Music Programmes and Courses
The Department of Music offers four undergraduate
degree programmes: Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.), which is without
designated majors, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with Honours and Major
in Music, and the Minor in Music, which is open to students in
any degree programme. These programmes offer wide flexibility
to shape the nature of your musical study. We also offer courses
directed at students not in our programmes.
Bachelor
of Music
The
Bachelor of Music programme combines Applied Music instruction
in your chosen instrument (piano, organ, voice, strings, winds,
or percussion) with academic studies in music and non-music courses.
This programme allows you much freedom to put emphasis on performance,
music education, composition, music history, or music theory. The
B.Mus. degree requires 121 credits: 52 from assigned, "core" music
courses, 36-39 from personally chosen, "elective" music
courses, and 30-33 from non-music elective courses. The B.Mus.
degree is suitable for those who contemplate any professional career
in music: teaching, performance, musicology, music therapy, arts
administration, recording, broadcasting, music librarianship, music
journalism, etc.
Bachelor
of Arts (Honours and Major in Music)
Our B.A. programmes emphasize the academic aspects of music and
are designed for students who wish to combine their study of music
with more non-music courses than are available in the B.Mus. curriculum.
In
the B.A. (Honours in Music) programme, 66 of your 120 course
credits are taken in a mixture of core and elective music courses. You should consult
the University's general regulations governing honours degrees,
which apply to this
programme. These regulations are given in the University
Calendar. Credits in Applied Music are not normally available in this programme.
In the B.A. (Major in Music) programme, 60 of your 120
course credits are taken in a mixture of core and elective music
and related courses. Credits in Applied Music are not normally available in this programme.
The
Minor in Music
In the Minor in Music programme, 24 of your 120 course credits
are taken in a mixture of core and elective music courses. Credits
in Applied Music are not normally available in this programme.
Individual
Music Courses
Music courses are also available to students studying for other
degrees. Included are courses in music history and literature and
in music theory.
MUSC 2001 (Introduction to Music) and MUSC 2011 (Survey of Western
Music) are basic courses in the study and appreciation of music.
Similarly, MUSC 1001 and 1011 (Fundamentals of Music I and II)
are courses
in basic music theory and aural skills which require no previous
background in music. Some of our elective courses (Opera History, Musical Theatre, Music and Difference)
are also suitable and attractive to students in non-music programmes.
We also invite all university students to audition for the our
ensembles (which are credited courses) and to attend our many concerts
and recitals.
Courses
and Credits
In Mount Allison's credit system, most music courses are worth
three credits.
Three-credit courses run either for a single term or, at a reduced
schedule, for both terms. Music ensemble courses, collaborative keyboard, and chamber music courses run for two terms
and are valued at one credit each.
You can find more details on our programmes and
descriptions of all music courses in Mount Allison's University
Calendar.
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