Hardest MUS classes at CSUN

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

  1. MUS 201: STYLE/LIT MUS I Average GPA 2.49, 757 students
  2. MUS 211: MUSICIANSHIP III Average GPA 2.64, 357 students
  3. MUS 211L: MUSICNSHP III LAB Average GPA 2.65, 356 students
  4. MUS 302: JAZZ HISTORY Average GPA 2.72, 127 students
  5. MUS 212: Musicianship Iv Average GPA 2.82, 325 students
  6. MUS 212L: Musicinshp Iv Lab Average GPA 2.82, 325 students
  7. MUS 501: Mus Hist Review Average GPA 2.84, 118 students
  8. MUS 317B: Jazz Arranging Ii Average GPA 2.87, 126 students
  9. MUS 191L: FUND MUS TEC LAB Average GPA 2.88, 900 students
  10. MUS 191: FUND MUSIC TECH Average GPA 2.88, 899 students
  11. MUS 307: MUS FR GLOBAL PER Average GPA 2.90, 1,000 students
  12. MUS 202: Style/lit Mus Ii Average GPA 2.90, 543 students
  13. MUS 601: RSRCH TECHNIC Average GPA 2.97, 197 students
  14. MUS 311: MUSNSHIP V Average GPA 2.99, 356 students
  15. MUS 311L: MUSICNSHIP V LAB Average GPA 2.99, 355 students
  16. MUS 292: THER ORIENTATION Average GPA 2.99, 101 students
  17. MUS 110B: Keybd Mship Ii Average GPA 3.00, 467 students
  18. MUS 213: HARMONY I Average GPA 3.04, 540 students
  19. MUS 105: UNDERSTAND MUSIC Average GPA 3.05, 3,948 students
  20. MUS 317A: JAZZ ARRANGING I Average GPA 3.07, 240 students
  21. MUS 309: TRADIT MUSICS US Average GPA 3.08, 2,296 students
  22. MUS 106HH: HIP HOP MUSIC Average GPA 3.11, 1,424 students
  23. MUS 310: UNDST WLD CULTRS MUS Average GPA 3.16, 821 students
  24. MUS 312L: Musicnshp Vi Lab Average GPA 3.18, 276 students
  25. MUS 312: Musicianship Vi Average GPA 3.18, 276 students
  26. MUS 210A: KEYBD MSHIP III Average GPA 3.19, 529 students
  27. MUS 214: Harmony Ii Average GPA 3.19, 339 students
  28. MUS 110A: KEYBD MSHIP I Average GPA 3.20, 530 students
  29. MUS 210BJ: Keybd Mship Ivbj Average GPA 3.21, 131 students
  30. MUS 210B: Keybd Mship Iv Average GPA 3.22, 446 students
  31. MUS 306: INTRO TO JAZZ Average GPA 3.23, 5,612 students
  32. MUS 466: DIGITAL STRATEGIES Average GPA 3.25, 123 students
  33. MUS 316: MUSICAL ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.27, 432 students
  34. MUS 334: Strings Average GPA 3.27, 141 students
  35. MUS 315A: Orchestration I Average GPA 3.27, 117 students
  36. MUS 390MI: MT IMPROVISATION Average GPA 3.30, 136 students
  37. MUS 477: MUS THER PRACTIC Average GPA 3.33, 260 students
  38. MUS 369: FIELD BAND TECHQ Average GPA 3.34, 145 students
  39. MUS 108: MUSIC IN FILM Average GPA 3.37, 5,469 students
  40. MUS 107: MUSIC TODAY Average GPA 3.38, 6,470 students
  41. MUS 364: INSTR COND/ARRANG Average GPA 3.41, 230 students
  42. MUS 364L: INSTR CND/ARR LAB Average GPA 3.41, 230 students
  43. MUS 210AJ: KEYBD MSHIP IIIAJ Average GPA 3.42, 154 students
  44. MUS 393A: COPYRIGHT, PUB & LIC Average GPA 3.44, 280 students
  45. MUS 393B: Mus. Ind. Contracts Average GPA 3.44, 232 students
  46. MUS 311JL: MUS V - JAZZ LAB Average GPA 3.47, 192 students
  47. MUS 391L: MUSIC TECH II Average GPA 3.48, 347 students
  48. MUS 311J: MUSCNSHP V JAZZ Average GPA 3.48, 192 students
