The Bachelor of Music program at Queen's is a flexible and comprehensive four-year (129 unit) program. Through their individual selection of music option courses, students can choose to focus on one or more areas within music - musicology / ethnomusicology, theory / composition, music education, or applied study (performance) - without having to declare a "major." Applicants need to have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.7 (B-) standing.

Applicants are required to:

1. complete a Personal Statement of Experience (PSE);
2. attend an audition at the School of Music bringing copies of their official music certificates.

• students who have completed a minimum 24 units (or equivalent) in a Bachelor of Music program at another accredited university (or college with a university transfer program). 24 Queen's units are typically 4 full-year courses (one course taken over two terms) or 8 one-term only courses;
• Ontario community college students who are in a three-year Music diploma program and will be graduating;
• graduates from a three-year Ontario community college diploma Music programs.

• Transfer credits are assessed by individual departments and are based on grades achieved as well as equivalency to Queen's courses. Students are informed of their transfer credits after the offer of admission has been sent. Credit is not granted for courses with a final grade lower than 1.7 (C-).
• Graduates from Ontario community college three-year diploma programs or a three year professional / career program at CEGEP are permitted a maximum of 30 units of transfer credits.
• The regulations of the Faculty of Arts & Science state that, normally, at least half of the work required for a degree (i.e. subject of major interest courses and overall program requirements) must be completed at Queen's University if a Queen's degree is to be awarded. Students must normally complete a minimum of 69 units toward the B.Mus. degree at Queen's, including at least 38 music units (core and/or option). Transfer students from another university may be granted up to a maximum of 48 music units (core and/or option) and a maximum of 36 non-music elective units, up to a total of 60 transfer units.

• The on-line application is available at: http://www.ouac.on.ca.
• First-year applicants: Applications must be submitted to the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) by 1 February.
• Upper-year transfer applicants: Applications must be submitted to the OUAC by 1 June. 
• Acknowledgement letters, advising what supporting documentation is required, are sent when Undergraduate Admission receives the applications from the OUAC.
• All documentation requested must be received at Undergraduate Admission by:

• Queen's University does not operate on a semester system; full-time admission to an undergraduate program is possible only in September.
• Residence accommodation is not guaranteed for upper-year applicants. You may wish to investigate other housing options by visiting the Queen's Community Housingwebsite.