Diploma in Music - General Studies

Offered At:	Start Date:
Langley Campus	September
Enrolment Access:	Format:
Limited	Full-time Part-time
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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
- One 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

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.

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