  49. MUS 391: MUSIC TECH II Average GPA 3.49, 348 students
  50. MUS 363L: CHOR COND/ARR LAB Average GPA 3.56, 160 students
  51. MUS 363: CHOR COND/ARRANG Average GPA 3.56, 160 students
  52. MUS 219A: IMPROVISATION I Average GPA 3.57, 198 students
  53. MUS 339D: French Diction Average GPA 3.58, 105 students
  54. MUS 468L: VOC PEDAGOGY LAB Average GPA 3.61, 153 students
  55. MUS 468: PEDAGOGY OF SINGING Average GPA 3.61, 153 students
  56. MUS 319B: Improvisation Iv Average GPA 3.61, 125 students
  57. MUS 120: Arts Imrs: Music Average GPA 3.62, 150 students
  58. MUS 339A: ENGLISH DICTION Average GPA 3.62, 104 students
  59. MUS 339B: German Diction Average GPA 3.68, 115 students
  60. MUS 483ME: MUS ENTREP Average GPA 3.70, 853 students
  61. MUS 483MEL: MUS ENTREP LAB Average GPA 3.70, 853 students
  62. MUS 319A: IMPROVISATION III Average GPA 3.70, 160 students
  63. MUS 604: SEM MUS ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.73, 167 students
  64. MUS 312J: Musnship Vi Jazz Average GPA 3.73, 126 students
  65. MUS 338A: VOCAL TECHNIQUE Average GPA 3.73, 126 students
  66. MUS 312JL: Musn Vi Jazz Lab Average GPA 3.73, 126 students
  67. MUS 361: MUS LIT FOR CHILD Average GPA 3.74, 635 students
  68. MUS 361L: MUS LIT CHILD LAB Average GPA 3.75, 634 students
  69. MUS 465: Wind Pedagogy Average GPA 3.75, 151 students
  70. MUS 120L: Arts Imrs: Music Average GPA 3.75, 149 students
  71. MUS 221: Song Writing Average GPA 3.76, 162 students
  72. MUS 420A: Comp for Films/tv Average GPA 3.77, 107 students
  73. MUS 605: TEACH MUS HIGH ED Average GPA 3.83, 112 students
  74. MUS 493C: MUS IND PRAC Average GPA 3.84, 413 students
  75. MUS 370: UNIVERSITY CHORUS Average GPA 3.85, 449 students
  76. MUS 321: BEGINNING COMP Average GPA 3.85, 141 students
  77. MUS 179A: SYMPH WIND ENSEMB Average GPA 3.88, 405 students
  78. MUS 388: STUDIO ENSEMBLE Average GPA 3.91, 683 students
  79. MUS 170: UNIVERSITY CHORUS Average GPA 3.91, 534 students
  80. MUS 372: NORTHRIDGE SINGERS Average GPA 3.91, 298 students
  81. MUS 179B: SYMPH WIND ENSEMB Average GPA 3.93, 143 students
  82. MUS 181A: JAZZ ENSEMBLE Average GPA 3.93, 121 students
  83. MUS 382: SYMPHONY ORCH Average GPA 3.94, 366 students
  84. MUS 379A: SYMPH WIND ENSEMB Average GPA 3.94, 299 students
  85. MUS 381A: JAZZ ENSEMBLE Average GPA 3.94, 156 students
  86. MUS 485: DISCOVERY PLAYERS Average GPA 3.95, 185 students
  87. MUS 494A: MUSIC INTERNSHIP Average GPA 3.96, 222 students
  88. MUS 379B: SYMPH WIND ENSEMB Average GPA 3.97, 379 students
  89. MUS 381B: JAZZ ENSEMBLE Average GPA 3.97, 234 students
  90. MUS 676: COLLAB PIANO Average GPA 3.97, 202 students
  91. MUS 371: JAZZ VOCAL ENSEMB Average GPA 3.97, 159 students
  92. MUS 238A: VOCAL TECHNIQUE Average GPA 3.97, 115 students
  93. MUS 389: JAZZ COMBO Average GPA 3.98, 384 students
  94. MUS 182: SYMPHONY ORCH Average GPA 3.98, 274 students
  95. MUS 588B: ADV OPERA PERF Average GPA 3.98, 180 students
  96. MUS 189: JAZZ COMBO Average GPA 3.99, 150 students

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