HONOURS BACHELOR OF MUSIC
The Honours BMus is a four-year program beyond the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (with
six OAC subjects or equivalent). Depending on the program, a sequence of at least 14 Music
credits together with at least four non-Music credits is required, for a total of 20 credits.

    The Honours BMus program is intended for students who plan to become
professional musicians: composers, church organists, performers, teachers, musicologists, music
librarians, etc. The core of required courses in performance, theory, music history, and
ensemble is designed to ensure that every student completing the program has a sound
knowledge of music history and theory, and is a competent performer. Students in the
comprehensive program have the most elective credits in which to pursue particular interests in
Music and in other subjects. The music education stream of the comprehensive program prepares
students for teaching music in elementary and secondary schools. After First Year, students may
apply to enter specialized programs in church music, composition, music history, performance,
and theory.

 Program Regulations
 1.
       Students in the Honours BMus program must normally be registered full-time
      throughout; in special instances, part-time study may be allowed.
 2.
       Students entering the Honours BMus program must take a piano proficiency test
      prior to the beginning of classes. If the faculty deem it necessary, registration in MU196P*
      (piano proficiency) is required in First Year.
 3.
       A student may enter the Second Year of the Honours BMus program by transfer
      from the First Year of the BAMus major program if an audition is successfully completed in the
      student's performing medium and a minimum GPA of 6.00 has been obtained in
      MU161/MU162/MU186 /MU187  (or MU116*) and MU140, and all other requirements have
      been met.
 4.
       Failure to obtain the required standards in any year of the program will necessitate
      withdrawal from the program.
 5.
       A candidate for the BMus degree who has passed all courses of the final year, but
      who has failed to obtain the required graduation average, has the option of being awarded a BA
      (music major) degree.
 6.
       Non-music General major or minor: Students may, in consultation with the
      Department concerned, elect to organize their non-Music electives to meet the requirements for
      a minor or General major. See page 68 for regulations governing minors, and page 59 of the
      undergraduate calendar for regulations governing general major programs.
 7. 
       Students in specialized programs (church music, composition, music history,
      performance, and theory) must at the end of each year be recommended by the faculty in order
      to continue in those programs.
 8.
       A student who satisfies the requirements for a musical skills course by placement
      examination must take a Music elective in its place. Before registering in MU388 , a student
      must complete the final examination for MU287  with a minimum grade of B-.

 9.
       For part-time registration, the following additional regulations apply:
       (a)
       All First and Second Year Music requirements of the student's program must be
      completed or in progress when the student enrols in MU290*.
       (b)
       Individual tuition (MU190*, MU290*, MU390*, MU490*) must be taken in
      consecutive years.
       (c)
       Rule (a) takes precedence over rule (b) but if rule (b) is broken, the student must
      successfully complete an audition before resuming individual tuition.

 10.
       Students in BMus Performance programs may take MU195, MU295, and MU395
      as music electives. Students in all other BMus programs may credit MU195 or MU295 or
      MU395 as a music elective. Any two of these courses may be substituted for MU490A*.
 Programs of Study

 Comprehensive Program
This program allows the student to choose a maximum number of Music elective credits in order
to design a program of study in accordance with the student's own musical interests.

    Core credits required of all Honours BMus students: MU161, MU162,
MU171, MU181, MU186 , MU187 , MU190*, MU266, MU268, MU270, MU271, MU281,
MU286 , MU287 , MU388 , MU389 .

    Other credits required in the comprehensive program: MU290A*,
MU390A*, MU490A*, MU381, MU481, either any two of MU375, MU461 and MU462, or
MU375 and another half-credit in music history (fortepiano students must take MU373); one
additional half-credit in music history; one credit in music history, literature, theory, and/or
conducting (orchestral instrument players must take MU367, organists must take MU292*); one
half-credit music elective; two electives that may be music or non-Music; four non-Music
electives for a total of 20 credits.

 Comprehensive Program: Music Education Stream
This program is designed for students wishing to pursue a career in teaching music at the
elementary or secondary level. It combines the core Music credits of the BMus program with
instruction in conducting, instrumental and choral techniques, and methods and philosophy of
music education.

    Required credits: All core credits listed above in the comprehensive
program; MU290A*; MU396, MU496; if MU390A* is elected instead of MU396, MU490A*
instead of MU496, the additional one half-credit counts as Music elective; MU381, MU481,
MU367, MU394; MU358 or MU494; MU250* or MU255*; one half-credit from the MU370
series or MU386; MU375 or MU461 or MU462; one and a half credits from the MU251 series,
including courses from three of the following groups, and excluding the group of the principal
practical study: MU251A; MU251B, MU251C, MU251K; MU251D, MU251E; MU251F,
MU251H, MU251L; MU251M. Students with sufficient documented proficiency on an
instrument may be exempted from the relevant techniques course. Four non-Music elective
credits and one credit that can be Music or non-Music. Non-Music electives should be chosen
so as to constitute preparation for teaching at least one other subject. PC102 and MU259 are
strongly recommended for students interested in teaching at the secondary level. MU354 is
recommended for elementary school teachers.

