Students in this program will be registered for the first two years in the Honours BMus program. Progression from Year 1 to Year 2 will be governed by the BMus regulations. Admission to Year 3, when the specific music therapy program begins, will be limited and admission decisions will be based on the following:
- Overall achievement in Music and Psychology courses with a minimum cumulative GPA of 7.00 required in each discipline and a minimum cumulative GPA of 5.00 in all courses outside of Music; a lower cumulative GPA in Psychology courses (but not lower than 5.00) may be allowed when, in the judgement of the Faculty of Music, a student has outstanding clinical potential.
- An individual interview that will take into account students' musical and interpersonal skills through the ability to:
- accompany themselves (on piano or guitar) and sing
- improvise
- demonstrate their experience with special needs persons.
- the recommendation of the Music Therapy Faculty, based on the student's work in the required second year introductory course.
Note: Students who have completed the first two years of the program and who are not selected to complete the BMusTh degree will be able to proceed in either a music program or a psychology program subject to the requirements of the respective programs. Students intending to continue in Honours Psychology may be required to take an additional year to complete the degree.