This program responds to the growing need of Lebanese society, which is inherent in music-related professions.

It is, for the Music Therapy Concentration, about the adjunct care sector in neurology and psychiatry, using musical listening, and music practice, while in Lebanon, the music-therapist profession is in a promising phase. Graduates of this program shall become musical experts, especially music therapist auxiliaries. These trades are to be carried out in treatment centers.

To do so, students must improve their expertise at an advanced level in the following three areas:

• Knowledge:
  - Knowledge in historical musicology;
  - Knowledge in systematical musicology; and
  - Knowledge in psychology and didactics.
  
  
• Expertise:
  - musical auditory expertise;
  - musical reading;
  - musical memorization;
  - individual musical practice; and
  - collective musical practice.
  
  
• Soft-skills:
  - Verbal and musical, written and oral communication;
  - Critical thinking;
  - Scientific rigor;
  - Ethical correctness; and
  - friendliness in diversity.

All the programs at the Faculty of Music and Musicology are aimed at students with variable musical skills. The concentrations focus on a variety of predispositions and penchants, from the pedagogical and psychological (Music Education Sciences and Music Therapy,) the technical (Media and Technology,) the scientific (Music Traditions,) or the first-rate artistic performance (Arab Art Music and European Art Music) to the desire to pursue academic learning in higher education.

Conditions of admission are:

• validation of the Lebanese baccalaureate in all of its programs, including a musical technical baccalaureate (the latter requires the validation of two remedial bridging courses totaling six additional credits); and
  
  
• demonstration of core practical musical skills, by validating preparatory level of Western music ear training (if not applicable, a remedial program is scheduled for the first semester of studies).

Educational practices are classified into:

• collective scientific courses of musicology, music education sciences and music therapy delivered as lectures, while resorting, at the same time, to ancillary and diverse learning strategies, including group work and preparation of literature reviews, synthesis reports, and presentations by students based on the information and communication technologies (ICT) in education;
  
  
• introductory course to documentation and computer music, which combines an introduction to research logic with an emphasis on the researcher's deontological ethics with practical learning of essential software use of text and database processing, musical notation and sound recording;
  
  
• music (Levantine and Western) and harmony training courses which combine ear training with musical listening, memorization, collective singing, collective and individual solfeggio reading and musical dictation, while making use of the information and communication technologies (ICT) in education;
  
  
• training courses in musical awakening (Levantine and Western), of an efficient nature, which make use of a multitude of music pedagogical exercises aimed at equipping the future educators from amongst the students;
  
  
• supervision of students’ internship in music education;
  
  
• group music lessons, intended for the learning of musical practice (Oriental or Western) as a group;
  
  
• individual music instruction courses aimed at the development of students enrolled in the Arab Art Music or European Art Music concentrations in terms of high-end instrumental or vocal learning;
  
  
• oral communication skills (French, English or Arabic), enabling students to improve their language communication skills, knowing that the core language of teaching at the Faculty of Music and Musicology is Arabic;
  
  
• Citizenship and Ethics courses, generally provided as part of joint university education, delivered as lectures, while resorting, at the same time, to ancillary and diverse learning strategies, including group work and preparation of literature reviews, synthesis reports, and presentations by students based on the information and communication technologies (ICT) in education;
  
  
• Computer music and sound technology courses, taught to the students of the Music, Technology, and Media department by the Faculty of Information and Communication, using the teaching standards and approaches specific to this faculty.

It is noteworthy to mention in this context that the students of MGT, SEM, MTM, and MTP concentrations are required to attend one-on-one non-degree individual music instruction courses (at the Antonine School of Music or in another academic setting.) These courses will contribute to the certification, before graduation, of the preparatory piano level and level three of individual musical practice, instrumental or vocal, whether oriental or occidental. Transcripts of the validity of these levels are mandatory for the diploma.


Besides, they must engage assiduously in the weekly practice of group music lessons, without paying any fees for group music lessons, which have been previously validated. Attendance reporting for these courses is required for graduation for at least two semesters.

The system for assessing students' achievement of course learning outcomes is based on the evaluation components as follows, depending on the types of courses taught:

• Theoretical courses A of mainly lecture-based teaching leading to a cumulative assessment of four evaluative components, as follows:
  - Component 1, with 20%: continuous evaluation (classroom activities, tests, assignments, oral presentations, etc.)
  - Component 2, with 20%: Test 1 (Written test of 30 minutes.)
  - Component 3, with 20%: Test 2 (Written test of 30 minutes.)
  - Component 4, with 40%: Final exam (anonymous test taken at the end of the semester.)
  
  
• Theoretical courses B of mainly lecture-based teaching leading to a cumulative assessment of four evaluative components, as follows:
  - Component 1, with 20%: continuous evaluation (classroom activities, tests, assignments, oral presentations, etc.)
  - Component 2, with 20%: Test 1 (Written test of 30 minutes.)
  - Component 3, with 20%: Test 2 (Written test of 30 minutes.)
  - Componet 4, with 40%: Final exam (anonymous test taken at the end of the semester.)
  
