Bachelor of Arts - Honours Arts - Music

Program Description Students who have a wide variety of interests, Honours Arts gives them the freedom to explore it. In the University of Waterloo's largest and most flexible first-year program, students will use their first two terms to test the waters. Sample courses from the humanities, social sciences, fine and performing arts, and languages and cultures. Students can discover subjects they weren’t exposed to in high school, or delve deeper into their favourite subject at the university level. Honours Arts will give students the critical thinking skills to analyze issues, make persuasive arguments, write well, and speak with conviction — skills that will serve them well along any career path. Study music in a program that offers students the flexibility to pursue their passions. The University of Waterloo offers instruction in more than 20 instruments, as well as vocal lessons. But that’s just the beginning.

Students will balance their study of performance, music theory, and music history with classes on the relationship between music and technology, gender, and peace. Students can unpack the psychology of music, or delve into pop, jazz, opera, film scores, and more.

Students can aim for a career as a performer, composer, teacher, recording technician, or music software developer, this program gives students the building blocks they need, and students can even orchestrate some experience before they graduate by enrolling in the co-op stream.