Diploma in Music - 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:
- One of:
- One of:
- SEMESTER 2
- All of :
- One of:
- One of :
- SEMESTER 3
- SEMESTER 4
To complete the core curriculum, students must take one of the following:
*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 1133 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 eligible for a Diploma in Music – General Studies.