 Church Music 
This program is intended for those planning to become organists and choirmasters, possibly to
pursue graduate degrees in those areas. A special advantage of this program is the co-operation
of the Faculty of Music with Waterloo Lutheran Seminary in chapel services. Students in this
program work with the Faculty of Music Chapel Choir, taking part as choristers and organists
in regular chapel services, performing music from Gregorian chant to contemporary repertoire.

    Required courses: All core courses listed above in the comprehensive
program; MU290A*, MU390A*, MU490A*; MU381 and MU481 Chapel Choir; MU461 or
MU375; MU392*, MU394, MU358, MU479, two music electives which must include, for
organists MU364, MU464, MU292*, and for voice majors MU196, and MU296 in organ and
one more half credit relevant to the program; four non-Music credits.

 Composition Program
Students in the program are required to write works for various ensembles and to participate in
a composition master class. Those students wishing to continue in the composition program
beyond Second Year must submit a portfolio of their work to the composition faculty. Upon
approval, the student can enrol in the Third and Fourth Year composition courses (MU360* and
MU460*) which can be taken by composition majors only. During the Second, Third and Fourth
Years, students study individually with members of the faculty; in the final year students write
an extended work as their graduation composition.

    Required courses: All core courses listed above in the comprehensive
program; MU260*, MU360*, MU366*, MU460*, MU290A*, MU396 or MU390A*, MU496
or MU490A*; two of MU361, MU367, MU461, MU462; MU381; PC102*, and three
non-Music electives; Music or non-Music electives to make a total of 20 credits.

 Music History Program
This program allows students to emphasize the academic and research-oriented courses in Music.
It serves as excellent preparation for graduate work in musicology. Students take at least four
credits in music history, and in their final year write a major research paper.

    Required credits: All core courses listed above in the comprehensive
program; MU290A*; MU390A* or MU396; MU490A* or MU496; two credits from the MU370
series (of which one half-credit may be MU386) excluding MU375; MU461 or MU375;
MU478*; Music electives as needed to complete 14.5 credits in music; two credits in German,
French, or Italian (proficiency in German at least to the level of GM102* is required); FI100*
or FI247*; one additional non-Music credit; one and a half Music or non-Music elective credits.

 Performance Program
This program is designed for students who intend to become professional performers and
teachers of performance. Students who demonstrate during the First or Second Year that they
have the ability to succeed as performers may apply to enter this program. All students are
required, during Second and Third Year, to take part regularly in recitals, and during Fourth
Year to give a full-length formal solo recital.

    Core courses required in all performance programs: All core courses listed
above in the comprehensive program; MU290B*, MU390B*, MU490B*; MU461 or MU375;
four non-Music credits.

    Additional courses required in performance areas:
Fortepiano: MU390B* and MU490B* in fortepiano; MU293; MU373; MU383 or MU483;
MU393A or MU393B; MU386; one half-credit Music elective; one Music or non-Music elective
credit.
Guitar: MU381, one additional half-credit in music history, two Music elective credits; one
Music or non-Music elective credit.
Historical Instruments:  MU381 (Baroque Ensemble) or MU383; MU481 (Baroque Ensemble)
or MU483; MU371 or MU372; MU386; one Music elective credit; one music or non-music
elective credit.
Orchestral Instruments: MU381, MU387, MU481, one additional half-credit in music history;
one Music elective credit and one Music or non-Music elective credit. Students whose principal
instrument is violin, viola, or violoncello must take MU283, MU383, and MU483; those whose
principal instrument is double bass, woodwind, or brass must take one of MU283, MU383,
MU483.
Organ: MU292*, MU361, MU364, MU367, MU464A; one Music or non-Music elective credit.
Piano: MU293; MU373 or MU374; MU383 or MU483; MU393A or MU393B; one Music
elective credit; one Music or non-Music elective credit.
Voice: MU298*; MU291; one music history half-credit from the MU370 series or MU386;
MU381, MU391; MU481; one half-credit Music elective.

 Theory Program
Students in this program take four credits in music theory and at least one half-credit in
composition. They must, by the time of graduation, have achieved competence on a keyboard
instrument equivalent to that required for the satisfactory completion of MU190*. In the Fourth
Year, students will meet the requirements of MU478* by presenting a graduation project in
musical analysis or history of theory.

    Required courses: All core courses listed above in the comprehensive
program; MU361, MU367, MU461, MU462, MU160A, MU478*, MU381, MU290A*,
MU390A*, MU490A*, one additional music history half credit; one and a half Music elective
credits; PC102* and three non-Music credits.