Why was the B.Mus. with Honours program in Music Technology cancelled?
The Music Technology students and faculty, as well as members of an external program review committee, all felt that there was not enough flexibility in the Faculty of Music programs to allow music technology Honours students to get the necessary background in other related fields (sciences and engineering) to be competitive at the graduate level. We also felt that if students want a job in the music technology sector (other than sound recording and production), they are probably better off getting a science or engineering degree and doing a specialization within a Music Technology Minor. As such we have designed the Musical Science and Technology (MST) Minor program oriented toward such science and engineering students. This will be complemented by a Musical Applications of Technology Minor specifically for music students wanting some training in the use of (but not development of) multimedia technologies.
