MUS

University of California-San Diego
96 courses139 professors25 terms

Department inferred from the subject code on each course. University of California-San Diego does not publish a department field with its grade records.

3.75
average GPA across 758 sections
+10% vs. University of California-San Diego overall (3.41)
95%
A or B
3.4%
D, F or withdrew
A84.7%
B10.7%
Every term against the 3.75 department average 25 terms
Spring 2015Winter 2026
Most taken
Courses with a grade record · 96
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptSections
100 level66 courses
MUS 1A · Fundamentals of Music A
3.73 −1% vs. dept 15 sec
MUS 1B · Fundamentals of Music B
3.65 −3% vs. dept 8 sec
MUS 1C · Fundamentals of Music C
3.60 −4% vs. dept 9 sec
MUS 11 · Folk Music
3.88 +3% vs. dept 8 sec
MUS 12 · Opera
3.53 −6% vs. dept 14 sec
MUS 13 · Worlds of Music
3.66 −2% vs. dept 11 sec
MUS 13AF · World Music/Africa
3.50 −7% vs. dept 1 sec
MUS 13AM · World Music/Multicultural Amer
3.42 −9% vs. dept 1 sec
MUS 13AS · World Music/Asia and Oceania
3.30 −12% vs. dept 2 sec
MUS 14 · Contemporary Music
3.63 −3% vs. dept 5 sec
MUS 15 · Popular Music
3.68 −2% vs. dept 31 sec
MUS 16 · The Beatles
3.15 −16% vs. dept 1 sec
MUS 17 · Hip-Hop
3.63 −3% vs. dept 15 sec
MUS 19 · Blacktronika: Afrofuturism
3.83 +2% vs. dept 4 sec
MUS 19R · Blacktronika: Afrofuturism
3.81 +2% vs. dept 7 sec
MUS 101A · Music Theory and Practice I
3.32 −12% vs. dept 7 sec
MUS 101B · Music Theory and Practice II
3.37 −10% vs. dept 8 sec
MUS 101C · Music Theory and Practice III
3.31 −12% vs. dept 9 sec
MUS 102A · Music Theory and Practice IV
3.41 −9% vs. dept 1 sec
MUS 102B · Music Theory and Practice V
3.53 −6% vs. dept 1 sec
MUS 102C · Music Theory and Practice VI
3.61 −4% vs. dept 1 sec
MUS 103A · Seminar in Composition I
4.00 +7% vs. dept 1 sec
MUS 103B · Seminar in Composition II
3.84 +2% vs. dept 4 sec
MUS 103C · Seminar in Composition III
3.94 +5% vs. dept 2 sec
MUS 106 · Topics in Musical Analysis
3.88 +3% vs. dept 2 sec
MUS 107 · Critical Studies Seminar
3.86 +3% vs. dept 9 sec
MUS 111 · Topics/World Music Traditions
3.72 −1% vs. dept 13 sec
MUS 112 · Topic/European Mus before 1750
3.48 −7% vs. dept 1 sec
MUS 114 · Music of The 20th Century
3.76 +0% vs. dept 18 sec
MUS 115 · Women In Music
3.34 −11% vs. dept 3 sec
MUS 116 · Popular Music Studies Seminar
3.57 −5% vs. dept 2 sec
MUS 120A · Hist Mus in Westrn Culture I
3.62 −4% vs. dept 7 sec
MUS 120B · Hist Mus in Westrn Culture II
3.60 −4% vs. dept 8 sec
MUS 120C · Hist Mus in Westrn Culture III
3.60 −4% vs. dept 9 sec
MUS 126 · Blues: An Oral Tradition
3.62 −3% vs. dept 4 sec
MUS 126R · Blues: An Oral Tradition
3.84 +2% vs. dept 2 sec
