

Jazz Orchestration (126 ABC)

Jazz Keyboard Harmony (127ABC)

Jazz Theory and Improvisation (129 ABC)

World Music Composition (164)

Senior Recital or Project (186)

Elective from Another Department
Electronic Music Composition. Music (C176)

TOTAL EMPHASIS UNITS

TOTAL UNITS FOR MAJOR

Minimum School of the Arts and Architecture Requirements
(Writing I and II, Foreign Language, Quantitative Reasoning, Diversity, GE, and 12 units of upper division non-major courses)

Minimum Number of units required for Bachelor of Arts
(World Music Concentration)

World Music Performance Ensemble Courses

Because learning to perform the music of the world can enlighten and enrich academic experiences, ethnomusicology majors are required to take performance courses (Ethnomusicology 91 A-Z and 161 A-Z) concurrently with their academic courses. Students have the opportunity to participate in performing organizations representing some 10-12 traditions. These ensembles are taught by masters of each tradition, who are also usually natives of that tradition, giving the student a chance to understand the subtleties of pedagogical technique from someone who has spent a lifetime immersed in the music (for details click on World Music Performance Ensembles).

Private Instruction in Music

Students in the world music concentration who want alternatives to the above performance ensembles may enroll in Ethnomusicology 92 or 162 in order to receive two units of credit for private or semi-private lessons with a distinguished community-based musician. All costs involved with these lessons are to be paid for by the student. Once the student has selected the musician and musical tradition, a 92/162 course contract must be completed and submitted to the department chair's office no later than the end of the second week of the quarter the student plans to enroll. For more information go to: Private Instruction in Music.