Heritage and Culture — Concentration in Ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicology students do not require any prior musical training; however, there are performance courses available for practicing musicians. An ethnomusicology minor can be combined with any major offered. It may be paired with a major in a related discipline, such as folklore, anthropology, sociology, or Mi'kmaq studies, or paired with any other major, including Communication, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, or Psychology, for a broader, multi-disciplinary program.Students taking any ethnomusicology program at CBU must take three required courses: Experiencing Music, which develops listening and musical analysis skills, Musics of the World, which introduces a range of musics in diverse cultures, and Music and Culture, which introduces students to issues of particular interest in the discipline of ethnomusicology, such as the intersections between music and everyday life, migration, worship, dance, memory, identity, politics, and the music industry.

Field of study: Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics