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Unless otherwise specified, any music course that is not a required course in the student's program can be counted as a Free and/or Music Elective in the B.Mus. program subject to prerequisites, program restriction, and room in the course. Ensemble credits accumulated above the minimum may be applied as Free and/or Music Elective credits with limitations depending on the program. Students in a Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) or Licentiate in Music (L.Mus.) are not permitted to take courses with MUAR prefixes and use them as electives for the program.

In most B.Mus. programs, students are required to complete a minimum of nine (9) elective credits from non-music courses, i.e., courses offered by faculties other than the Schulich School of Music. Students should verify the elective requirement for their admitted program from the Schulich School of Music website as each program differs.

Exemptions

Students are exempt from six (6) non-Music elective credits if they hold one Diploma of College Studies (DCS; Diplôme d'études collégiales [DEC]) in Quebec, or twelve (12) non-Music elective credits if they hold two DCS/DEC, e.g., one in Music and another in Social Sciences.

Language Courses

The Schulich School of Music allows up to a maximum of twelve (12) credits of English Second Language (ESL) courses, including academic writing courses for non-anglophones, to students whose primary language is not English and have studied fewer than five years in an English-language secondary institution.

Placement tests are required for all ESL and French as a Second Language (FRSL) courses. For more information on placement tests, see mcgill.ca/mwc for ESL courses and mcgill.ca/flc for FRSL courses. Soon after the tests are evaluated, you will be issued a departmental approval for course registration.