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 4 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 57 for regulations governing minors, and
      page 51 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*.

 11.
       For Progression/Graduation Requirements and Probation
      see pages 36 and 37.
 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; MU259, 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 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.