Music (MUSI) Courses
Note: the majority of courses are open to non-Majors; students are advised to consult the Discipline. Priority is given to Music students.
MUSI 5000 [0.5 credit]
Music and Cultural Theory I: Intellectual Histories
Major intellectual trends relevant to cultural theory and their application to the study of music. Topics may include: Marxism and critical theory, anthropological and sociological theory, philosophical aesthetics, psychoanalysis, feminism and gender theory, post-colonial studies, and cultural studies.
Music and Cultural Theory I: Intellectual Histories
Major intellectual trends relevant to cultural theory and their application to the study of music. Topics may include: Marxism and critical theory, anthropological and sociological theory, philosophical aesthetics, psychoanalysis, feminism and gender theory, post-colonial studies, and cultural studies.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for MUSI 5001 (no longer offered).
Precludes additional credit for MUSI 5001 (no longer offered).
MUSI 5002 [0.5 credit]
Research Methods in Music and Culture
The research process, including the phases of conceptualization, gathering of sources, and writing up the completed research. Topics include: issues related to applying interdisciplinary methodologies to musical objects of study, conducting ethnographic research and writing for scholarly publications, conference presentations, and grant applications.
Research Methods in Music and Culture
The research process, including the phases of conceptualization, gathering of sources, and writing up the completed research. Topics include: issues related to applying interdisciplinary methodologies to musical objects of study, conducting ethnographic research and writing for scholarly publications, conference presentations, and grant applications.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5003 [0.5 credit]
Intellectual Histories and Current Directions in Music and Culture
Major intellectual trends and selected contemporary debates within cultural theory and their application to the study of music. The focus will be on a limited range of topics and debates selected by the instructor for in-depth discussion and analysis.
Intellectual Histories and Current Directions in Music and Culture
Major intellectual trends and selected contemporary debates within cultural theory and their application to the study of music. The focus will be on a limited range of topics and debates selected by the instructor for in-depth discussion and analysis.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5004 [0.5 credit]
Music and Cultural Theory II: Current Debates
Selected debates within contemporary theory and culture and their relevance to music. The focus will be on a limited range of debates and issues selected by the instructor for in-depth discussion and analysis. Topics will vary from year to year.
Music and Cultural Theory II: Current Debates
Selected debates within contemporary theory and culture and their relevance to music. The focus will be on a limited range of debates and issues selected by the instructor for in-depth discussion and analysis. Topics will vary from year to year.
MUSI 5006 [0.5 credit]
Music and Identity
Music as a medium for the construction and maintenance of cultural identities, including the relationship between music and traditional cultures, geography, the nation state, urban subcultures, gender and sexuality, race, class, and ethnicity.
Music and Identity
Music as a medium for the construction and maintenance of cultural identities, including the relationship between music and traditional cultures, geography, the nation state, urban subcultures, gender and sexuality, race, class, and ethnicity.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5007 [0.5 credit]
Music and Visual Culture
The relationships between musical and visual cultures, including traditional arts, fine art painting, film, television, and digital gaming and interactive media, and the ways in which meanings are dependent upon the various connections between them.
Music and Visual Culture
The relationships between musical and visual cultures, including traditional arts, fine art painting, film, television, and digital gaming and interactive media, and the ways in which meanings are dependent upon the various connections between them.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5008 [0.5 credit]
Technologies of Music
The role that technologies, including musical instruments, notation, sound recording, and digital media, play in the concepts and practices associated with music. Topics include: technology as material culture, technology and musical practices, and the increasing importance of technology in contemporary music and culture.
Technologies of Music
The role that technologies, including musical instruments, notation, sound recording, and digital media, play in the concepts and practices associated with music. Topics include: technology as material culture, technology and musical practices, and the increasing importance of technology in contemporary music and culture.
MUSI 5009 [0.5 credit]
Music, Meaning and Representation
Theories of meaning and representation as applied to music. Major source traditions and critiques to be considered include: semiotics and structuralism, analytic philosophy, formalism, cognitive theory, and post-structuralism.
Music, Meaning and Representation
Theories of meaning and representation as applied to music. Major source traditions and critiques to be considered include: semiotics and structuralism, analytic philosophy, formalism, cognitive theory, and post-structuralism.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5011 [0.5 credit]
Music and Social Institutions
Historical relationships between music and society, including that of Western art music to sacred and secular institutions; the rise of the cultural industries (sound recording, radio and film); the relationship of science, the arts, and the academy; and state policies of arts funding and multiculturalism.