  
• Musical awakening course, and introduction to office automation and documentation course leading to a cumulative assessment of four evaluative components, as follows:
  
  - Component 1, with 20%.
  - Component 2, with 30%.
  - Component 3, with 20%.
  - Component 4, with 30%.
  
  
• Courses of occidental musical training, Mashriqi musical training, and harmony, leading to a cumulative evaluation consisting of six evaluative components, as follows:
  - Component 1, with 10%.
  - Component 2, with 10%.
  - Component 3, summary, with 30%.
  - Component 4, with 10%.
  - Component 5 with 10%.
  - Component 6, summary, with 30%.
  
  
• The internships are evaluated by the supervising teacher as follows:
  - Component 1, evaluation of internship participation, with 30%;
  - Component 2, evaluation of placement learning outcomes, with 30%;
  - Component 3, evaluation of the placement report with 40%.
  
  
• Individual musical practice courses shall be evaluated by the teacher and a Board of Examiners as follows:
  - Component 1, continuous assessment, with 60%;
  - Component 2, assessment by the Board of Examiners, with 40%.
  
  
• Collective musical practice courses evaluated as follows:
  - Component 1, continuous assessment, with 60%;
  - Component 2, evaluation following participation in a concert, with 40%.
  
  

Communication courses give rise to assessments for this type of course in compliance with the general evaluation framework in place at the Antonine University (UA) level. The classes of communication in Arabic are based on their decomposition on music awakening courses.

The elective courses chosen from the course offerings of the other UA departments shall be assessed in the existing framework implemented by the departments offering these courses.

The passing grade for all courses in the undergraduate is set at 60/100.

Grading
The scoring of results and the conditions for graduation differs between:

• The students under the academic system without GPA (cohorts enrolled for the first time in BA before September 2019 and not concerned by the calculation of the GPA); and
• The students covered by the academic system with GPA (cohorts enrolled for the first time in BA from September 2019 and concerned by the calculation of the GPA.)

The main difference involves the taking into consideration of the calculation of the Grade Point Average or GPA for the graduation of students under the academic system with GPA; the GPA does not consider the graduation of students under the academic regime without GPA.

The result obtained by a student enrolled in a given course appears as a numerical notation of 100 on the Student Information System (SIS).

In the case of students under the academic regime with GPA, this result is translated into the SIS and the transcripts into the alphabetical ranking.

Graduation Requirements
Graduation requirements vary between

• Students under the academic regime without GPA (cohorts registered for the first time in a bachelor's degree before September 2019 and concerned with the calculation of the GPA); and
• Students under the academic regime with GPA (cohorts registered for the first time in a bachelor's degree from September 2019 and concerned with the calculation of the GPA.)

The main difference involves the calculation of the Grade Point Average or GPA for the graduation of students under the academic regime with GPA, the GPA not being taken into consideration for the graduated students under the academic regime without GPA.

• Eligibility for the graduation of students under the academic regime without GPA
  To be eligible for graduation with a BA in Music and Musicology, students from the academic regime without GPA (cohorts registered for the first time in BA before September 2019 and not concerned by the calculation of the GPA) must fulfill the following requirements:
  - Validate all the credits of the courses required for the curriculum.
  - Validate all the academic requirements of the curriculum, that are not considered to be curricula units (in particular, the requirements in terms of individual and collective musical practice.)
  - Validate all other admission requirements.
  - Demonstrate ethical conduct in the university.
  - Have honored payment of all tuition fees at the university.
  
  
• Eligibility for the graduation of students under the academic regime with GPA
  To be eligible for graduation with a BA in Music and Musicology, students under the academic regime with GPA (cohorts registered for the first time in BA from September 2019 and concerned by the GPA calculation) must fulfill the following requirements:
  - Validate all credits for the academic program courses;
  - Validate all other admission requirements.
  - Achieve an overall cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 2.0/4. An equivalent to an overall average greater than or equal to 70/100.
  - Achieve a cumulative GPA specific to the discipline (for the musical training courses) of greater than or equal to 2.0/4.
  - Demonstrate ethical conduct in the university.
  - Have honored payment of all tuition fees at the university.

• Common PLOs
  After completing the program, students can:
  - decipher and transcribe (after listening to) a musical score of a simple musical sequence used in the chosen professional context;
  - perform a simple musical sequence, used in the professional context selected, in individual and collective situations;
  - interpret musical sequences from several traditions from a historical, musicological point of view;
  - analyze from a systematic musicological point of view (sociology, anthropology of music, musical acoustics, the psychology of musical perception, organology, and analytical musicology) musical sequences from several traditions;
  - apply the theories of music psychopedagogy and music didactics in the situation of music teaching; and
  - communicate orally and in writing, in an appropriate manner, in the verbal and musical languages required from a professional point of view, using necessary technological tools and respecting diversity, ethical correctness and the demand for excellence.
  
  
• Specific PLOs
  After completing this program, with Music Therapy concentration, the student can more particularly simulate the use of music in a therapeutic context, in a receptive and active perspective, based on the psychopathological and neurological diagnoses established by specialists and under their strict supervision.

Graduates of this program with Music Therapy concentration shall become musical experts, especially music therapist auxiliaries, but after the completion of Master 1 in Music and Musicology – Music Therapy concentration.