The B.Mus. is a Special Field Concentration program, consisting of 93-111 units <15.5 to 18.5 credits> as described below and 18-36 elective units <3.0 to 6.0 elective credits> to total 129 units <21.5 credits>.

Note

• Descriptions of courses as well as a list of courses being offered in the current academic year can be found on the Courses Offered page.
• To assist students beyond the first year of study with accommodation to the new Peoplesoft/SOLUS system, credit information is being indicated both in units and the equivalent pre-2011 credit system, shown in carats, "< >".

Degree Requirements

1. CORE COURSES (63.0 units)

             (Musicology)
     A.  12.0 units in MUSC 103/3.0, MUSC 203/3.0, MUSC 204/3.0,
          MUSC 205/3.0
          (Music Theory)
     B.  15.0 units in MUSC 191/6.0, MUSC 291/6.0, MUSC 392/3.0
          (Music Education)
     C.  3.0 units from MUSC 180/3.0; MUSC 181/3.0; MUSC 183/3.0;
          MUSC 185/3.0; MUSC 187/3.0; MUSC 188/3.0
          (Musicianship)
     D.  12.0 units in 127/3.0, MUSC 128/3.0, MUSC 227/3.0,
          MUSC 228/3.0
          (Applied Study)
     E.  12.0 units from (MUSC 121/6.0 and MUSC 221/6.0) or
          MUSC 120/6.0 and MUSC 220/6.0)
          (Music Theory or Musicology)
     F.   3.0 units from MUSC 380/3.0; MUSC 381/3.0; MUSC 385/3.0; 
          MUSC 386/3.0; MUSC 388/3.0;MUSC 393/3.0; MUSC 394/3.0;
          MUSC 396/3.0; MUSC 398/3.0; MUSC 399/3.0; MUSC 443/3.0;
          MUSC 445/3.0; MUSC 446/3.0 any one of MUSC475/3.0,
          MUSC 476/3.0 or MUSC 477/3.0, depending on the special topic
          offered; MUSC 480/3.0; MUSC 481/3.0; MUSC 485/3.0;
          MUSC 486/3.0; MUSC 488/3.0. [Please note that not all of
          these courses may be offered in a given academic year.]
          (Ensembles)
     G.  1.5 units from MUSC Ensembles Vocal
     H.  4.5 units from MUSC Ensembles Vocal; MUSC Ensembles
          Instrumental

2. OPTION COURSES (30.0 units)
    A. 30.0 units from Option List 2Ai or 2Aii
          i.  Music Education (30.0 units)
               a.  3.0 units from MUSC 180-189/3.0
               b.  6.0 units in MUSC 273/3.0 and MUSC 274/3.0
               c.  6.0 units from MUSc 332/3.9; MUSC 336/3.0;
                   MUSC 338/3.0
               d.  6.0 units in MUSC 438/3.0 and MUSC 439/3.0
               e.  9.0 units in MUSC
          ii.  Music Comprehensive (30.0 units
               a.  30.0 units in MUSC

3.  SUPPORTING COURSES (0.0)
    None

4. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
     A. A minimum of 36.0 units, excluding MUSC Ensembles 
         Vocal, MUSC Ensembles Instrumental, must be at the
         300 level or above.
     B.  A maximum of 111.0 units may be from MUSC.
     C.  A maximum of 9.0 units may be from MUSC   
          Ensembles Vocal, MUSC Ensembles; MUSC Ensembles
          Instrumental (i.e. only 2 more ensemble courses may
          be taken beyond the core requirements of the Plan)

5.  SUBSTITUTIONS
     None

6.  NOTES
     A.  Students choosing music education as their main 
         area of study and who intend to enter or are
         registered concurrently in a Bachelor of Education 
         Program should choose the Music Education Option
         (2Ai)
     B.  Ensembles:  Membership in all ensembles is by
          audition.  Students may register and participate in a
          maximum of two ensembles per academic session. 
          All students participate in at least one vocal
          ensemble, as per Core Requirement 1G, above.  
          Furthermore, students enrolled in Applied Study
          courses (MUSC #20/6.0; MUSC #21/6.0 must
          participate in the following ensembles every year  
          in which they do not fulfill the mandatory vocal
          ensemble requirement:
          Voice students: any Vocal Music Ensemble;
          String students: any Symphony Orchestra Ensemble;
          Woodwind, Brass and Percussion students:  any
          Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, or Wind     
          Ensemble;
          Piano students: must take MUSC 261/1.5 and     
          any Piano Accompaniment, Vocal, Symphony    
          Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Wind or Unspecified
          Chamber Ensemble;
          Guitar students: any Vocal, Symphony Orchestra,
          Symphonic Band, Wind or Unspecified Chamber
          Ensemble.
     C.  Students who meet higher standards of performing
          ability, including those entering their first year, may
          audition in September for acceptance into the
          "double unit" Applied Study (performance) courses.
          In addition to their private lessons, students in these
          courses perform a public recital at the end of the
          year.  Students who audition successfully register in
          MUSC 120/6.0 and MUSC 125/6.0 instead of MUSC
          121/6.0 (and similarly in upper years).  The MUSC
          #25/6.0 coursees may be used towards the Music
          Option components of the B.Mus. degree.
     D.  Applied Study Requirements:  Students registered in
          MUSC 120/6.0, MUSC 121/6.0, MUSC 220/6.0 and 
          MUSC 221/6.0 are required to attend six concerts
          per term, to a total of 12 concerts per academic
          session.  This required concert attendance accounts
          for 10 per cent of the teacher's component of the 
          Applied Study mark at the end of the year.
     E.  By the end of the second year, students are
          expected to have attained the Minimum Degree Level
          in their instrumental or vocal applied study (A
          proficiency equivalent to that of Grade X of the
          Royal Conservatory of Music).  Students who do not
          reach this level will be required to continue to study
          applied music, without additional credit, until this
          level is successfully achieved.