MUS 127 · Discover Jazz
3.67 −2% vs. dept 12 sec
MUS 127A · Jazz Roots/Erly Dev(1900-1943)
3.37 −10% vs. dept 2 sec
MUS 127B · Jazz Since 1946:Freedom & Form
3.37 −10% vs. dept 2 sec
MUS 130 · Chamber Music Performance
3.99 +6% vs. dept 11 sec
MUS 134 · Symphonic Orchestra
4.00 +7% vs. dept 3 sec
MUS 151 · Race, Culture & Social Change
3.75 −0% vs. dept 3 sec
MUS 152 · Hip Hop: Politics of Culture
3.62 −3% vs. dept 3 sec
MUS 153 · African Americans & Mass Media
3.38 −10% vs. dept 3 sec
MUS 170 · Musical Acoustics
3.48 −7% vs. dept 8 sec
MUS 171 · Computer Music I
3.37 −10% vs. dept 8 sec
MUS 172 · Computer Music II
3.47 −8% vs. dept 9 sec
MUS 173 · Electronic Music Prod & Comp
3.85 +2% vs. dept 10 sec
MUS 173A · Electronic Music Prod & Comp
3.72 −1% vs. dept 2 sec
MUS 173B · Advanced Electronic Music Prod
3.72 −1% vs. dept 2 sec
MUS 174B · Audio&MIDI StudioTechniques II
3.75 −0% vs. dept 9 sec
MUS 175 · Musical Psychoacoustics
3.44 −8% vs. dept 10 sec
MUS 176 · Music Technology Seminar
3.68 −2% vs. dept 10 sec
MUS 177 · Music Programming
3.54 −6% vs. dept 1 sec
200 level9 courses
MUS 2A · Basic Musicianship
3.66 −2% vs. dept 7 sec
MUS 2AK · Basic Keyboard
3.85 +2% vs. dept 8 sec
MUS 2B · Basic Musicianship
3.82 +2% vs. dept 7 sec
MUS 2BK · Basic Keyboard
3.76 +0% vs. dept 8 sec
MUS 2C · Basic Musicianship
3.62 −3% vs. dept 9 sec
MUS 2CK · Basic Keyboard
3.64 −3% vs. dept 7 sec
MUS 2JK · Jazz Keyboard
3.75 +0% vs. dept 3 sec
MUS 20 · Exploring the Musical Mind
3.84 +2% vs. dept 4 sec
MUS 20R · Exploring the Musical Mind
3.80 +1% vs. dept 2 sec
300 level5 courses
MUS 32 · Instrumental Instruction
4.00 +7% vs. dept 1 sec
MUS 32VM · Vocal Master Class
3.90 +4% vs. dept 10 sec
400 level1 course
MUS 4 · Introduction to Western Music
3.74 −0% vs. dept 24 sec
500 level2 courses
MUS 5 · Sound in Time
3.62 −4% vs. dept 10 sec
MUS 5R · Sound in Time
3.81 +2% vs. dept 3 sec
600 level1 course
MUS 6 · Electronic Music
3.67 −2% vs. dept 11 sec
700 level1 course
MUS 7 · Music, Media and Technology
3.78 +1% vs. dept 6 sec
800 level1 course
MUS 8 · American Music
3.79 +1% vs. dept 9 sec
900 level10 courses
MUS 9 · Symphony
3.82 +2% vs. dept 9 sec
MUS 95C · Concert Choir
3.92 +4% vs. dept 17 sec
MUS 95D · Symphonic Chorus
4.00 +7% vs. dept 10 sec
MUS 95E · Chamber Orchestra
4.00 +7% vs. dept 22 sec
MUS 95F · Percussion Ensemble
4.00 +7% vs. dept 4 sec
MUS 95JC · Jazz Chamber Ensembles
4.00 +6% vs. dept 22 sec
MUS 95K · Chamber Singers
4.00 +7% vs. dept 9 sec
MUS 95L · Wind Ensemble
3.99 +6% vs. dept 21 sec
MUS 95P · Persian Music Ensemble
4.00 +7% vs. dept 5 sec
MUS 95W · World Music Ensembles
3.92 +4% vs. dept 25 sec
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