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. Students may apply to enter
specialized programs in church music and performance after First
Year, and composition, music history, and theory after Second
Year.

 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.  Failure to obtain the required standards in any year of the
       program will necessitate withdrawal from the program.
   4.  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 pages 58-60
       for regulations governing minors, and pages 52-60 for
       regulations governing General major programs.
   5.  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.
   6.  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-.
   7.  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.
   8.  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*.     
   9.  For Progression/Graduation Requirements and Probation see
       pages 24 and 25.
 
 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; MU375 or MU461 or MU462; 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; MU375 or MU461 or MU462; 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 GM200 and GM201 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*; MU375 or MU461 or MU462; 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. Two senior Music electives dealing with
aesthetic and/or theoretical issues may be substituted for MU478.