Music and Social Institutions
Historical relationships between music and society, including that of Western art music to sacred and secular institutions; the rise of the cultural industries (sound recording, radio and film); the relationship of science, the arts, and the academy; and state policies of arts funding and multiculturalism.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5013 [0.5 credit]
Music and Performance
Music as a form of social practice rooted in traditions of performance. The variable, multimodal character of music as understood through theories of performance and gesture drawn from the histories and literatures of music, theatre, and dance (in art, popular, and non-Western forms).
Music and Performance
Music as a form of social practice rooted in traditions of performance. The variable, multimodal character of music as understood through theories of performance and gesture drawn from the histories and literatures of music, theatre, and dance (in art, popular, and non-Western forms).
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5015 [0.5 credit]
Music, Migration and Diaspora in Canada
Issues of anthropological, sociological, and analytical significance are examined in the context of selected developments in folklore and ethnomusicological research on Canadian traditions.
Music, Migration and Diaspora in Canada
Issues of anthropological, sociological, and analytical significance are examined in the context of selected developments in folklore and ethnomusicological research on Canadian traditions.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for MUSI 5101 (no longer offered).
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as MUSI 4103, for which additional credit is precluded.
Precludes additional credit for MUSI 5101 (no longer offered).
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as MUSI 4103, for which additional credit is precluded.
MUSI 5016 [0.5 credit]
First Peoples Music in Canada
The context and significance of musical expressions of selected Canadian Indigenous groups and the contributions of individuals in the creation of music and meaning in First Peoples' communities.
First Peoples Music in Canada
The context and significance of musical expressions of selected Canadian Indigenous groups and the contributions of individuals in the creation of music and meaning in First Peoples' communities.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for MUSI 5102 (no longer offered).
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as MUSI 4104, for which additional credit is precluded.
Precludes additional credit for MUSI 5102 (no longer offered).
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as MUSI 4104, for which additional credit is precluded.
MUSI 5017 [0.5 credit]
Music and Globalization
Music’s role in the multifaceted and complex processes of globalization. Drawing on case studies of “world musics” this course explores how sound and music negotiate histories of post/colonialism, cultural and economic imperialism, and constructions of sameness and difference in “world music" contexts.
Music and Globalization
Music’s role in the multifaceted and complex processes of globalization. Drawing on case studies of “world musics” this course explores how sound and music negotiate histories of post/colonialism, cultural and economic imperialism, and constructions of sameness and difference in “world music" contexts.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as MUSI 4304, for which additional credit is precluded.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as MUSI 4304, for which additional credit is precluded.
MUSI 5018 [0.5 credit]
Music and Social Justice
This course explores the varied roles that music has played—and continues to play—as an agent of positive social change, offering students innovative opportunities to reflect/act on the relationships between music and human rights and to forge connections between academic work and struggles for social justice.
Music and Social Justice
This course explores the varied roles that music has played—and continues to play—as an agent of positive social change, offering students innovative opportunities to reflect/act on the relationships between music and human rights and to forge connections between academic work and struggles for social justice.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5019 [0.5 credit]
Music and Communities
An exploration of various community music practices, theories and priorities. Topics include community music-making in relation to human participation and interaction, musical leadership and facilitation, and Community Music as a scholarly area of inquiry.
Music and Communities
An exploration of various community music practices, theories and priorities. Topics include community music-making in relation to human participation and interaction, musical leadership and facilitation, and Community Music as a scholarly area of inquiry.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5020 [0.5 credit]
Sound Studies
Engage in the humanistic study of sound in its social, aesthetic, physiological, and technological dimensions. Topics may include acoustics, listening, sound art, soundscape ecology, noise, and sonic futures.
Sound Studies
Engage in the humanistic study of sound in its social, aesthetic, physiological, and technological dimensions. Topics may include acoustics, listening, sound art, soundscape ecology, noise, and sonic futures.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5021 [0.5 credit]
Improvisation Studies
Examines improvisation as a musical and social process, and as a site for community building, identity formation, civic dialogue, and political action. Topics include improvisation in relation to history/historiography, race, gender, sexuality, pedagogy, and disability studies.
Improvisation Studies
Examines improvisation as a musical and social process, and as a site for community building, identity formation, civic dialogue, and political action. Topics include improvisation in relation to history/historiography, race, gender, sexuality, pedagogy, and disability studies.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5022 [0.5 credit]
Music and Disability
The varied and complex intersections between music and disability in the past and present. Topics include disability and musical creation and performance, representations of disability in classical and popular music, and music and non-visible and cognitive disabilities.
