Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

• 02 - Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies
• 50. - Visual and performing arts
• 50.09 - Music

50.0917 - Sound arts

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on sound as a form of cultural expression, and its relationship to other disciplines such as computer programming, performance, and video. These programs include courses in acoustics; arranging, composing, and editing music; music theory; musicology; orchestration and scoring; and sound design.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • computer-assisted sonic design
  • sound art
  • sound arts

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • computer-assisted scoring(50.0913)
  • music technology(50.0913)