Degrees and Diplomas Offered – Undergraduate Music

Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) 

Music Research

• Composition Major (B.Mus.)
• Faculty Program Music - Jazz (B.Mus.) (123 credits)
• Music Education / Music Elementary and Secondary Concurrent Major (B.Mus./B.Ed.) **This program is not currently offered**
• Music Studies Major (B.Mus.) (123 credits)
• Music History Major (B.Mus.)
• Theory Major (B.Mus.)

Performance

• Performance Piano Major (B.Mus.)
• Performance Voice Major (B.Mus.)
• Performance (Orchestral Instruments) Major (B.Mus.)
• Early Music Performance Major (Baroque Violin, Viola, Cello, Viola da Gamba, Flute, Recorder, Oboe, Organ, Harpsichord and Early Brass Instruments) (B.Mus.)
• Early Music Performance Major (Voice) (B.Mus.)
• Performance Jazz Major (B.Mus.)
• Performance (Organ and Guitar) Major (B.Mus.)

All of the above B.Mus. programs normally require at least three years of study following completion of the Quebec Diploma of Collegial Studies or four years of study following completion of secondary school elsewhere.

Licentiate in Music (L.Mus.) 

The Licentiate in Music is offered in Performance and is designed for advanced instrumentalists and singers who wish to concentrate on their practical subject while limiting their theoretical studies to basic areas in Music History, Music Theory, and Musicianship. This program normally requires three years of study. For more information, please see:

• Performance Piano Major (L.Mus.) (93 credits)
• Performance Major (All Instruments except Piano, Voice and Jazz) (L.Mus.) (93 credits)
• Performance Voice Major (L.Mus.) (105 credits)
• Performance Jazz Major (L.Mus.) (100 credits)

Minor Programs

The Schulich School of Music offers various music minor programs. Courses in these minors may be applied as music/free electives in a Bachelor of Music program. Please refer to each program's description for admission requirements and further details.

• Applied Performance Sciences Minor (B.Mus.) (18 credits)
• Composition Minor (B.Mus.) (18 credits)
• Conducting Minor (B.Mus.) (18 credits)
• Early Music Performance Minor (B.Mus.) (18 credits)
• Jazz Arranging and Composition Minor (B.Mus.) (18 credits)
• Jazz Performance Minor (B.Mus.) (18 credits)
• Music Education Minor (B.Mus.) (18 credits)
• Music Entrepreneurship Minor (B.Mus.) (18 credits)
• Music History Minor (B.Mus.) (18 credits)
• Music Theory Minor (B.Mus.) (18 credits)
• Musical Applications of Technology Minor (B.Mus.) (18 credits)
• Musical Science and Technology Minor (B.Mus.) (18 credits)

Bachelor of Music students may also be eligible to pursue minors offered by another faculty.  See minor programs for detail. 

Students have the opportunity to pursue a graduate diploma, a Master in Music (M.Mus.) or a Master in Arts (M.A) in most of these music subjects after successful completion of a bachelor degree and prerequisites for the graduate program.  Refer to Music Graduate Programs for more information.