Recognized as one of Canada's top jazz training institutions, CapU's Jazz Studies programs foster your abilities in jazz performance, composition and music education in the context of an enriched liberal arts education. If you plan to play, compose, teach, or move on to graduate studies, this unique Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies at Capilano University will put you in company with internationally successful performers, composers, and teachers. The two-year diploma comprises the first two years of the BMus and will give you the skills to develop a career as a self-employed music professional.

BC Secondary School graduation (Grade 12) or equivalent; or Mature Student status. A minimum grade point average of 2.0 (60%) calculated on English 12 or English 12 First Peoples and two academic Grade 12 courses. Capilano English Language Requirement for students whose primary language is not English: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): paper=560, internet=83, or English Language Assessment (ELA)=145, or International English Language Testing System (Academic IELTS)=6.5 overall, and no one score less than 6, or Canadian Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL)=70, or Pearson Test of English (PTE Academic)=56 or Capilano University EAP 100 and 101 with a minimum B+ grade in each course. Interview and audition. Auditions include performance, aural skills assessment, sight-reading assessment, and theory entrance exam.