MUSIC at University of California, Irvine

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate MUSIC coursework.

• MUSIC 16BMusic Theoryopens 20 courses (5 directly)
• MUSIC 16CMusic Theoryopens 18 courses (10 directly)
• MUSIC 16DTheory/Musicianshipopens 7 courses (4 directly)
• MUSIC 242AFirst-Year Research and Writing Seminar Iopens 5 courses (1 directly)
• MUSIC 242BFirst-Year Research and Writing Seminar IIopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• MUSIC 132Jazz Theoryopens 3 courses (3 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate MUSIC work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 59 MUSIC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 68 more MUSIC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on MUSIC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in MUSIC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at MUSIC 183C

  1. MUSIC 16AMusic Theory
  2. MUSIC 16BMusic Theory
  3. MUSIC 16CMusic Theory
  4. MUSIC 16DTheory/Musicianship
  5. MUSIC 132Jazz Theory
  6. MUSIC 183AJazz Composition I
  7. MUSIC 183BJazz Composition II
  8. MUSIC 183CJazz Composition III

• 7 courses deep, ending at MUSIC 245

  1. MUSIC 200Bibliography and Research
  2. MUSIC 242AFirst-Year Research and Writing Seminar I
  3. MUSIC 242BFirst-Year Research and Writing Seminar II

• 5 courses deep, ending at MUSIC 157

  1. MUSIC 16AMusic Theory
  2. MUSIC 16BMusic Theory
  3. MUSIC 16CMusic Theory

• 3 courses deep, ending at MUSIC 158C

  1. MUSIC 158ADiction
  2. MUSIC 158BDiction
  3. MUSIC 158CDiction

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for MUSIC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MUSIC yet.

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Department events

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