This course will focus on combinatorics. Topics will be selected by the instructor and will vary from year to year.

This course introduces students to combinatorial games, two-player (matrix) games, Nash equilibrium, cooperative games, and multi-player games. Possible additional topics include: repeated (stochastic) games, auctions, voting schemes and Arrow's paradox. Numerous examples will be analyzed in depth, to offer insight into the mathematical theory and its relation to real-life situations.

Manifolds, vector fields, tangent spaces, vector bundles, differential forms, integration on manifolds.

A significant project in any area of mathematics. The project may be undertaken individually or in small groups. This course is offered by arrangement with a mathematics faculty member. This course may be taken in any session and the project must be completed by the last day of classes in the session in which it is taken.

A significant project in any area of mathematics. The project may be undertaken individually or in small groups. This course is offered by arrangement with a mathematics faculty member. This course may be taken in any session and the project must be completed by the last day of classes in the session in which it is taken.

Independent study under direction of a faculty member.

Independent study under direction of a faculty member.

Students will learn and practice a variety of techniques relating to orchestral and choral composition and arranging. Essential concepts relating to clefs and pitch range will be taught, as well as compositional principles and techniques such as voice leading and counterpoint. An emphasis will be placed on honing creativity and applying a variety of non-Western musical influences. Students will be able to apply the material learned in this course to all other courses relating to music creation.

Students will apply concepts learned during the first two years of the program to the creation and performance of advanced multi-part vocal arrangements. A variety of methods of vocal arranging will be explored, and performance techniques such as balancing, diction, breath control, projection, and dynamics will be applied to the execution of the created arrangements.

In this course students explore a variety of topics relating to songwriting. Advanced techniques relating to melody, lyric, and chord writing will be discussed and applied creatively to original songs. This course is taught at Centennial College.

This course will prepare students to become professional performers that meet and exceed audience expectations. From the perspective of an "indie" musician, students will learn how to perform in line with contemporary standards of excellence and entertainment.

This course will introduce students to live and studio sound by giving them hands-on experience on equipment in a professional recording studio. This course is taught at Centennial College.

Students will develop a foundational knowledge of the music industry that will serve as a base for all other music business-related courses. Students will be introduced to the terminology, history, infrastructure, and careers of the music industry. Students will be introduced to fundamental areas of business management. Legal issues and the future of the music industry will also be discussed. All material will be taught from a uniquely Canadian perspective.

Students will learn how to earn a sustainable full-time living as a self-employed musician and creative professional. Topics covered include grant writing, publishing, licensing, contracts, and copyright. Students will also learn some basic accounting and marketing skills. The course will provide students with a foundation for courses in the Music Creation and Business track and for the pursuit of a music career.

Students will learn how to apply principles and values relating to global citizenship and equity to the music industry. Issues relating to women, visible minorities, and members of the LBGT+ community in the music industry will be explored as students consider ways they can act as catalysts for positive change. Students will also learn about recent and upcoming political, economic, social and technological changes that affect the music industry of the present and future.

This course will train students for the role of live sound engineer. Students will learn how to setup, operate, take down, maintain, and store all components of a live sound system. Other topics to be discussed include acoustics, sound tests, working with performers, and career options.

This course focuses specifically on sound mixing and editing – all stages of post-production. Students will learn how to work efficiently with a variety of different musical content. This course will help students with regard to software proficiency, and to develop a producer's ear. This course is taught at Centennial College.

This course focuses on a variety of techniques for achieving the best possible sound quality during the sound recording process. Topics discussed include acoustics, microphone selection and placement, drum tuning, guitar and bass amplifiers, preamplifiers, and dynamics processors. This course will help prepare students for work as recording studio engineers, and to be self-sufficient when outputting recorded works as a composer/musician. This course is taught at Centennial College.

Students will learn how to successfully run a professional recording studio session by assuming a leadership role as audio engineer and producer, and by synthesizing techniques relating to audio production and recording, audio mixing and editing, and audio consoles. This experiential course will also provide opportunities for students to exercise and develop troubleshooting and critical thinking skills that are necessary in a recording studio. Students will also learn about studio equipment and maintenance in ways that build on prior courses.

Students will explore a variety of techniques associated with creating a professional mastered stereo mix. Students will learn how to use various digital and analog tools during the mastering process in order to create final stereo mixes that reflect industry practices and standards.

Students will learn how to mix audio for projects associated with video games and virtual reality (VR). Students will explore techniques for recording sound that accompanies video filmed by a 360-degree camera, and how to effectively use a variety of software programs and tools associated with gaming and VR.

This course will delve deeper into the overlapping areas of copyright, royalties, licensing, and publishing. These topics will be discussed from an agency perspective. Students will learn about the processes and activities that occur at publishing and licensing agencies in order to prepare for careers at such businesses. This course is taught at Centennial College.

Students will explore a variety of strategies and techniques relating to music marketing. An emphasis will be placed on social media, the most important growth area in music marketing. Students will develop the computer and Internet savvy necessary to engage in music marketing and social media practices.

Students will delve deeper into a variety of topics relating to working in the music industry. Topics include grant writing, bookkeeping, contracts, and the future of the music industry. Students will be taught how to be innovative, flexible team players in a rapidly changing industry. This course is taught at Centennial College.

Students will learn about the activities and strategies of artist managers and promoters. After discussing industry practices and key businesses of the past and present, students will gain hands-on experience by providing managerial services for artists and organizing and promoting musical events. This will provide students with valuable training that they can apply to a career as a manager, promoter, or professional artist.

Students will learn how to apply their knowledge of a variety of music cultures and their training in licensing and copyright to a career as a music supervisor or consultant. After discussing techniques, processes, and career options, students will engage in a number of projects involving the pairing of visual media with music. Such projects will give students hands-on training and experience related to jobs as music supervisors and consultants.

This course will teach students how to write about music for the popular press and how to write a personal bio they can use. After discussing the career options associated with music journalism, students will engage in a variety of writing projects including album reviews, concert reviews, artist profiles, "Q & A" pieces, news stories along with bios and press releases for press kits. This course will nurture creative writing that can be applied to a variety of music-related careers.

This course will serve as a culmination of everything that students have learned relating to the music industry by applying a variety of concepts toward the early development independent recording artists’ careers. Students will work on the development of their own careers as artists and the burgeoning careers of other emerging artists.

This course will equip students with practical tools necessary to successfully acquire a field placement (in the short term) and a sustainable full-time music career (in the long term). Students will engage in reflective practice on their experience in the Specialist (Joint) program in Music Industry and Technology in order to identify their greatest strengths and determine the best career path to pursue. Students will then be guided through each step of the field placement acquisition process, thereby gaining valuable experience useful for pursuing a full-time career after graduation.

In this course, students will engage in a six-week field placement. Students will take courses for the first 8 weeks of the semester and then in the last 6 weeks they will do their field placement. This field placement will allow students to apply what they have learned in the Specialist (Joint) program in Music Industry and Technology in a real-life work setting. This will enable students to gain valuable work experience, network with possible future employers and collaborators, and refine their career goals.