Diploma in Music in General Studies

DESCRIPTION

This concentration provides a broad education in music, integrating theoretical, historical, and performance studies while enabling students to master the skills needed for a wide array of professions. The core curriculum consists of 30 credits that the student supplements with a further 30 credits drawn from music and/or academic electives. Through a careful choice of electives, this concentration can lead to further study in liberal arts, music therapy, music education, business and arts management.

CONTENT

Core curriculum includes:

• SEMESTER 1
  • All of:
    • MUSI 1150 Language of Music I
    • MUSI 1151 Aural Musicianship I
    • MUSI 1153 Music in Civilization
    • MUSI 1154 Keyboard Skills I
  • One of:
    • MUSI 1157 Major Instrument Concentration – I*
    • MUSI 1165 Major Instrument – Secondary Level 1*
  • One of:
    • MUSI 1167 Kwantlen Strings I (Diploma)
    • MUSI 1168 Kwantlen Wind Ensemble I (Diploma)
    • MUSI 1169 Kwantlen Chorus I (Diploma)
• SEMESTER 2
  • All of :
    • MUSI 1250 The Language of Music II
    • MUSI 1251 Aural Musicianship II
    • MUSI 1254 Keyboard Skills II
  • One of:
    • MUSI 1257 Major Instrument Concentration – II*
    • MUSI 1265 Major Instrument – Secondary Lev. II*
  • One of :
    • MUSI 1267 Kwantlen Strings II (Diploma)
    • MUSI 1268 Kwantlen Wind Ensemble II (Diploma)
    • MUSI 1269 Kwantlen Chorus II (Diploma)
• SEMESTER 3
  • One of :
    • MUSI 2357 Major Instrument Concentration – III*
    • MUSI 2365 Major Instrument – Secondary Level III*
  • One of
    • MUSI 2367 Kwantlen Strings III (Diploma)
    • MUSI 2368 Kwantlen Wind Ensemble III (Diploma)
    • MUSI 2369 Kwantlen Chorus III (Diploma)
• SEMESTER 4
  • All of :
    • MUSI 2457 Major Instrument Concentration – IV*
    • MUSI 2465 Major Instrument – Secondary Level IV*
  • One of :
    • MUSI 2467 Kwantlen Strings IV (Diploma)
    • MUSI 2468 Kwantlen Wind Ensemble IV (Diploma)
    • MUSI 2469 Kwantlen Chorus IV (Diploma)

To complete the core curriculum, students must take one of the following:

• MUSI 1253 History of Music I
• MUSI 2353 History of Music II
• MUSI 2453 History of Music III

*Note: Depending on the student's performance level, study on the principal instrument will be either as a Major Instrument Concentration or Major Instrument – Secondary level.

Electives

The remaining 30 credits may be taken from any other diploma-level music courses (MUSI 1155 and higher), MUSI 1102 – Music and Computers, MUSI 1202 – The Business of Music, MUSI **71–79 – Chamber Ensembles, and/or any academic courses offered at Kwantlen.

Students in this concentration can gain entry to the third year of the BBA Degree program if the electives include the following:

• BUSI 1210 Essentials of Management

or

• BUSI 1215 Organizational Behaviour I
• ACCT 1230 Business Statistics
• ACCT 2293 Introduction to Financial Accounting
• CBSY 1105 Introductory Microcomputer Applications
• ECON 1150 Principles of Microeconomics
• MRKT 1199 Introduction to Marketing

GRADUATION

Upon successful completion of this program, students are awarded a Diploma in Music – General Studies.