The Schulich School of Music has three types of electives in a Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) program: non-music electives, music electives and free electives. An updated list of suggested electives for music students is found on the Electives website.

Unless otherwise specified, any Music course that is not a required course in the student's program can be counted as a Free and/or Music Elective in the B.Mus. program subject to prerequisites, program restriction, and room in the course. Ensemble credits accumulated above the minimum may be applied as Free and/or Music Elective credits with limitations depending on the program.

Courses in a Music minor or second Music major can also count as Music electives

Non-Music Electives are undergraduate-level courses administered by a faculty other than the Schulich School of Music. These may include arts and science courses such as French language, psychology, political science, computer science, etc. Students are permitted to take more than the assigned number of non-music electives in their program. Overflow of non-music electives in a Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) program is counted as free electives.

Courses in a minor offered by Arts, Science and Management can also count as non-music and/or free electives.

Free Electives can be a mix of music and non-music electives.