Bachelor of Music - Comprehensive Studies: Jazz (MSSPECOMHJ)

This program is an attractive option to students seeking a robustly interdisciplinary experience around a music core; students interested in a field not clearly contained within our existing programs; or students interested in a general program of music studies. The program provides students depth in musical training while preserving considerable opportunities to pursue breadth through electives in Music and other disciplines. It features a solid, multi-disciplinary core of required courses and it also offers students the freedom to design part of their program of study around individual interests that may not otherwise be accommodated through specialized programs. The flexibility in the program also makes it well suited to students wanting to develop significant expertise in a discipline within the Faculty of Arts & Science.

The combination of a core music program, with an emphasis on breadth in musical disciplines, highly developed writing skills, and interdisciplinary flexibility opens up a range of music-related careers and graduate study options in areas not currently identified as specializations, such as in arts management, music journalism, entertainment law, audio recording, music business, or other arts-related fields.


Courses
Credits per year
 
1
2
3
4
HMU111H1 - Introduction to Music & Society
0.5
 
 
 
HMU126H1 - Historical Survey II
0.5
 
 
 
MMU100H1 - Lives in Music
cr
  
 
 
JMU210H1, JMU215H1 - Jazz History I & II  
1.0
 
 
JMU100Y1, JMU200Y1 - Jazz & Traditional Materials
0.67
0.67
    
JMU101Y1, JMU201Y1 - Jazz & Traditional Ear Training
 0.67 0.67    
JMU104Y1 - Jazz Keyboard Skills
 0.33**  
 
 
JMU184Y1, 284Y1, 384Y1, 484Y1 - Applied Music
0.5
0.5
(0.5)*
(0.5)*
JMU189Y1, 289Y1, 389Y1, 489Y1 - Jazz Orchestra
 0.67
0.67
(0.67)*
(0.67)*
JMU193Y1, 293Y1, 393Y1, 493Y1 - Vocal Jazz Ensemble ++
 0.67
0.67
(0.67)*
 (0.67)*
EMU130Y1 - Introduction to Music Education
   0.67    
Music Electives***(4.0 credits total)
 
0.5
2.0
1.5
Free Electives (i.e. Music or Arts & Science; 4.0 credits total)  
 
2.0
2.0
Breadth Electives (4.0 credits; minimum of 3.0 credits from Arts & Science)
1.0
 1.0
1.0
1.0
Genre/Style requirement - 0.5 credit within the above requirements from approved list of courses
 
  
 
 
GRAND TOTAL: 20.0
 4.83
5.67
5.0
4.5
Small Jazz Ensemble may be substituted for Major Ensemble in all years of the program (with an additional 0.17cr of Music Electives per substitution).
* Applied Music and Major Ensembles taken in Year 3 & 4 may be counted as Music Electives or Free Electives.
** Required of all Jazz students except keyboard majors. Keyboard majors will required an extra 0.33cr of Music Electives (4.33cr total).
++ Jazz Voice majors only.
*** A minimum of 2.0 credits of Music Electives at the 300-level or above, excluding Applied Music, Major Ensemble, Chamber Music, and Instrumental Performance Class.