Music Education (Combined BMus or BA/BEd) at University of Lethbridge

Programme overview

Develops musicians and music professionals through intensive studio work in performance, technical skills and theory, with 27 weeks of practical classroom experience focused on the teachable area.

Faculty: Faculty of Education | Department: Faculty of Fine Arts, Music (subject major) | Duration: 5 years (combined, 150 credit hours/50 courses); 2 years (After Degree) | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Fall and Winter | Location: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

What you will study

Performance on a chosen instrument, music theory, history, literature and ear training; sample courses include Music Ensemble, Music Studio and Music Education Technologies.

Career pathways

Educator, musician, composer/songwriter, conductor, music director, musicologist.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Combined degrees are direct entry meeting the non-education degree's requirements, GPA 2.0 for transfers. After Degree: approved undergraduate degree with GPA 2.0, Education 2500, teaching subject major GPA 2.0.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Undergraduate application deadlines are listed for the fall term and the winter term; the general application deadline for the fall term at the Lethbridge Campus is June 30, and the winter term application deadline at the Lethbridge Campus is November 1 (Calgary Campus: August 1 for fall, December 1 for winter).

Applications for the fall term open September 15 and winter term applications open January 15. Deadlines: fall term general deadline June 30 (Lethbridge Campus) and August 1 (Calgary Campus); international students June 15; Bachelor of Education (Combined, After Degrees and Early Years Education) February 1; Bachelor of Nursing and After-Degree March 1; Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation March 15; Bachelor of Health Sciences June 1; Bachelor of Music June 15. The undergraduate application fee is $140, waived for Canadian Indigenous students; applications are submitted through ApplyAlberta.

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