The following program requirements are under review. Please refer back to the online Academic Calendar ( www.westerncalendar.uwo.ca) in February 2012. 

The MRA program is a five-year, integrated program. Successful graduates of the program will receive a Bachelor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario and a two-year Ontario College Diploma in Music Industry Arts (MIA) from Fanshawe College.

Program Description

Year 1: 6.0 courses + Ensemble, UWO

Year 2: 6.0 courses + Ensemble, UWO

Year 3: MIA – Level 1, Fanshawe
MIA - Level 2, Fanshawe
1.5 courses, UWO

Year 4: 5.5 courses, UWO

Year 5: MIA – Level 3, Fanshawe
MIA – Level 4, Fanshawe
1.0 course, UWO

Admission Requirements
Applicants must meet the admission requirements for the Bachelor of Musical Arts (BMusA) program, which include an audition and an interview.

Up to ten students will be admitted to the collaborative Music Recording Arts (MRA) program each year. Students will apply for admission at the end of the second year of the BMusA program. Students will be evaluated for admission based on their academic standing by a joint committee from the two institutions. Attainment of minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission to the MRA program. Entry to the collaborative program is competitive. The joint admissions committee will review requests for Advanced Standing on a case-by-case basis.

Those students not offered a place in the MRA collaborative program may continue in the BMusA program, provided they meet academic progression requirements, or may apply to the Fanshawe College diploma program in Music Industry Arts.

Progression Requirements
Beginning in Year 3, students must maintain an overall weighted average of 70% with no more than 1.0 unsatisfactory course attempts in any given academic year.

Withdrawal
If, after Year 3, students wish to continue only in the BMusA program, they will be permitted to progress into the fourth year of the program provided they have met the progression requirements.

If, after Year 4, students wish to withdraw from either the Fanshawe or Western portions of the degree/diploma, they should consult their respective institution to determine which credits may be applied in a transfer to another program within one of the participating institutions.

BACHELOR OF MUSICAL ARTS

First Year

Music 0914 (if required), Music 1635A/B, 1636A/B, 1649A/B, 1650A/B, 1710F/G, 1711F/G, 1801A/B, 1920.
Ensemble: One, or more, of Music 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913.
0.5 course from the Faculty of Music.
1.0 course from a Faculty other than Music.

Second Year

Music 2635A/B, 2636A/B, 2649A/B, 2650A/B, 2710F/G, 2711F/G, 2920.
Ensemble: One or more of Music 2901, 2902, 2903, 2904, 2905, 2906, 2910, 2911, 2912, 2913.
1.0 course from the Faculty of Music.
1.0 course from a Faculty other than Music.

Third Year

1.5 courses at the 2000 level or above from the Faculty of Music.
1.0 course from a Faculty other than Music.
1.5 course from any Faculty.

Fourth Year

1.0 course at the 2000 level or above from the Faculty of Music.
1.5 courses from the Faculty of Music.
1.0 course from a Faculty other than Music.

Fifth Year

1.0 course from any Faculty.

Note: In the Bachelor of Musical Arts program, no more than 8.0 courses may be numbered 1000 to 1999.

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