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Program Requirements

Students are encouraged to familiaize themselves with the graduate calendar and listed requirements for the MA degree in Music in Culture

MA in Music and Culture

The Master’ of Arts in Music and Culture requires the satisfactory completion of a total of 5.0 credits, distributed according to one of the following three program options (students are required to formally apply to the thesis and research essay streams in the MA):

Thesis Program

1.0 credits of required course work (MUSI 5002 and 5003)
2.0 credits of additional course work chosen from available elective courses*
2.0 credits, Thesis

Research Essay Program

1.0 credits of required course work (MUSI 5002 and 5003)
3.0 credits of additional course work chosen from available of elective courses*
1.0 credits, Research Essay

* up to 0.5 credits may be taken outside the program in a related discipline (such as History, Philosophy, Women’s and Gender Studies, etc.) subject to the approval of the Supervisor of Graduate Studies

Coursework program

1.0 credits of required course work (MUSI 5002 and 5003)
4.0 credits of additional course work chosen from available of elective courses**

** up to 1.0 credits may be taken outside the program in a related discipline (such as History, Philosophy, Women’s and Gender Studies, etc.) subject to the approval of the Supervisor of Graduate Studies.

MA in Music and Culture with Collaborative Specializations

Music also offers a program designed to add value to the existing MA in Music and Culture by offering Collaboration Specializations in selected cognate areas. See the following sites for additional information:

Academic Standing

A standing of B- or better must be obtained in each credit counted towards the master’s degree.

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