Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Programs
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Bachelor of Arts inMusic (Honours)
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Designed for those interested in exploringmusic and its role in
social and cultural life
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Challenges you to be a creative and reflectivemusician and prepares
you for careers in the rapidly evolvingmusic industry
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Also for studentswhowish to pursue advanced appliedmusical
study outside thewestern classical tradition—compositions in
different styles, contemporarymusic-making, electronica, music
technology andmultimedia
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Focused on academic study and the development of creative and
critical-thinking skills
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Includes direct admissionwithout an entrance audition
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First year includesmusic theory and history, sight singing and ear
training. With an audition youmay take a performance course, join
an ensemble or DiverseMusics and Practices
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Allows for work outsidemusic
Career Tracks
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Careers and graduate studies inmusicology and composition
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Sound design, recording andmedia arts
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Music industry, criticismor technology
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Arts administration
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Preparationforlaw,medicine,orotherfieldsthatvaluecreativethinking
Music
Bachelor of Music (Honours)
Two streams: Music - Comprehensive; Music Education
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An excellent launching pad for a career in any aspect of music
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A full-time program offering intensive, professional training with
applied study in classical or jazz/pop disciplines
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Provides the opportunity to hone your musical skills through
private instruction on a principal instrument (including voice),
ensemble participation and courses to improve listening, sight
singing and dictation
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Offers exposure to a diversity of music from traditional Western
art music to jazz, pop, electroacoustic and world music
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Focuses on specialized study in music education, performance,
history, composition and conducting
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Study music theory, history, sight singing, ear training and
performance on your major instrument
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Requires an entrance audition on your major instrument for
acceptance into program
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Allows for course work outside music
Career Tracks
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Education (with additional studies)
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Performance
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Entrepreneurship
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Composition
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Conducting
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Music criticism
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Arts administration
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Music technology
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Graduate studies in music or music therapy
Visual Arts
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)
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Offers the developing artist excellent working space, an invaluable
foundation of skills, supportive faculty and the opportunity to
explore, share and realize individual creativity and expression
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Offers in-depth studio practices and art history combined with
exhibition opportunities and exposure to the cultural institutions
of Windsor and Detroit
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Includes courses in drawing, painting, print media, photography,
sculpture, bio art, film production and integrated media (digital
imaging, sound and video)
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Includes individual studio space during Year 4
Career Tracks
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Art
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Photography/cinematography
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Design
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Arts administration
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Illustration
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Education (with additional studies)
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Art technology/sonic arts
Media Art Histories and Visual Culture
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
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Offers a strong foundation in studio art courses combined with
academic courses in art history and visual culture
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Designed for students interested in careers in arts
administration or continuing studies with an education degree or
a graduate degree in curatorial studies
Career Tracks
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Advertising/trend watching
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Gallery and museum administration
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Art restoration and curation
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Cultural journalism and criticism
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Public relations
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Project management
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Art historian/researcher
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Art technology
Visual Arts and Communication, Media and Film
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
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Integrates a foundation of artistic skills with the analytical
exploration of communication media, offering a solid
background for careers in multimedia
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Communication, Media and Film analyzes both traditional forms
of media (print, broadcast and film) and emerging social media
and newmedia platforms
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Visual Arts provides a strong foundation in studio practices and
art history combined with exhibition opportunities and exposure
to the cultural institutions of Windsor and Detroit
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Includes courses in drawing, painting, print media, photography,
sculpture, bio art, and integrated media (digital imaging, sound
and video)
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Includes on-campus media production facilities complemented
by such campus media outlets as CJAM Radio-99.1 FM and
The
Lance
student newspaper
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Includes practicum courses which may lead to placements both
on and off campus
Career Tracks
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Television, film and video production
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Radio and print journalism
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Policy analysis for media and government agencies
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Opinion research
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PROGRAM AND ADMISSIONS GUIDE
2014/2015
Faculty of Arts, Humanities andSocial Sciences
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