Every academic year, YST offers a number of Music courses as electives open to students from all Schools/Faculties. These courses span General Education, analysis and composition, sound and music computing, contextual studies, language study, as well as applied courses in world music, keyboard studies, music cognition and jazz. 

Note: ^ indicates courses offered in Semester 1, # indicates courses offered in Semester 2

Electives in General Education

• GEC1014 Social and Cultural Studies through Music (4 units) ^#
• GEC1023 Social History of the Piano (4 units) ^#
• GESS1015 Western Music within a Singaporean Context (4 units) ^#

Electives in Contextual Studies

• MUH2204 Music after World War II (4 units) ^
• MUH3203 The Evolution of Music for the Stage (4 units) #
• MUH3205 Chamber Music: An Interdisciplinary Approach (4 units) #

Electives in Analysis and Composition

• MUT1201 Introduction to Classical Music Composition (4 units) ^#
• MUT3222 Choral Composition (4 units) ^
• MUT3113 Orchestration (4 units) #
• MUT3215 Composition for Non-Majors (4 units) ^

Electives in Sound and Music Computing

• MUA1223 Desktop Mixing and Production (4 units) ^#
• MUA1166 Introduction to Computing Media in Max (4 units) ^
• MUA1165 Music and Machines (4 units) #

Electives in Applied Studies

• MUA1192/MUA1193/MUA2192/MUA2193 Chamber Singers (2 units) ^#
• MUA1240 Exploration in Musical Production (4 units) ^#
• MUA3205 Jazz Study and Performance 1 (4 units) ^#
• MUA3206 Jazz Study and Performance 2 (4 units) ^#
• MUA3219/MUA3220 World Music Ensemble (4 units) ^#
• MUA3224 Intermediate Keyboard Studies (4 units) ^#
• MUA3225 Early Advanced Keyboard Studies (4 units) ^#
• MUA2203 Keyboard Literature: Genres throughout History (4 units) ^
• MUA3213 Music Notation and Engraving (4 units) ^
• MUA3228 Re-imagining Pianism through Analysis (2 units) ^
• MUA3230 Music Cognition (4 units) ^
• MUA2204 Keyboard Literature: Sonatas in Context (4 units) #
• MUA2230 The Psychology of Music Performance (4 units) #
• MUA3208 Creative Producing for Performers (4 units) #
• MUA3217 Music Markets in Western, Korean, and Singaporean Contexts: A Storytelling Approach (4 units) #

Electives in Languages

• MUL1105 Italian for Musicians 1 (4 units) ^
• MUL1106 Italian for Musicians 2 (4 units) #
• MUL2107 French for Musicians 1 (4 units) ^
• MUL2108 French for Musicians 2 (4 units) #
• MUL2109 German for Musicians 1 (4 units) ^
• MUL2110 German for Musicians 2 (4 units) #

Electives in Performing Arts

• CFA1101A/CFA2101A/CFA3101A Performing Arts in Practice (Music) 1/2/3 (4 units, year-long) ^
• CFA1101B/CFA2101B/CFA3101B Performing Arts in Practice (Dance) 1/2/3 (4 units, year-long) ^
• CFA1220 Intercultural Dance Praxis (2 units) ^#
• CFA2210/CFA2211/CFA3210/CFA3211 Collaborative Music Ensembles (2 units) ^#
• CFA3220 Intercultural Choreography Lab (4 units, year-long) ^
• CFA3160 Artistic Identities and Pathways (4 units) ^#
• CFA3105 Leading and Directing in Student Music Groups (2 units) #