<p>Hi peeps.
Is it possible to take an undergraduate music course without any background studies in music? (I’ve completed foundation in engineering and science)</p>
<p>I’m sure it is possible. Although, you may have to go the route of a general B.A. in music, instead of a B.M. where admission is audition-based.</p>
<p>If OP is asking whether non-musicians can take music courses, the answer is yes. There are service courses in every music department for non-majors…beginning fundamentals of music, introduction to music history/literature, sometimes a voice class. After all, music departments are also interested in developing audiences for musical events, and engineers can afford the tickets! </p>
<p>If the question was whether a music major could be be pursued, the answer is most probably not, even in the BA…too much knowledge is assumed even in the beginning courses.</p>
<p>I think the OP, and correct me if I’m wrong studmu, may have been using British speak, when (s)he said ‘music course’.</p>
<p>In Britain, words like course and programme are interchangeable within academia, and when they speak of courses, it is different than when Americans say course to mean a single class. For exampe, in America, I would like to enroll in Professor Johnson’s fall semester ‘course’ on the evolution of carnivorous birds. In Britain, I would be studying at the university on their Bachelours “Course” in Management.</p>