Students completing the minor with the optional focus in Iranian music should select Ethnomusicology C141, 142, 143, and three courses (6 units) of 161L.

Optional Focus in Iranian Music

Select three upper-division elective courses from the department. No more than one course from 195A to 199 may be applied to the minor.

Upper-Division Electives 

Complete three courses (6 units) from the same performance ensemble course:

Performance Ensemble

Upper-Division Courses (22 units)

Additional Course

Ethnomusicology 5 or M25

Lower-Division Courses (9-10 units)

The Minor

Requirements

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.

A minimum of 20 units applied toward the minor requirements must be in addition to units applied toward major requirements or another minor.
Each minor course must be taken for a letter grade, and students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better in the minor. Successful completion of the minor is indicated on the transcript and diploma.

To enter the minor, students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better and be in good academic standing, have completed one lower-division course with a grade of C or better, and have successfully completed at least two (2) quarters of the same lower-division ensemble course (Ethnomusicology 91A though 91Z).
Optional focus in Iranian music: Students must select 91L as the lower-division ensemble course.

The school cultivates models for musical studies that integrate exemplary scholarship and practices, and engage through music with diverse communities on campus, throughout Los Angeles, and beyond.

Herb Alpert School of Music

Ethnomusicology involves the study of all kinds of music from all over the world, using a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

General Catalog

Ethnomusicology Minor