Program Requirements
The B.Mus.; Minor in Applied Performance Sciences is an introduction to key topics in performance science and how they are applied to music practice, performance, creation, and education. The program offers opportunities to explore new intersections between music and applied sciences by examining topics related to optimal performance, healthy playing and singing, as well as physical, psychological, and social determinants in music development, learning, and performance, and applied research approaches. This program focuses on developing scientific awareness and applying scientific knowledge to music learning, performing, and teaching practices.
Required Courses (12 credits)
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MUGT 205 Psychology of Music (3 credits)
Overview
General Music Techniques : Introduction to the discipline of psychology ofmusic. Topics include: musical development across the life course; the development of musical expertise; emotional responses to music; musical identity; music perception and cognition; and the link between music, healthand wellbeing.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
This is an inquiry-based course, offered in a blended format combining in person and online (synchronous and asynchronous) activities.
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MUGT 350 Introduction to Applied Research in Music (3 credits)
Overview
General Music Techniques : Introduction to applied research in music performance sciences. Topics include: approaches to research in music performance sciences (participatory, communityfocused, pragmatic, quantitative and qualitative), types of research and the research design process in relation to relevant topics in music performance sciences (e.g., optimal performance, performer wellness, careers in music). Foundational research skills will be covered, including identifying problems and formulating relevant questions, decoding scientific language, engaging with ethics, examining research applications to performing practice.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restrictions: Only open to U2 students or above.
The course is offered in a blended format combining in person and online (synchronous and asynchronous) activities.
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MUGT 405 The Musician's Performing Body (3 credits)
Overview
General Music Techniques : The role of the main anatomical bodily systems (e.g., nervous, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory, endocrine, nutrition, stress, energy expenditure, and hearing) and associated physiological concepts, including scholarly understanding and application of scientific evidence in music learning, performing, and teaching.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Cossette, Isabelle (Winter)
Restrictions: Open only to U2 students or above. Not open to students who have taken MUGT475 when topic was ‘The Musician’s Body.’
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MUPG 300 Music Performance Strategies (3 credits)
Overview
Performance : Exploration of topics and strategies to optimizepractice and performance. Topics include:individual characteristics and habits inperformance and practice, stress and anxietymodels & theories, physiological response,coping strategies and skills (e.g., mental imagery,time management, goal setting,attention/concentration, relaxation andmeditation).
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Cossette, Isabelle (Fall)
Restriction(s): Only open to B.Mus. students in U2 or above, or with permission from the instructor.
Complementary Courses (6 credits)
Special Projects:
3 credits from:
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MUGT 475 Special Project (3 credits) *
Overview
General Music Techniques : A student may engage in an individual research project with the approval of the Departmental Chair and under appropriate supervision.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Mativetsky, Shawn (Winter)
Restrictions (s): Departmental approval required
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MUPD 475 Special Project: Professional Development 3 (3 credits) *
Overview
Music Professional Development : Special project in professional development.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Music students must complete a Special Project Proposal Form available from the Music Student Affairs Office and submit it to the Chair of the student's department for approval. This course will be counted towards Music and/or Free Electives in B.Mus. programs.
Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair and Associate Dean (Student and Academic Affairs).
Restrictions: Open to Music students after completing 30 credits of a 90-credit program or 45 credits of a 120-credit program; minimum CGPA 3.00.
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MUPG 475 Special Project in Performance (3 credits) *
Overview
Performance : For details, contact the Department of Performance.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Miller, Elizaveta; Hansen, Patrick (Fall) Hansen, Patrick (Winter)
Interdisciplinary courses
3 credits from:
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EDKP 250 Introductory Principles in Applied Kinesiology (3 credits)
Overview
Kinesiology&Physical Education : A combination of lectures and practical demonstrations in applied kinesiology.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Scheede, Celena (Fall)
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EDKP 292 Nutrition and Wellness (3 credits)
Overview
Kinesiology&Physical Education : This course will examine the role of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water in a balanced diet. Students will be introduced to the affects of nutrition on exercise, sport performance and wellness. The validity of claims concerning nutrient supplements will be studied.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Plourde, Hugues; Blunden, Sarah (Fall)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EDKP 392
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EDKP 293 Anatomy and Physiology (3 credits)
Overview
Kinesiology&Physical Education : Basic foundations of structural, neuromuscular and visceral anatomy extending to the basic elements of the neuromuscular, circulatory and respiratory systems with emphasis on applications in instructional and coaching settings.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Saboune, Jinan (Fall)
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MUPG 296 Acting for Voice (1 credit)
Overview
Performance : Acting methods focused on improvisation, open scenes, and script analysis, including Laban theory and character development based on environments, relationships, objectives, obstacles, tactics and stakes.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Patterson, Jonathan (Fall)
1 hour
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MUPG 297 Movement for Voice (1 credit)
Overview
Performance : Critical awareness of the body in space, interpersonal and intrapersonal knowledge of one's own spine, torso, and extremities and their function in movement as well as stillness. Methods may include Feldenkreis, period dance, Tai Chi and/or Alexander Technique.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Patterson, Jonathan (Fall)
1 hour
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MUPG 563 Topics in Performance 1 (1 credit) **
Overview
Performance : Selected topics in performance.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Gaudry, Danielle (Fall) Gaudry, Danielle (Winter)
1. Prerequisites and restrictions may apply depending on topic.
2.Topics vary from year-to-year.
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MUPG 564 Topics in Performance 2 (2 credits) **
Overview
Performance : Selected topics in performance.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Fall) Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Winter)
1. Prerequisites and restrictions may apply depending on topic.
2. Topics vary from year-to-year,
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MUPG 565 Topics in Performance 3 (3 credits) **
Overview
Performance : Selected topics in performance.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Hollenbeck, John; Pilc, Jean-Michel; Coleman, Ira; Green, Darrell (Winter)
1. Prerequisites and restrictions may apply depending on topic.
2. Topics vary from year-to-year.
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PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Introduction to the scientific study of mind and behavior, including basic concepts and methods in psychology while also highlighting the relevance of psychology to everyday life; attachment, aggression, depression, parenting and personality change.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Tchalova, Kristina (Fall)
Fall
2 lectures; 1 conference
Restriction: Not open to students who have passed an Introductory Psychology course in CEGEP: 350-101 or 350-102 or equivalent
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PSYC 204 Introduction to Psychological Statistics (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : The statistical analysis of research data; frequency distributions; graphic representation; measures of central tendency and variability; elementary sampling theory and tests of significance.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Kreitewolf, Jens (Fall) Kreitewolf, Jens (Winter)
Fall and Winter
Restriction: Not open to students who have passed a CEGEP statistics course(s) with a minimum grade of 75%: Mathematics 201-307 or 201-337 or equivalent or the combination of Quantitative Methods 300 with Mathematics 300
This course is a prerequisite for PSYC 305, PSYC 406, PSYC 310, PSYC 336
You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
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PSYC 311 Human Cognition and the Brain (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : The course is an introduction to the field studying how human cognitive processes, such as perception, attention, language, learning and memory, planning and organization, are related to brain processes. The material covered is primarily based on studies of the effects of different brain lesions on cognition and studies of brain activity in relation to cognitive processes with modern functional neuroimaging methods.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Masset, Paul (Fall)
Fall
2 lectures; 1 conference
** When topic is relevant to applied performance sciences.
