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Major in Music Studies
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The School of Music at the University of Ottawa is one of the country's leading music schools. It is the ideal place to nurture your passion for all things musical and to pursue the rigorous training needed for an active and successful career in the field. We maintain close ties with renowned institutions such as the National Arts Centre (NAC) and the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. Our program boasts state-of-the-art music facilities and internationally recognized professors who perform around the globe and publish in leading academic journals. We are a full-service music school offering programs in performance, composition, music education, theory and musicology.
This program is offered in English and in French.
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The table below includes only the discipline-specific courses. Please refer to the Academic Regulations for information on the Honours bachelor's with double major and the Honours bachelor's with major and minor.
The French immersion stream is available when taken as part of an honours degree.
Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2025-2026 calendars for the previous requirements.
Course List
Code Title Units
Compulsory course at the 1000 level
MUS 1303 Materials of Music I 3 Units
Compulsory courses at the 2000 level
MUS 2365 Music: The Big Questions I 3 Units
MUS 2366 Music: The Big Questions II 3 Units
MUS 2367 Indigenous Musics 3 Units
MUS 2368 Music and Identity 3 Units
Optional courses
6 optional course units from: 6 Units
MUS 1191 Sight-Singing and Dictation I: General 1
MUS 1194 Sight-Singing and Dictation I: Enriched 1
MUS 1901 Solo Performance Studies 3
MUS 2304 The Sound of Rock
MUS 2306 Theory and Analysis I 2
MUS 2307 Theory and Analysis II
MUS 2310 Music in the Movies
MUS 2382 Introduction to World Music
15 optional course units from: 15 Units
MUS 3110 Music Education I
MUS 3111 Music Education II
MUS 3307 Theory and Analysis IV 2
MUS 3308 Popular Music in Society
MUS 3315 Music and Computers I
MUS 3365 Music and Genre
MUS 3366 Music and Text
MUS 3367 Musical Entrepreneurship
MUS 3901 Orchestra 3
MUS 3902 Wind Ensemble 3
MUS 3903 Opera Production 3
MUS 3904 Choral Ensemble 3
MUS 3907 Guitar Ensemble 3
MUS 3916 Piano Ensemble 3
MUS 3925 Orchestration
MUS 3951 Instrumental Classes - Guitar
MUS 3953 Instrumental Classes - Recorder
MUS 3955 Compositional Techniques
6 optional course units from: 6 Units
MUS 4301 Selected Topics in Musicology 3
MUS 4302 Selected Topics in Music Education 3
MUS 4310 Selected Topics in Music Theory and Analysis 3
MUS 4315 Topics in Music Technology 3
MUS 4910 Practicum
MUS 4912 Arranging
MUS 4924 Research Project I
MUS 4928 Advanced Research in Music: Tools and Methods
Total: 42 Units
Note(s)
1
A written test at the beginning of the course MUS 1191 will determine placement in an additional weekly lab.
2
A written test at the beginning of the course MUS 2306 will determine if the student must also enrol for MUS 1303.
3
Enrolment subject to audition, prerequisite, and/or permission of the School of Music.
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