Music: Associate of Arts Degree
Description
The Associate Degree is designed to provide an educational experience that prepares students for work, citizenship and an enriched life as an educated person, and to lay a solid foundation for further study in the field of Music.
The associate degree in music is designed for students who wish to major in Music without private instruction.
Prospective music students should attend an information session where all program and application procedures will be explained. For more information, please contact the Music Department at 604.599.3315, or music@kwantlen.ca.
Program Admission Requirements
General university admission requirements apply to this program including the undergraduate-level English Proficiency Requirement.
Content
Within the framework of the Associate of Arts degree, students must complete 24 courses at the first and second year level, totaling at least 60 credits. A minimum grade of C is required in each course counting toward the associate degree.
Required Music courses in the Associate of Arts degree are: |
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| Semester 1 (Offered in September) | |||
| MUSI 1150* | The Language of Music I | 3 credits | |
| MUSI 1151* | Aural Musicianship I | 2 credits | |
| MUSI 1153 | History of Music I: Antiquity to 1600 | 3 credits | |
| Semester 2 (Offered in January) | |||
| MUSI 1250* | The Language of Music II | 3 credits | |
| MUSI 1251* | Aural Musicianship II | 2 credits | |
| MUSI 1253 | History of Music I | 3 credits | |
| Semester 3 (Offered in September) | |||
| MUSI 2350* | The Language of Music III | 3 credits | |
| MUSI 2351* | Aural Musicianship III | 2 credits | |
| MUSI 2353 | History of Music II | 3 credits | |
| Semester 4 (Offered in January) | |||
| MUSI 2450* | The Language of Music IV | 3 credits | |
| MUSI 2451* | Aural Musicianship IV | 3 credits | |
| MUSI 2453 | History of Music III | 3 credits | |
* Note: These courses are corequisites, and must be taken in the semester indicated above.
For transferring to UVic, in addition to the Music courses listed above, students must take either MUSI 1167 and 1267, or 1168 and 1268, or 1169 and 1269. Permission must be obtained from the Faculty of Music to enrol in all first level music courses.
Graduation
Upon successful completion of this program, students are eligible to receive an Associate of Arts Degree in Music.
