Bachelor of Music (Honours)

The Bachelor of Music (Honours) is a four-year performance-focused degree, and Humber’s music program has a long-standing reputation in Canadian jazz and contemporary music education.

Training covers principal instrument study and applied lessons, ensemble performance across small and large groups, music theory and harmony, ear training and sight reading, arranging and composition, improvisation, music history and repertoire studies, recording and production technology, and the music business — royalties, publishing, licensing, contracts and self-management. Performance and ensemble work is continuous rather than occasional.

Note that admission to music programs normally involves an audition or portfolio review in addition to academic requirements. The music business content is what makes the degree defensible as a career investment: performers who understand rights, royalties and self-promotion build sustainable careers where equally capable players do not.

The work placement is a graded part of the program, so you finish with documented Canadian experience and a referee rather than only a transcript.

Humber Polytechnic — formerly Humber College — is Ontario’s largest public college and a Designated Learning Institution (DLI O19376943122). The Lakeshore campus sits on the shore of Lake Ontario in south Etobicoke, next to Colonel Samuel Smith Park, and is home to Humber’s business degrees, media and creative arts, and social and community services programs. Heritage buildings, a residence opened in 2024 and a free shuttle to the North campus make it the most distinctive of Humber’s sites.

Its field maps to CIP 50.0901 (Music). Because this is a degree, graduates are exempt from the November 2024 PGWP field-of-study restriction that applies to college credentials. Full-time on-campus study and graduation remain the conditions, and IRCC makes the final decision.