Courses

Admission Requirements

Applicants must meet all the requirements below in order to meet minimum program eligibility. Meeting minimum eligibility requirements does not guarantee an offer of admission. Admission decisions will be available via MyHumber, or by email and mail. Admission decisions will not be released by phone.

Admission selection is based on the following 4 requirements:

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  Academic

  To be eligible for admission, you must possess the following:

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent including these required courses:
    • Grade 12 English (ENG4C or ENG4U or equivalent)
    • Three Grade 11 or Grade 12 C, M or U courses in addition to those listed above

  or

  • Mature student status

  or

  • College or university transfer status

  Mature Applicants

  Diplomas and Certificates

  An applicant is considered a mature applicant if they have not completed secondary school or other postsecondary school, and will be 19 or older as of the first day of classes. Humber will invite you for testing to demonstrate that you meet all listed course requirements.

  Degrees

  An applicant is considered a mature applicant if they have not completed secondary school or attended postsecondary studies, and will be 21 or older as of the first day of classes. Mature applicants for degree programs will be required to meet course requirements at the U/M level or equivalent.

  College Transfer Applicants

  Diplomas and Certificates

  An applicant is considered a college transfer applicant if they have completed some or all of a college-level credential. Humber may use a combination of secondary school and/or college courses and grades to determine program eligibility.

  Degrees

  An applicant is considered a college transfer applicant if they have completed some or all of a college-level credential. Humber may use a combination of secondary school and/or college courses and grades to determine program eligibility. Applicants must have an overall minimum grade point average (GPA) of 65 per cent in the program. Applicants are required to disclose and provide academic transcripts for all course work completed at the postsecondary level.

  University Transfer Applicants

  Diplomas and Certificates

  An applicant is considered a university transfer applicant if they have completed some or all of a university-level credential. Humber may use a combination of secondary school and/or university courses and grades to determine program eligibility.

  Degrees

  An applicant is considered a university transfer applicant if they have completed some or all of a university-level credential. Humber may use a combination of secondary school and/or university courses and grades to determine program eligibility. Applicants are required to disclose and provide academic transcripts for all course work completed at the postsecondary level.

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  English Language Proficiency

  All applicants whose first language is not English must meet Humber’s English Language Proficiency Policy.

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  International Credit Evaluation

  Canadian citizens or permanent residents with international education are required to provide a credential evaluation. Note, for international High school education course by course evaluations, ICAS must be used. For international post-secondary education, a WES evaluation must be provided. In situations where you expect to apply for transfer credit, it is recommended that a course by course WES evaluation is completed.

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  Online Audition

  All applicants are required to upload an audition video that clearly demonstrates their current performance level on their major instrument. Audition requirements are detailed below. While auditions are assessed on a balance of the technical and song material presented, overall musicality and general ability are also considered as important elements in the selection process. 

  Guidelines:

  • The recording must be video with audio (audio-only recordings will not be accepted);
  • The overall sound on the recording should be at a reasonably good quality level and your instrument must be clearly heard throughout the recording;
  • You must be clearly visible on the recording at all times;
  • No editing of the recording is allowed, all material should be recorded in one session;
  • Open the recording with a very short statement on your reasons for wanting to study at Humber and your musical background (roughly 1 minute);
  • The entire audition video should not exceed 20 minutes.

  Video Recording should contain the following:

  Two prepared pieces: One of the pieces must be from the jazz idiom; the other one can be from any other idiom (including jazz). The performance of these pieces will be judged on the basis of technique, interpretation, performance skills and overall presentation.

  Note: You may use previously recorded accompaniment, although live accompaniment is definitely preferred. If you are proficient on an instrument and wish to accompany yourself, you may do so on one piece only.

  Improvisation: Improvisation on the jazz piece is recommended.

  Vocal exercises and scales: 

  1. Sing a major scale, unaccompanied, in any key, two octaves ascending and descending on the vowel "AH"
  2. Sing a harmonic minor scale, unaccompanied, in any key, one octave ascending and descending on the vowel "E"
  3. Sing an ascending chromatic scale unaccompanied on any vowel
     • Male voices - starting the octave below middle C. 
     • Female voices - starting on middle C
  4. Sing a one-octave arpeggio unaccompanied ascending and descending, legato on vowel “OH”
     • Male voices - starting on Bb a ninth below middle C.
     • Female voices - starting on Bb one tone below middle C
  5. Sing a one-octave arpeggio unaccompanied ascending and descending, staccato, on vowel ”AH”
     • Male voices -starting on D a seventh below middle C
     • Female voice -starting on D one tone above middle C
  6. To demonstrate your vocal range, sing a major scale from the lowest to the highest note of your range indicating on which note you started and stopped.

  Registration Instructions

  https://humber.ca/admissions/office-of-the-registrar/registration/registration-instructions.html

How to Apply

Applications are made through ontariocolleges.ca. See program page for details.

International Academic Equivalency

Admission equivalencies for Humber depend on your country of study. Please see admission requirements on the program page to enter your location.

Fees

Equipment & Device Requirements

Pathways

Humber offers a number of transfer options and pathway opportunities. Visit humber.ca/transferoptions or refer to the program page.

Contact Information

Program Specific Questions

Kelsley Grant, program co-ordinator
416.675.6622 ext. 3290
kelsley.grant@humber.ca

Admissions Questions

Domestic Students

416-675-5000
enquiry@humber.ca

International Students

Contact the International Centre

international.humber.ca/contact

1-416-675-5067

Every attempt is made to ensure that information contained on this website is current and accurate. Humber reserves the right to correct any error or omission, modify or cancel any course, program, fee, timetable or campus location at any time without prior notice or liability to users or any other Person.

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