Music and Disability
The varied and complex intersections between music and disability in the past and present. Topics include disability and musical creation and performance, representations of disability in classical and popular music, and music and non-visible and cognitive disabilities.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5023 [0.5 credit]
Music and Ethnography in Ottawa
In this course students explore issues and practices in ethnographic music research through an individual project based in the city Ottawa and/or neighbouring community. Topics explored include research ethics, project design, interviewing techniques, field notes, participant observation and researcher positionality.
Music and Ethnography in Ottawa
In this course students explore issues and practices in ethnographic music research through an individual project based in the city Ottawa and/or neighbouring community. Topics explored include research ethics, project design, interviewing techniques, field notes, participant observation and researcher positionality.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as MUSI 4102, for which additional credit is precluded.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as MUSI 4102, for which additional credit is precluded.
MUSI 5024 [0.5 credit]
Music and Media
The intersections of diverse musics and musical styles with audio and audiovisual media from academic, analytical, historical and critical perspectives. Topics may include music for film, television, and video games, music video, and broadcast and recorded music.
Music and Media
The intersections of diverse musics and musical styles with audio and audiovisual media from academic, analytical, historical and critical perspectives. Topics may include music for film, television, and video games, music video, and broadcast and recorded music.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5200 [0.5 credit]
Special Topics in Music and Cultural Theory
Selected topics focusing on aspects of music and cultural theory not available in regular program offerings. Topic will vary from year to year.
Special Topics in Music and Cultural Theory
Selected topics focusing on aspects of music and cultural theory not available in regular program offerings. Topic will vary from year to year.
MUSI 5201 [0.5 credit]
Special Topics in Music Genres
Selected topics focusing on specific genres of music not available in regular program offerings. Topic will vary from year to year.
Special Topics in Music Genres
Selected topics focusing on specific genres of music not available in regular program offerings. Topic will vary from year to year.
MUSI 5300 [0.5 credit]
Practicum in Music
Academically informed practical experience in music-specific projects such as music recording, librarianship, concert management, research, multimedia creation at local institutions. A maximum of 1.0 credit of practicum may be used in fulfilment of M.A. requirements.
Practicum in Music
Academically informed practical experience in music-specific projects such as music recording, librarianship, concert management, research, multimedia creation at local institutions. A maximum of 1.0 credit of practicum may be used in fulfilment of M.A. requirements.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School.
MUSI 5400 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Performance
Advanced study for voice or instrument in classical, traditional or popular idioms. The course requires a lecture-recital arranged in consultation with the Graduate Supervisor and the Supervisor of Performance Studies. This course is non-repeatable.
Advanced Studies in Performance
Advanced study for voice or instrument in classical, traditional or popular idioms. The course requires a lecture-recital arranged in consultation with the Graduate Supervisor and the Supervisor of Performance Studies. This course is non-repeatable.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): Proposal, audition, enrolment in the MA program and permission of the Graduate Supervisor and Supervisor of Performance Studies.
Individual instruction on a bi-weekly basis. 0.5 credit for full year course.
Prerequisite(s): Proposal, audition, enrolment in the MA program and permission of the Graduate Supervisor and Supervisor of Performance Studies.
Individual instruction on a bi-weekly basis. 0.5 credit for full year course.
MUSI 5401 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Composition
Advanced study in composition in classical, jazz or popular idioms. The student will be required to assemble a portfolio of work as a final project for the course. This course is non-repeatable.
Advanced Studies in Composition
Advanced study in composition in classical, jazz or popular idioms. The student will be required to assemble a portfolio of work as a final project for the course. This course is non-repeatable.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): Proposal, portfolio of compositions, enrolment in the MA program, and permission of the Graduate Supervisor.
Individual instruction on a bi-weekly basis. 0.5 credit for a full year course.
Prerequisite(s): Proposal, portfolio of compositions, enrolment in the MA program, and permission of the Graduate Supervisor.
Individual instruction on a bi-weekly basis. 0.5 credit for a full year course.
MUSI 5900 [0.5 credit]
Directed Readings and Research
Course designed to permit students to pursue research on topics in music and culture chosen in consultation with a member of the faculty. A maximum of 1.0 credit of directed studies may be used in fulfilment of M.A. requirements.
Directed Readings and Research
Course designed to permit students to pursue research on topics in music and culture chosen in consultation with a member of the faculty. A maximum of 1.0 credit of directed studies may be used in fulfilment of M.A. requirements.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School.
MUSI 5908 [1.0 credit]
Research Essay
Research Essay
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
MUSI 5909 [2.0 credits]
M.A. Thesis
M.A. Thesis
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Note: Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca.
Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca