The Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.); Major in Composition program offers students a solid grounding in the basics of classical music composition for instruments and voices, with or without electronics. This is achieved through lecture courses and tutorials (private composition lessons in the third and fourth years of the program). The study of topics related to music...

For more information, see Major Composition (124 credits).

The Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.); Major in Music History requires 124 credits. This program focuses on the place of music in different cultural contexts, the social conditions of musicians, the evolution of performing styles, and the different ways music can project meaning and reflect identity, including the parameters of different musical styles and musical...

For more information, see Major Music History (124 credits).

The Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.); Major Theory program requires 124 credits and features coursework centered in the development of models and methods of musical languages. How specific pieces of music are put together and how this may be generalized to relate to the way other pieces of music are composed. Theory incorporates a combination of writing skills and...

For more information, see Major Theory (124 credits).

The Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) - Faculty Program Music requires 123 credits and has been designed to accommodate those students who are either undecided about the area of music in which they wish to specialize, or who are interested in a pattern of specialization not provided in the established major programs, or who are interested in combining studies in music...

For more information, see Faculty Program Music (123 credits).

The Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.); Faculty Program in Music; Jazz requires 123 credits and has been designed to accommodate students who trained as jazz musicians and who are interested in a pattern of specialization not provided in the established major programs, or who are interested in combining studies in music with studies in other disciplines. Students...

For more information, see Faculty Program Music - Jazz (123 credits).

The Minor Composition is available to all students with approval (with the exception of students in the Major Composition.) This option will take the place of music and/or free electives.

For more information, see Minor Composition (18 credits).

The Minor in Music Education is available to all students, with the exception of students in the concurrent B.Mus.; Major in Music Education/B.Ed.; Major in Music Elementary and Secondary program, subject to the approval of the Schulich School of Music. This Minor will take the place of free electives. The Minor Music Education has limited enrolment. Students must...

For more information, see Minor Music Education (18 credits).

This Minor is a collaboration between the Schulich School of Music and Desautels Faculty of Management. It is designed to provide music students with an understanding of how to conceptualize, develop, and manage successful new ventures; manage their careers as performers, music teachers and arts administrators; and develop skills in marketing, fundraising,...

For more information, see Minor Music Entrepreneurship (18 credits).

The Minor Music History is available to all students (with the exception of students in the Major in Music History program). This option will take the place of music electives and/or free electives, as well as history, literature, and performance practice complementary courses.

For more information, see Minor Music History (18 credits).

The Minor in Music Theory is available to all students, with the exception of students in the Major Theory, subject to approval of the Schulich School of Music. This Minor will take the place of free electives in Music programs.

For more information, see Minor Music Theory (18 credits).

The goal of this Minor is to provide instruction in practical and creative applications of technology for musical purposes. This program will help prepare students for production-oriented jobs in the creative arts. ...

For more information, see Minor Musical Applications of Technology (18 credits).

This Minor focuses on interdisciplinary topics in science and technology as applied to music. The goal of the program is to help prepare students for commercial jobs in the audio technology sector and/or for subsequent graduate research study. This Minor is designed to serve students who already have a good background in the sciences and prior experience with Math...

For more information, see Minor Musical Science and Technology (18 credits).