Academic Calendar 2024-2025

Music – Major (Arts) – Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

MUSC-M-BAH

Subject: Administered by the Dan School of Drama and Music.
Plan: Consists of 60.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, alone, or in combination with a Minor in another subject, and with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units (114.00 units for students admitted prior to September 2017), will lead to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree.

Note: Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2023-2024 Calendar for the previous requirements.

1. Core
A. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
Music Fundamentals
Theory and Analysis IA
B. Complete the following:
MUSC 103Music, Meaning, and Society3.00
MUSC 303Critical Issues in Music3.00
C. Complete the following:
MUSC 156Introduction to Digital Audio Recording, Editing, and Mixing3.00
D. Complete the following:
MUSC 382Research Methods in Performing Arts3.00
2. Option
A. Complete 12.00 units from the following:12.00
MUSC at the 300-level or above*
B. Complete 9.00 units from the following course list:9.00
MUSC_Performance_Creation_Options
C. Complete 9.00 units from the following course list:9.00
MUSC_History_Culture_Theory_Options
D. Complete 9.00 units from the following course list:9.00
MUSC_Professional_Options
E. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
MUSC
MUSC_Subs
Electives
Elective Courses60.00
Total Units120.00

3. Additional Requirements

A. Maximum of 24.00 units may be at the 100-level. 

4. Notes

A. Students interested in music education are advised to take 6.00 units from: MUSC 270; MUSC 273; MUSC 280MUSC 288; MUSC 334; MUSC 335; MUSC 374; MUSC 438; MUSC 470

B. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering. 

Music Course Lists

The following lists may contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.

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Music Performance Creation Options
MUSC 100Small Ensemble1.50
MUSC 112Medium Ensemble1.50
MUSC 115Large Ensemble1.50
MUSC 118Applied Music 1A3.00
MUSC 119Applied Music 1B3.00
MUSC 124Applied Music I6.00
MUSC 151Introduction to Instrumental Composition3.00
MUSC 152Introduction to Vocal Composition3.00
MUSC 158Sampling and Beatmaking3.00
MUSC 159Creative Production: Beats, Songs, and Soundtracks3.00
MUSC 200Small Ensemble1.50
MUSC 212Medium Ensemble1.50
MUSC 215Large Ensemble1.50
MUSC 218Applied Music 2A3.00
MUSC 219Applied Music 2B3.00
MUSC 224Applied Music II6.00
MUSC 253Introduction to Jazz Improvisation3.00
MUSC 254Composition in the Sonic Arts Studio3.00
MUSC 256Developing Sound Practices in the Sonic Arts Studio3.00
MUSC 280Vocal Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 281Woodwind Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 282Exploring Global Music in the Classroom3.00
MUSC 283Brass Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 284Keyboard Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 285String Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 287Percussion Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 288Guitar Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 294Dance for Music Theatre3.00
MUSC 300Small Ensemble1.50
MUSC 312Medium Ensemble1.50
MUSC 315Large Ensemble1.50
MUSC 318Applied Music 3A3.00
MUSC 319Applied Music 3B3.00
MUSC 324Applied Music III6.00
MUSC 332Opera Performance3.00
MUSC 348Advanced Guitar Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 351Intermediate Composition Studio3.00
MUSC 353Intermediate Composition Intensive6.00
MUSC 358Jazz and Popular Music Arranging3.00
MUSC 384Dancer-Singer in Music Theatre3.00
MUSC 389Music Theatre Creation Lab3.00
MUSC 396Introduction to Orchestration3.00
MUSC 397Introduction to MIDI Orchestration3.00
MUSC 400Small Ensemble1.50
MUSC 412Medium Ensemble1.50
MUSC 415Large Ensemble1.50
MUSC 418Applied Music 4A3.00
MUSC 419Applied Music 4B3.00
MUSC 424Applied Music IV6.00
MUSC 451Advanced Composition Studio3.00
MUSC 453Advanced Composition Intensive6.00

MUSC_History_Culture_Theory_Options

Music History Culture Theory Options
MUSC 171Social History of Popular Music3.00
MUSC 192Theory and Analysis IA3.00
MUSC 193Theory and Analysis IB3.00
MUSC 209Critical Issues in Contemporary Popular Music3.00
MUSC 210Western Art Music: Crusades to Colonialism3.00
MUSC 211Western Art Music: Industrialization to the Internet3.00
MUSC 240Music of Video Games3.00
MUSC 258Musical Acoustics3.00
MUSC 271Introduction to Hip Hop3.00
MUSC 289Global Musics3.00
MUSC 290Structures of Music Theatre3.00
MUSC 292Theory and Analysis IIA3.00
MUSC 293Theory and Analysis IIB3.00
MUSC 380Topics in Music History and Culture I3.00
MUSC 383Theatre and Music of Africa and the Diaspora3.00
MUSC 388Music in Canada Since 19303.00
MUSC 392Theory and Analysis III3.00
MUSC 394Contrapuntal Analysis3.00
MUSC 398Modal Counterpoint3.00
MUSC 399Tonal Counterpoint3.00
MUSC 438Music Education Seminar3.00
MUSC 445Topics in Advanced Analysis3.00
MUSC 446Advanced Analysis of 20th-Century Music3.00
MUSC 470Topics in Music Education I3.00
MUSC 480Genre Studies3.00
MUSC 482Performance in Times of Crisis3.00
MUSC 490Gender and Popular Music3.00
MUSC 491Music and Mass Media3.00
MUSC 500Honours Thesis6.00
MUSC 501Directed Special Study3.00
MUTH 232Opera3.00

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Music Professional Studies Options
DRAM 448Arts Administration3.00
ENIN 140Design Thinking3.00
ENIN 200Foundations of Entrepreneurship3.00
ENIN 204Publicity and Media Relations3.00
ENIN 207Envisioning Disruptive Technologies3.00
ENIN 240Explorations in Creativity3.00
ENIN 250Makerspaces and the Creative and Innovative Process3.00
ENIN 301Creative Entrepreneurship3.00
ENIN 340Topics in Innovation and Entrepreneurship3.00
ENIN 400Innovation Design Sprint3.00
MAPP 311Sound Production3.00
MUSC 114Introduction to Teaching Music to Children3.00
MUSC 126Ear Training for Production3.00
MUSC 127Ear Training and Sight Singing I3.00
MUSC 157Amplified Sound in Live Contexts3.00
MUSC 270Conducting Techniques3.00
MUSC 273An Introduction to Music Education3.00
MUSC 331Music Direction for Music Theatre3.00
MUSC 335Music Education in the Community3.00
MUSC 338Secondary Music Education3.00
MUSC 370Topics in Advanced Conducting3.00
MUSC 374Music Education: Partnership Placement3.00
MUSC 382Research Methods in Performing Arts3.00
MUSC 386Arts Professionalism3.00

MUSC_Subs

Music Substitutions
BADR 2003.00
DRAM 247Drama Practicum1.50
ENIN
GNDS 410Special Topics in Gender Studies3.00
IDIS 410Contemporary Cultural Performance in Practice3.00
LLCU 244Hips Don't Lie? Music and Culture in Latin America3.00
MUTH